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Male Rufous Hummingbird On Guard

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE
Male Rufous Hummingbird On Guard

For two evenings in a row this little fella was perched at the top of the support pipe for the weather instruments, busily on the lookout to protect “his” hummingbird feeders from other hummingbird “invaders”. Hummingbird is shown 1.92 times larger than life-size.
Picture by David Kent, 5:52 p.m. […]

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Two American Bald Eagles in a Tree

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

WEST JUNEAU WEEKLY PICTURE
Two American Bald Eagles in a Tree
These two were in a tree along the shore of Douglas Island.The trees in the background are on Mt. Maria behind downtown Juneau.

Picture by O. Richard (Dick) Kent, 10:39 a.m. ADT, March 3, 2007, © 2007

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A Snowbird - One of God’s Little Creatures of the Air

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

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A Dark-Eyed Junco (Oregon subspecies shown) - Twice Life-Size

Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Two subspecies in Alaska: Slate-Colored which breeds north of Yakutat Bay and Oregon which breeds south of Yakutat Bay. Both occur in Southeastern Alaska when not breeding, however in West Juneau the Slate-colored subspecies is rarely seen.
Common in Southeastern Alaska […]

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