If there's anyone among us who might provide information beyond that clipped from the Anchorage Audubon page, please let me know _off-list_ at dstrother@pop.dn.net thanks..... _________________________________________________________ Anchorage - The best source: Field Guide To Birding In Anchorage, by R. L. "Buzz" Scher. This book offers detailed maps of 15 areas in and near Anchorage. It can be obtained from the Anchorage Audubon Society for $8.00 plus $2 postage, or, in Anchorage, from the Public Lands Information Center on 4th St. and some local book stores. Here are a few of the areas to bird in Anchorage: Westchester Lagoon and Coastal Trail (to Earthquake Park) - The mud flats west of the railroad are the best in Anchorage for numbers and variety of shorebirds and waterfowl. Normally best before high tide, this area is good for seeing breeding plumage Hudsonian Godwits, Surfbirds, and Short-billed Dowitchers. Nearby woods are good for Alder Flycatcher, Northern Waterthrush, and Rusty Blackbird. The open lagoon is good for both goldeneyes, swallows, and diving ducks. Beluga Whales can be seen occasionally off the mud flats. Potter Marsh - Ten miles south of downtown Anchorage and immediately adjacent to the Seward Highway, Potter Marsh offers easy viewing of breeding waterfowl, grebes and Arctic Terns, Red-necked Phalarope, swallows, sparrows and blackbirds. The east side of the marsh is good for passerines like the Bohemian Waxwing. Arctic Valley/Glen Alps - Good mornings and afternoons; ptarmigan, thrushes, pipits, and sparrows. Service High/Hillside Park/Kincaid Park/John’s Park (Oceanview) - woodpeckers, chickadees, flycatchers, thrushes, warblers and sparrows. Lake Hood/Spenard - loons, waterfowl (especially diving ducks), gulls, terns and swallows.