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Lots of wonderful things about Crested Auklets but one surprising feature is that they smell like citrus. They can be seen sniffing each other to evaluate how nice they smell! Gambell #Alaska BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶🦑

Raven causes widespread power outage in Girdwood, CEA says www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/07/31/r...

Widespread in many flavors across the Palearctic; in North America the White Wagtail only breeds in far western Alaska. No problem finding them around Gambell #Alaska #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶

Good morning birders. Today I thought I would let you post freely so the #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #YourChoice bird capture/ captures you’ve been itching to post. Albatross Origami: A Black-footed Albatross carefully folding those long wings as it settles down in the Gulf of #Alaska 🦑🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MultiColour, birds with 3 or more colours in their plumage. I think the Long-tailed Broadbill easily passes for Multicolored; I'm quite sure how many but a bunch of them. Kaeng Krachan National Park, #Thailand 🪶

In rush to recover archaeological site, shifting climate links Quinhagak's past and present alaskapublic.org/news/environ...

In rush to recover archaeological site, shifting climate links Quinhagak's past and presentFor the village of Quinhagak, the storm flooded a critical piece of their past: an archaeological dig. This summer, an emergency dig will help them excavate that past before it's gone.alaskapublic.org

A couple of Parakeet Auklets discussing their adventures since the last nesting season as they meet in their colony near Gambell #Alaska #BIrdsSeenIn2026 🪶

Least Auklet, the smallest alcid, coming ashore to inspect the nesting colony in a boulder field on St. Lawrence Island #Alaska 🪶

A gray whale and her calf foraging along the shoreline near Gambell #Alaska. The seas around St. Lawrence Island is a key summering area for these whales where they dine on the abundant amphipods. 🦑🦊

Widespread in the northern hemisphere but usually a little dun bird, the Dunlin is another that shines in its summer plumage. In western Alaska the range overlaps with the other black bellied sandpiper, the rock sandpiper. Gambell #Alaska 🪶

From the kitchen to the incinerator, unsung workers keep Arctic research going alaskapublic.org/news/alaska-...

From the kitchen to the incinerator, unsung workers keep Arctic research going"Six years ago, if you would have told me I'd be doing this, I'd think you were insane," said one Toolik worker. "But this has probably been one of the coolest turns in my life that I didn't know I ne...alaskapublic.org

Woman’s game camera captures plenty of bears in East Anchorage www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/07/25/w...

Woman’s game camera captures plenty of bears in East AnchorageWomen's game cameras capture plenty of bears in East Anchoragewww.alaskasnewssource.com

Lapland Longspur, a LBJ most of the year but they really become handsome little devils during the summer. This one lives at Gambell #Alaska #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶

An ID challenge. St. Lawrence Island is one of the few places where the ranges of Semipalmated and Common Ringed plovers overlap. Here a Semi is chasing a Ringed but it was unfazed; by the next day the ringed was in possession of the site and had found a mate. Gambell #Alaska 🪶

A couple of Tufted Puffins flying past Gambell #Alaska. The mountains in the distance are in Russia. If Tina Fey lived here she could see Russia from her house. #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶🦑

Crested Auklets returning to their colony on St. Lawrence Island. Several hundred thousand of these small seabirds pass back and forth by Gambell #Alaska as they commute between foraging and nesting area. #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶🦑

Semipalmated Sandpiper on the hunt for dipterans on the coastal tundra near Nome #Alaska #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶

The Ambush: A Yellow-billed Loon lies in wait to eject a group of Red-breasted Mergansers from its lake. Nome #Alaska #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶

A drake Harlequin Duck cruising the coast off Nome #Alaska. Plenty of suitable breeding habitat nearby but tracking data shows many continue on across the Bering Strait to breed in Russia. #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶🦑

Red-necked Phalaropes can't dive but sometimes a tasty morsel is just out of reach and they gotta try. This position does provide an excellent opportunity to see their fancy lobed toes. Nome #Alaska #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶