Bishop, Armstrong & Carstensen 1987 Juneau Airport
Environmental analysis of lower Jordan Creek From March through July, 1987, I assisted Dan Bishop and Bob Armstrong with an…
1987 | Bishop, Armstrong & Carstensen | 40 pages
Waders, waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls, alcids, etc.
Waterbirds branch off the base of the family tree
This section is for notes on the diverse group of resident and migrant species we call ‘waterbirds.’ Generally long-lived species, typically portrayed as branches off the lower half of the order Aves. From the perspective of a pilot, these are the families—namely waterfowl, gulls and heron—you really don’t want to see up-close on approach to the runway.
In this section
Fish Creek walkthrough
Focus group tour On Thursday, August 26th, about 30 masked aficionados of dynamic Fish Creek delta assembled on invitation from…
2021 | Richard Carstensen, Bob Armstrong | RC-59 pages: BA vid-links
Wetlands Month features Mendenhall Wetlands
Frontyard wetlands in StoryMaps Every May is American Wetlands Month, and this year, it’s especially interesting for residents of Áak’w…
Birds, beavers & Bob
Hands-off Seaweek At Discovery we offer hands-on activities in nature. So it’s been tough on us as well as the…
American Wetlands Month features Taashuyee
Our frontyard wetlands in StoryMaps For several years I’ve been wanting to dive into ArcGIS StoryMaps, cartography for one and…
2021 | USFWS | ArcGIS StoryMap
Northbound through Áak’w Aaní
Zonotrichia passage through the Highlands May 3rd, 2022. Golden-&-white-crowned sparrows are flooding through our neighborhood’s garden rows and brush borders.…
2021&22 | Richard Carstensen | short captioned videos
Heron roost
Yardbirds Over the 44 years I’ve lived in Southeast Alaska, behavior of two once-wary species has changed remarkably—probably due to…
2021 | Richard Carstensen | 60 second video
Nature near the schools: Birds
Powerpoint & script for spring Nature Studies Rainforest is not the first place a birder gravitates to. In breeding season,…
1990 | Richard Carstensen | powerpoint & presenter's script
History and future of the Refuge
Rebound, succession, fish&wildlife, and aviation on our frontyard wetlands In 2011, Jeff Sauer at Juneau Audubon asked for a presentation…
2011 | Richard Carstensen | 36-minute slideshow
Spring trumpeters
Northbound swans, Áak’w Táak, inland from little lake (M-word Valley) April 4th, 2020. For the past week or more, birders…
2020 | Richard Carstensen | 3-minute video
Birds & plane safety
Beginning in late 2001, on contract with Airport EIS consultants SWCA, Bob Armstrong and I spent a full year surveying…
2004 | Richard Carstensen & Bob Armstrong | 14 pages
Heron fishing
Cathy Pohl filmed this great blue heron fishing for crescent gunnels on the delta of Dzantik’i Héeni, little flounder creek…
2018 | Richard Carstensen | 1 page
Windy moonrise
Experiments filming moonrise on a cold, windy February day in Juneau, Alaska. Includes segment with great blue heron, trying to…
2017 | Richard Carstensen | 2 minutes
Common birds of Southeast Alaska
This field-ID laminate introduces common land-&-sea birds of Southeast. Beginning birders can be overwhelmed by the number of species in…
White-fronted geese
Coming home from Hoonah in late April, 2015, Cathy and I swung out to the Industrial Boulevard wetland access to…
2015 | Richard Carstensen & Catherine Pohl | 10 seconds
Spring migrants on the Refuge
Yellowlegs, peeps, and northbound songbirds on the Refuge dike trail.
2017 | Richard Carstensen | 90 seconds
The Mendenhall Wetlands: a globally recognized Important Bird Area.
In 2009, with support from the Southeast Alaska Land Trust, Bob, Mary, Marge and I distilled much of the information…
2009 | Armstrong, Carstensen, Willson and Osborn | 82 pages
Dogs, wildlife and wildlife viewing
This position statement addresses how dogs can impact wildlife, with a focus on the Mendenhall Wetlands. Download here (1MB):
2009 | Juneau Audubon Society | 4 pages
Hotspots: bird survey of Mendenhall Wetlands (April 2002 to May 2003)
Summary of a 14 month bird survey on Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge, undertaken on request from US Fish &…
2004 | Robert Armstrong, Richard Carstensen, Mary Willson | 77 pages