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Typical colored male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
This male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) seems to be closer to the less common green-backed form.
Female Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Typical colored male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
The deep snow has started sliding down the mountain slopes.
Black Turnstones made up the bulk of the shorebirds, but Surfbirds and Rock Sandpipers can be seen among them in this photo.
I would guess there were well over 1000 shorebirds on the beach. Those shown here were a small portion of the total.
I noticed some Short-billed Dowitchers and Pacific Golden Plovers among the Black Turnstones.
Pacific Golden Plovers (Pluvialis fulva) are Rare migrants in the Sitka, area.
Short-billed Dowitchers (Limnodromus griseus) and Black Turnstones (Arenaria melanocephala)
Pacific Golden Plovers (Pluvialis fulva) are Rare migrants in the Sitka, area.
A lone Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) among Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
I was interested to notice the different plumages on the Rock Sandpipers (Calidris ptilocnemis)
Typical colored male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
This male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) seems to be closer to the less common green-backed form.
Female Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Typical colored male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
The deep snow has started sliding down the mountain slopes.
Black Turnstones made up the bulk of the shorebirds, but Surfbirds and Rock Sandpipers can be seen among them in this photo.
I would guess there were well over 1000 shorebirds on the beach. Those shown here were a small portion of the total.
I noticed some Short-billed Dowitchers and Pacific Golden Plovers among the Black Turnstones.
Pacific Golden Plovers (Pluvialis fulva) are Rare migrants in the Sitka, area.
Short-billed Dowitchers (Limnodromus griseus) and Black Turnstones (Arenaria melanocephala)
Pacific Golden Plovers (Pluvialis fulva) are Rare migrants in the Sitka, area.
A lone Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) among Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
I was interested to notice the different plumages on the Rock Sandpipers (Calidris ptilocnemis)