Yesterday afternoon, mid-to-late afternoon, we saw a Sharp-shinned hawk sitting on the dead willow in the middle of the backyard. He was much larger, the chest feathers were more cream and orangey, and when he flew away, his back was more slate-blue/gray, than the hawk we saw two days ago. We decided, especially because of the size difference, that the earlier hawk we saw must have been an immature Sharpie.
Heard a report of black brants and long-tailed jaegers seen on friends' trip to the Brooks Range. We occasionally see long-tailed jaegers on the Kenai River Flats but have not seen any this summer. They are incredibly swift hunters. Black brants are not on my life list yet, I would love to be in the right place to see one of those.
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