<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>The Toolik Field Station is about 150 miles south of the arctic coast, just south of sagwon along the Dalton Highway, going south from deadhorse....</DIV>
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<DIV>It's amazing up here!! :)</DIV>
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<DIV>David<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Alan Contreras <acontrer@MINDSPRING.COM><BR>To: Young Birders <oryoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org><BR>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:51:01 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [ORyoungbirder] Toolik Update 07_23_08<BR><BR>David, where exactly is Toolik? Sounds wonderful. Spectacled Eider is an<BR>amazing bird.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Alan Contreras<BR>EUGENE, OREGON<BR><A href="mailto:acontrer@mindspring.com" ymailto="mailto:acontrer@mindspring.com">acontrer@mindspring.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.oregonreview.blogspot.com/" target=_blank>www.OREGONREVIEW.BLOGSPOT.COM</A> ­ Commentary<BR><A href="http://www.contrerasbirds.blogspot.com/" target=_blank>www.CONTRERASBIRDS.BLOGSPOT.COM</A> ­ Current Bird Photos<BR><BR><BR>If it were not for the patterns in life, improvisations would not be<BR>noticed.<BR><BR><BR>> From: David Schas <<A
href="mailto:stpilot_fly@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:stpilot_fly@yahoo.com">stpilot_fly@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> Reply-To: Oregon YoungBirders <<A href="mailto:oryoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org" ymailto="mailto:oryoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org">oryoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org</A>><BR>> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:03:21 -0700 (PDT)<BR>> To: COBOL <<A href="mailto:cobol@lists.oregonstate.edu" ymailto="mailto:cobol@lists.oregonstate.edu">cobol@lists.oregonstate.edu</A>>, Young Birders<BR>> <<A href="mailto:oryoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org" ymailto="mailto:oryoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org">oryoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org</A>>, <<A href="mailto:speedeebear@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:speedeebear@yahoo.com">speedeebear@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> Subject: [ORyoungbirder] Toolik Update 07_23_08<BR>> <BR>> Hi Birders,<BR>> I've been given the opportunity to join my Uncle Jake Schas for 17 days in<BR>>
Toolik Alaska. While I'm here I will be working with a graduate<BR>> student, learning botany techniques and helping her with field work. Today we<BR>> spent 8 hours (of the almost 24 hours of daylight) taking leaf samples, and<BR>> recording phenology data. Thanks to Uncle Jake for getting me up here!<BR>> Also, while I am here, I will be taking the opportunity to post for both Jake<BR>> and myself.<BR>> I've been here since Monday July 21st, and I've seen 6 life birds. They are<BR>> (in no particular order):<BR>> Snow Bunting<BR>> Spectacled Eider<BR>> Glaucous Gull<BR>> Long-tailed Jaeger<BR>> Lapland Longspur<BR>> Whimbrel<BR>> On Monday before and after I arrived in Toolik, Jake saw these birds for 23<BR>> species:<BR>> Pacific Loon<BR>> Tundra Swan<BR>> Greater-white Fronted Goose<BR>> Canada Goose<BR>> Greater Scaup<BR>> Spectacled Eider<BR>> Northern Harrier
<BR>> Rough-legged Hawk<BR>> Semi-palmated Plover<BR>> Western Sandpiper<BR>> American Golden Plover<BR>> Least Sandpiper<BR>> Long-billed Dowitcher<BR>> Red-necked Phalarope<BR>> Long-tailed Jaeger<BR>> Glaucous Gull<BR>> Arctic Tern<BR>> Short-eared Owl<BR>> Cliff Swallow<BR>> Common Raven<BR>> American Pipit<BR>> Laplong Longspur<BR>> Snow Bunting <BR>> Lots more fun stuff still to come!!!<BR>> Happy Birding!!<BR>> David R. Schas (19)<BR>> Powell Butte, OR<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> ORyoungbirder mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:ORyoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org" ymailto="mailto:ORyoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org">ORyoungbirder@midvalleybirding.org</A><BR>> <A href="http://www.midvalleybirding.org/mailman/listinfo/oryoungbirder"
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