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Scripps's Murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi)Observer
joachimbertrandsDescription
Flew in boat disoriented, released unharmed
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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)Observer
caritaDescription
Injured/stranded. Taken to vet by park ranger. Unusual for point location. Two spotted last week off Skonun by PH. Warm seas this fall. Bird flu? Collision? Starvation? Latest report is no broken bones, possibly attacked by an eagle. Last 2 photos from Facebook posts
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Holarctic Bears (Genus Ursus)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
Bear still out and about. Looking here at the older set of prints - square pads have Grizzly Bear look, though tracks aren't fresh enough to be certain. Black Bear also possible. The fresh prints are lynx.
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American Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus ssp. atricapillus)Observer
kimruttanselbee
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Short-tailed Weasel (Mustela richardsonii)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
Watched a very pretty winter Short-tailed Weasel lay these tracks down.
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Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)Observer
kimruttanselbeeDescription
Came continuously to the surface, feeding. I photographed it from the vantage point of an old beaver dam. Moved fairly slowly, in the shallow water, so just waited for it to come up for a morsel!
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House Pseudoscorpion (Chelifer cancroides)Observer
brucebennettDescription
Found alive in the school
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Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
Left bird
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Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
Ad HERG w imm GWGU
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Common × Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula × islandica)Observer
camerondeckert
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Slender Eelblenny (Lumpenus fabricii)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
This record pertains to the FISH not the bird.
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Least Chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)Observer
jozienDescription
first chipmunk of the season. I wonder if chipmunks are like bears, they just like to come out on a nice sunny day.
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Boreal Snaketail (Ophiogomphus colubrinus)Observer
tallardDescription
with Cameron
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Arabian Tahr (Arabitragus jayakari)Observer
joachimbertrandsDescription
Apparently known female with young present for weeks now just inside UAE borders.
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Dog Ticks (Genus Dermacentor)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
Tucker's tick. Found on our dog as it crawled through his fur. The dog has never traveled, and hasn't had exposure to dogs who have recently traveled. The local environment is rural residential, with horses, as well as wild ungulates and canines.
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East Arabian Desert Agama (Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi)Observer
joachimbertrands
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Pronghorn Clubtail (Phanogomphus graslinellus)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
chow down.
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Domestic Horse (Equus caballus)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
Not roaming the planet anymore, but this hoof on the beach is evidence that the Yukon Horse (Equus lambei) once roamed the shores of Qikiqtaruk. Or nearby shores some 15,000 years ago.
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Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)Observer
caritaDescription
With gulls; many arrived in last while
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Norton's Giant Ichneumon Wasp (Megarhyssa nortoni)Observer
caritaDescription
Photo on fb by Melinda Pick!
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Interior Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia)Observer
jozienDescription
The onslaught of the grouse. Do you think my pine tree will survive?
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Willows (Genus Salix)Observer
jozienDescription
First pussy willow.
Last year was late , march 12, same tree. I think I still do not know which species of willow this is.
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Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)Observer
brucebennettDescription
I have been hearing them but this is the first time I have seem them at my feeder this autumn.
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Wolverine (Gulo gulo)Observer
jozienDescription
tracks leading to where the otters hang out.
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Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
Reddish colour and pale abdomen distinguished from T. lacerata; while dark purple face and dark on S8 extending to bottom of segment distinguished from T. onusta.
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)Observer
dickcannings
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Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)Observer
sydcanningsDescription
Please ignore sono-bombs by kinglet and squirrel!
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Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
2-fer.
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Devil's Urn (Urnula craterium)Observer
m_mossopDescription
Aspen/willow forest near river
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Helvella coriumObserver
sara-nielsenDescription
Black cup fungi growing in dry rocky area at edge of power line amid old charred wood.
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Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)Observer
camerondeckertDescription
First Canadian record. The Hawfinch was first seen very briefly in the town of Haines Junction on 14 Dec by Wolf Riedl, and despite thorough searches including the Christmas Bird Count it was not seen again until 28 Dec when a bird (suggestive of Hawfinch) was seen briefly at Willow Acres by Millie Hall; then on 29 Dec the first photo (solidly confirming the ID) was obtained by Julie Bauer at Willow Acres during a brief view; and then on 30 Dec a six-hour vigil at Julie and Terry's home was rewarded by a fly-by early in the day followed by great views of the Hawfinch perched in an aspen in the late afternoon by Cameron Eckert, Jukka Jantunen, Pam Sinclair, Boris Dobrowolsky, Shyloh van Delft, Julie Bauer, Terry Skjonsberg, and Ulrich Trachsel with Freyia Trachsel on hand to witness to it all! The Hawfinch seems quite flighty and hasn't settled in to a a bird feeder. During today's observation it never came to a feeder.
