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Birds of Alaska-Updated 2020.10.13

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Dowitcher, Long-billed 2006.5.23#0077. These birds arrived shortly after the Short billed Dowitcher's and Least & Western Sandpipers. They were mixed with Pectoral Sandpipers. They stopped for a short time to refuel on the shores of Cook Inlet near Potter Marsh before continuing north.
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Dowitcher, Long-billed 2006.5.23#0077. These birds arrived shortly after the Short billed Dowitcher's and Least & Western Sandpipers. They were mixed with Pectoral Sandpipers. They stopped for a short time to refuel on the shores of Cook Inlet near Potter Marsh before continuing north.

long billed DowitcherAlaska shorebird

  • Crow, Northwest 2013.5.14#91. Working the strandline for salmon fingerlings that were caught up in the debris from the last tide. Cook Inlet near Anchor River.
  • Crow, Northwest 2013.5.14#799. Cook Inlet, near Anchor River Alaska.
  • Crow, Northwest 2014.4.10#938. Seward, Alaska.
  • Curlew, Bristle-thighed 2013.5.23#079. Trying to figure out what to do with the Helmet crab. The curlew has found the crab in a large soft mass of Kelp. I thought that maybe he couldn't break it on rocks like he normally would, but it was brought to my attention it was probably an exoskeleton and the reason for the lack of interest. Cook Inlet, South Central Alaska.
  • Curlew, Bristle-thighed 2013.5.23#202. Foraging through kelp and bladderwrack. Cook Inlet, South Central Alaska.
  • Curlew, Bristle-thighed 2013.5.23#234. The largest bird in a group of Curlews I was fortunate to find and photograph. Cook Inlet, South Central Alaska.
  • Curlew, Bristle-thighed 2013.5.23#249. Cook Inlet near Anchor river, A bird rarely seen on the east side of Cook Inlet, South Central Alaska.
  • Curlew, Bristle-thighed 2013.5.23#263. A good image featuring the "bristles" they are named for. Cook Inlet south of Anchor river Alaska.
  • Dipper, American 2011.7.21#282. On a fishing perch where it is catching out-migrating salmon fingerlings. Daves Creek near Tern Lake, Kenai Peninsula Alaska.
  • Dipper, American 2013.4.15#160. Busy catching migrating salmon fingerlings. Daves Creek, Tern Lake Alaska.
  • Dipper, American 2014.4.10#056. In a typical hiding place, inside a culvert. Daves Creek near Tern Lake, Alaska.
  • Dipper, American 2014.4.10#058. In a typical hiding place, inside a culvert. Daves Creek near Tern Lake, Alaska.
  • Dipper, American 2014.4.23#1338. In breeding plumage. Culvert near Seward, Alaska.
  • Dipper, American 2014.4.23#1339. In breeding plumage. Culvert near Seward Alaska.
  • Dove, Rock 2010.7.3#073. The famous "white form" in Valdez Alaska.
  • Dove, Rock 2010.7.3#089. The famous "white form" in Valdez Alaska.
  • Dove, Rock 2010.11.17#005. Windy Point, Turnagain Arm Alaska.
  • Dowitcher, Long-billed 2006.5.23#0077. These birds arrived shortly after the Short billed Dowitcher's and Least & Western Sandpipers. They were mixed with Pectoral Sandpipers. They stopped for a short time to refuel on the shores of Cook Inlet near Potter Marsh before continuing north.
  • Dowitcher, Long-billed 2009.5.12#229. Cook Inlet, Anchorage Alaska.
  • Dowitcher, Long-billed 2013.5.14#117. In breeding plumage. I was luckey to find these birds resting and refueling at a fresh water marsh on the lower Kenai Peninsula Alaska.
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