Black-capped Chickadees Survive By Shivering in Alaska

Black-capped Chickadees Survive By Shivering in Alaska December 24, 2020 / Ned Rozell During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights. Where the chickadees spend those long nights was a mystery until a biologist tracked them. Susan Sharbaugh spent [...]

Summertime at Potter Marsh

Summertime at Potter Marsh In early spring hundreds of birds congregate at Anchorage's Potter Marsh and lay eggs after a long flight from the Lower 48. It's mid-July now and many of the birds have moved on but for a few. I took these shots on June 24th, 2017 right at the parking lot about [...]

Spectacled Eiders Overwintering in the Bering Sea

Spectacled Eiders Overwintering in the Bering Sea By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]L[/fusion_dropcap]ike flecks of pepper on chowder, all of the spectacled eiders on the planet are now gathered amid sea ice and steaming open leads in the Bering Sea. "It's a mass of life in this desolate area," said Matt Sexson, who once rode an icebreaker [...]

Alaska mosquitoes spreading malaria in birds

Alaska mosquitoes spreading malaria in birds By Ned Rozell [fusion_dropcap]T[/fusion_dropcap]housands of Alaska mosquitoes are now on sabbatical at the University of California, Davis. They are not pestering suntanned Californians. Researchers are analyzing their tiny corpses to see if the parasites that cause malaria are inside them. During the last two summers, Ravinder Sehgal and his [...]