The shorebirds seem to be late this year. However, at lunchtime today, with the help of a birder from Texas, I caught a few fun birds at the mouth of Fish Creek:
- American Pipit - fun LBJ (little brown job) that really isn't a shore bird but does like to hang out in marshes. They bob up and down.
- Surfbird - I usually see Surfbirds up on the "Football Field" at the foot of O'Malley Peak A favorite bird of mine. It took us a bit to get the correct ID on this one.
The Texas birder (who was very knowledgeable) thought we may also have seen a a Long Toed Stint. But as Sibley says, Stints are very very difficult - although the Texas guy has seen them But they're not at all common in Anchorage so our sighting is quite iffy.
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