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		<title>Thayer&#8217;s Gull</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/02/27/thayers-gull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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First cycle Thayer&#8217;s Gull Larus thayeri, Homer Spit, 25  February 2010.
Thayer&#8217;s Gull is a good find in Homer in the winter.  This first cycle bird was in a flock of 4,000 gulls at the offal discharge site on the end of the Homer Spit.  It was first reported by Martin Renner on 21 February.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Owl</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/02/15/valentines-day-owl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus, Seaside Farm, Homer, 14 February 2010.
There have been quite a few reports of Saw-whet Owl from Homer this winter, many coming from Seaside Farm.  This bird was quietly sleeping in a spruce tree in the middle of the day.  Unlike the Saw-whets seen at Seaside Farm earlier in the winter, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short-tailed Weasel</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/02/11/short-tailed-weasel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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Short-tailed  Weasel, Mustella erminea, Homer, 10 February 2010.
Haven&#8217;t been out birding in a few days, but still finding creatures in the yard.  Yesterday I found this cheeky short-tailed weasel, or ermine, scolding me from the protection of &#8220;his&#8221; shed&#8211;a new mammal sighting for the property.
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		<title>Emperor Goose in Homer</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2010/01/02/emperor-goose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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Emperor Goose Chen canagica, Homer, 1 January 2010.
Originally found on the Homer Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on 19 December 2009, this Emperor Goose was a dandy way to ring in the new year. It is of less than annual occurrence on the Kenai Peninsula.
Other Alaska CBC totals for Emperor Goose this year include: Adak&#8211;102; Unalaska/Dutch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Saw-whet Owls</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/12/12/northern-saw-whet-owls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus, two of three present at Seaside Farms, Homer, 12 December 2009.
The migratory habits of Northern Saw-whet Owls are far from understood.  A banding study in Homer this fall captured and banded 179 Saw-whets from one site!  It&#8217;s clear that many Saw-whets do move further south for the winter months, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Townsend&#8217;s Solitaire and Cedar Waxwing</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/12/06/cedar-waxwing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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Townsend&#8217;s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi, Homer, 7 December 2009.
Townsend&#8217;s Solitaires are uncommon to rare breeders at treeline on the Kenai Peninsula.  They are rare and erratic winter visitors to Homer.  This individual has  been frequenting chokecherries and mountain ash trees on Fernwood since at least 3 December.

Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum, Seaside Farms, Homer, 5 December 2009.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mountain Bluebird in Homer!</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/11/18/mountain-bluebird-in-homer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides, Homer, 18 November 2009.
Perched alone on the top of a birch, I pulled over to take a look at what I was expecting to be an American Robin.  Instead, this Mountain Bluebird made for a big surprise on my way home from town today.   It moved around frequently, but finally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anna&#8217;s Hummingbird Has Left the Yard</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/11/17/annas-hummingbird-has-left-the-yard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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Anna&#8217;s Hummingbird Colypte anna, Homer, 9 November 2009.
The Anna&#8217;s Hummingbird seems to have left my yard in Homer.  It was last seen around noon on 14 November, the 8th day since it appeared at the feeder on 7 November.  There have been at least five other reports of Anna&#8217;s Hummingbirds in Alaska this fall&#8211;four from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-billed and Long-staying</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/11/13/long-billed-and-long-staying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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A single Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus in a flock of Rock Sandpipers Calidris ptilocnemis, Homer boat harbor, 13 November 2009.


Dunlin Calidris alpina and Rock Sandpipers, Homer boat harbor, 13 November 2009.
High tide today pushed a flock of about 2,500 Rock Sandpipers, 150 Dunlin and one stubborn Long-billed Dowitcher into the rocky corner of the Homer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White-throated Sparrow in Homer</title>
		<link>http://www.birdingak.com/2009/11/08/white-throated-sparrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Lang</dc:creator>
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White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis, Seaside Farms, Homer, 8 November 2009.
Battle of the yard birds in Homer.  The Anna&#8217;s Hummingbird was still present at our feeder today and just a mile or so down the road Mossy Kilcher had this beautiful White-throated Sparrow in her ravine.
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