The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RedOrDead, any bird with red in the capture but not on the bird or a photo of a bird on bare winter branches. Bare winter branches, that's just how we like 'em says this striking male Evening Grosbeak. Algonquin PP #Ontario 🪶

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme I've chosen #FabulousWaders If you are in the right part of #Alaska the Western Sandpiper occurs in enormous numbers. Alas, I'm not in one of those places so they are a rather uncommon migrant. Here's one refueling on the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge 🪶

AB @atlanticbirding.bsky.social has said the #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Firsts some of your earliest bird captures. An excuse to look at some distant memories from the dawn of my digital days. Here's an Emperor Goose keeping an eye on tundra events while incubating on the Yukon Delta NWR, #Alaska 🪶

Meanwhile, back around Anchorage #Alaska there are Red-necked Grebe families everywhere and adults are looking forward to the peace and quiet of their off-season. 🪶

Anchorage has a significant population of feral cats, and they need to eat to survive. But a main staple of their diet is wild birds, which many residents value and treasure, writes Alaska gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels. www.adn.com/alaska-life/...

Anchorage is loaded with feral cats. What does that mean for the birds?

Gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels recommends joining the Audubon Society or learning more about birds using an ID app.

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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...

Forecasters have issued the first-ever heat advisory for Anchorage and large parts of Southcentral Alaska, with temperatures expected to hit the upper 70s or higher through the weekend. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

First-ever heat advisory issued for Anchorage, swaths of Southcentral Alaska

High temperatures are expected to be in the upper 70s and potentially the 80s for some areas affected by the heat advisory, which is in effect until Sunday night.

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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 🪶

Bob Hallinen’s body of work spanned several decades at the Anchorage Daily News and continued to expand long after he retired. The renowned and prolific photojournalist died Sunday at the age of 77. Here's a small sample of his work: www.adn.com/visual/photo...

In photos: Bob Hallinen’s Alaska

Hallinen’s body of work spanned several decades at the Anchorage Daily News and continued to expand long after he retired.

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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 present

For 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.

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Former colleagues recall a quiet, prolific photographer with a talent for finding nuance in familiar subjects. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Longtime Anchorage Daily News photojournalist Bob Hallinen dies at 77

Former colleagues recall a quiet, prolific photographer with a talent for finding nuance in familiar subjects.

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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 🪶

Please keep Anchorage in your thoughts during this difficult time. Thank you.

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. 🦑🦊

USCG Icebreaker Healy Experienced "Significant Engineering Casualty" on July 13, Towed into Seattle "... the engineering casualty involved a crankcase explosion in one of the vessel’s engines during sea trials ..." sixtydegreesnorth.substack.com/p/uscg-icebr...

USCG Icebreaker Healy Experienced "Significant Engineering Casualty" on July 13, Towed into Seattle

Healy also suffered significant engineering casualties in 2020 and 2024 that cancelled or truncated her annual Arctic patrol. It is not clear whether this year's patrol will be affected.

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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...

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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 Anchorage

Women's game cameras capture plenty of bears in East Anchorage

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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 🪶

An ash cloud spewing from a volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula led to numerous flight cancellations across Alaska.

Ash from Russian volcano triggers flight cancellations and delays around Alaska

Airports in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Nome reported issues Wednesday due to ash from Shiveluch Volcano.

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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 🪶🦑