The cormorants moved in when the peregrins did not return this year. "We believe (they did not return) because of the bird flu."
This video shot on June 11th outside of Kotzebue shows red-necked phalaropes displaying circling behavior.
Over the past five days there have been increasing reports of unusual behavior in a variety of bird species including brant goose, snow goose, white-fronted goose, and Canada goose.
The bird was flying and just dropped dead.
"Since about May 25, crews have been seeing multiple species showing what we believe are signs of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The signs we are seeing widespread is a headshaking that we equate to "getting the cobwebs out", like a person may do when they first wake up. This behavior occurs regularly every couple minutes. This behavior has been observed in: black brant, cackling geese, bar-tailed godwits, dunlin, lapland longspurs, spectacled eiders, emperor geese, greater white-fronted geese, sabines gulls, glaucous gulls, and red-necked phalaropes."
This bird was a noticed on the beach landing area of the community but not touched.
Dead birds suspected to have died from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been found on Kigigak Island and Tutakoke River in Alaska, with other bird species displaying unusual behaviors.
Unknown bird sighted on the Alaskan Peninsula.
This is the quietest spring I’ve experienced. It’s not my hearing. The Merlin app is hardly picking any bird songs up.
We've seen these birds in the Fairbanks area before but neither my wife or I could recall seeing one at this time of year.
Sea bird deaths
Seems to happen same time each year.
Spring brought a plethora of Indigo Buntings, Baltimore Orioles and Rufus Towhees.
Identification pending.
Poor seabird chick fledging rates
Unidentified birds may be Pine Grosbeaks (Pinicola enucleator), whose species range extends to some parts of the Alaska Peninsula.
Dead birds in harbor
Eighteen dead shearwaters (genus Puffinus) have washed ashore at Humpy Cove. Additional birds were observed by other community members at Wide Bay and Morris Cove.
Identified as a male Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
Dead birds on beach
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