Alaska 7/12-24/2019

All photos are © Marshall Faintich

Talkeetna, July 17

Alice and I awakened and opened the curtains in our room.

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Denali and Mt. Foraker (left)

Rachel led a few of us on an early morning nature hike. I heard a bird singing, and knew what it was - Alder Flycatcher.

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Alder Flycatcher

We went to the small town center for a couple of hours in the morning. Some of the group visited shops and the ranger station. I opted to do some birding along the river, and then where we were to meet the bus.

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Juvenile Blackpoll Warbler

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Juvenile Blackpoll Warbler

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Juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Immature American Robin

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White-crowned Sparrow

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White-crowned Sparrow

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Black-capped Chickadee

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Black-capped Chickadee

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Mew Gull

We boarded the bus, and headed to Anchorage, and then to our destination at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. We made a brief stop at Potter Marsh in Anchorage. A sub-adult (Basic IV) Bald eage flew by, and there were three shorebirds near the viewing platform at the marsh. One was large and the other two smaller. The larger one was a Greater Yellowlegs. I thought that the two smaller ones were Lesser Yellowlegs, but they may have been juvenile Greater Yellowlegs.

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Bald Eagle

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Bald Eagle

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Greater and Lesser(?) Yellowlegs

Click here to continue on the trip at Alyeska (Girdwood) and river rafting

Jump to Fairbanks; July 13
Jump to Nenana and Denali National Park; July 14
Jump to Kantishna Roadhouse in Denali National Park, July 15
Jump to Talkeetna; July 16
Jump to Talkeetna and Alyeska; July 17
Jump to Alyeska and river rafting; July 18
Jump to Seward and Fox Island; July 19
Jump to boat trip from Fox Island; July 20
Jump to Fox Island; July 20
Jump to Fox Island and return to Seward; July 21
Jump to Brooks Falls; July 22
Jump to Gold Creek Lodge; July 23
Jump to Brooks Falls; July 24
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