[ORyoungbirder] Toolik Update 07_23_08

[Alan Contreras]

David, where exactly is Toolik?  Sounds wonderful.  Spectacled Eider is an
amazing bird.

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Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON
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If it were not for the patterns in life, improvisations would not be
noticed.


> From: David Schas <stpilot_fly at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: Oregon YoungBirders <oryoungbirder at midvalleybirding.org>
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:03:21 -0700 (PDT)
> To: COBOL <cobol at lists.oregonstate.edu>, Young Birders
> <oryoungbirder at midvalleybirding.org>, <speedeebear at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [ORyoungbirder] Toolik Update 07_23_08
> 
> Hi Birders,
> I've been given the opportunity to join my Uncle Jake Schas for 17 days in
> Toolik Alaska. While I'm here I will be working with a graduate
> student, learning botany techniques and helping her with field work. Today we
> spent 8 hours (of the almost 24 hours of daylight) taking leaf samples, and
> recording phenology data. Thanks to Uncle Jake for getting me up here!
> Also, while I am here, I will be taking the opportunity to post for both Jake
> and myself.
> I've been here since Monday July 21st, and I've seen 6 life birds. They are
> (in no particular order):
> Snow Bunting
> Spectacled Eider
> Glaucous Gull
> Long-tailed Jaeger
> Lapland Longspur
> Whimbrel
> On Monday before and after I arrived in Toolik, Jake saw these birds for 23
> species:
> Pacific Loon
> Tundra Swan
> Greater-white Fronted Goose
> Canada Goose
> Greater Scaup
> Spectacled Eider
> Northern Harrier 
> Rough-legged Hawk
> Semi-palmated Plover
> Western Sandpiper
> American Golden Plover
> Least Sandpiper
> Long-billed Dowitcher
> Red-necked Phalarope
> Long-tailed Jaeger
> Glaucous Gull
> Arctic Tern
> Short-eared Owl
> Cliff Swallow
> Common Raven
> American Pipit
> Laplong Longspur
> Snow Bunting  
> Lots more fun stuff still to come!!!
> Happy Birding!!
> David R. Schas (19)
> Powell Butte, OR
> 
> 
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