Site Report: Anchorage--Westchester Lagoon

Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)

Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)

Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)

Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)

Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)

A tidally influenced manmade lagoon in the city of Anchorage.

Visits

2010-06-10: Walked around the lake looking for the disk golf course.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (9 records)

Phylum: Chordates (9 records)

Class: Birds (8 records)

Order: Anseriformes (2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)

Order: Pelicans (3 records)
- Family: Grebes
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Order: Perching Birds (2 records)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Rodents (1 record)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Common American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

Lifelists

Trips

Alaska 2010