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Picornaviruses (Order Picornavirales)Observer
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Observation is for cause of beak deformation. More information on Alaska picornaviruses and occurrence in chickadees is available at the links in this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164200324
Misc note: this bird allowed me to get extraordinarily close. The photos are uncropped using my phone.
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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)Observer
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With telemetry collar?
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Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)Observer
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Their calls and croaks have brightened my heart for a week or two already, but this is the first time this year I've managed to see a crane. A true life pleasure to have them in my neighborhood.
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Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)Observer
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I declare the lagoon ice-free. Last evening there was still a large rotten wet sheet on the last western portion, this morning it was gone.
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
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First time to see pigeons in the yard maybe?
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Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)Observer
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Ice free part of lagoon has finally reached the western nesting island.
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Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)Observer
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First of season red necked grebe for me
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Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)Observer
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Second individual embedded within vegetation
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Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)Observer
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Terns are back. Lagoon 1/3 ice free?
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Rain Beetle (Pterostichus melanarius)Observer
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A few first of season insects today: this beetle, a butterfly and a bumblebee. No obs of the bee or butterfly (mourning cloak, I suspect).
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Shanks, Tattlers, and Allies (Genus Tringa)Observer
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First of season sandpiper I've seen in Anchorage
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Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)Observer
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I propose today as the day that the snowshoe hares in my backyard have officially transitioned from winter to summer colors.
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Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)Observer
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Tick observation here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208853382
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Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)Observer
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Nesting island with small open water around some limited sections of island and lagoon edge.
