Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia, 19 in / 48.26 cm. COMMON in prairies and parklands with scattered trees. Tint of colors around the neck show that not much light is needed , even under an overcast sky.

Earthquake Park, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

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Horned Grebe, Podiceps auritus, 35.56 cm / 14 in. COMMON. Breeds on ponds with emergent vegetation, winters on open water. Photographed on June 04, 2007.

Seen on a small pond along the Denali Highway, Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska.

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Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, 7.75 in / 19.7 cm. COMMON locally. Nests in grass near tundra ponds. Winters on open ocean along of floating weeds and debris. Immature or transition-plumaged male.

Tundra pond near Utiagvik, Alaska, USA.

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Common Murre, Uria aalge, 44.45 cm / 17.5 in. COMMON at nesting colonies on rocky cliffs on the ocean, winters on open ocean.

Ridge Wall, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, West Aleutian Burough, Alaska, USA, Bering Sea.

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Boreal Chickadee, Poecile hudsonicus columbianus, 13.97 cm / 5.5 in. UNCOMMON in dense spruce woods, More secretive and less social than other chickadees. Cleaning out its nest cavity. Photographed in June 2007.

Lowell Point, Seward, Valdez-Cordova Borough, Alaska, USA.

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