Alaskan Birds seen May 26 - June 5, 2001 -- B.J. Bergstrom
Locality Codes: A= Anchorage, including Potter's Marsh; P= Prince
William Sound, including land area around Whittier; R= Richardson Hwy.
from Valdez to Glenallen; D= Denali Hwy. from Paxson to 20 mi W; N=
Nome and Seward Peninsula; G= Gambell, St. Lawrence Isl.; K=Kotzebue Arpt.
() = heard only
* = AK state bird (9); ** = life bird (2). Total #Spp. = 144.
Yellow-billed Loon -N
Pacific Loon -N,G
Red-throated Loon -N
Horned Grebe -G
Red-necked Grebe -N
Northern Fulmar -G
Pelagic Cormorant -P,N,G
Trumpeter Swan -R
Tundra Swan -N
Canada Goose -A,N,G
Greater White-fronted Goose -N
*Emperor Goose -N,G
*Snow Goose -N,G
Brant -P,N,G
Green-winged Teal -R,N,G
Mallard -A,R
*Gadwall -R
Northern Pintail -R,D,N,G
Northern Shoveler -R,D
American Wigeon -R,N,G
*Canvasback -R,N
Redhead -R
Ring-necked Duck -R,N
Greater Scaup -A,N,G
Lesser Scaup -R
Bufflehead -R
Barrow's Goldeneye -A,R,D
Red-breasted Merganser -N,G
Common Merganser -D,N
Oldsquaw -D,N,G
Harlequin Duck -N,G
Black Scoter -N
Surf Scoter -R,N
White-winged Scoter -R,N,G
Common Eider -N,G
King Eider -N,G
Spectacled Eider -N,G
Steller's Eider -G
Bald Eagle -A,P,R
Northern Harrier -N
Northern Goshawk -A
Red-tailed Hawk -R
Rough-legged Hawk -D
Willow Ptarmigan -N
Rock Ptarmigan -N
Sandhill Crane -N,G
Black-bellied Plover -N
American Golden-Plover -N
Pacific Golden-Plover -N
Semipalmated Plover -D,N,G
Least Sandpiper -N
Western Sandpiper -N
Semipalmated Sandpiper D,N
*White-rumped Sandpiper -N
Rock Sandpiper -N,G
Spotted Sandpiper -R
Wood Sandpiper -G
Red-necked Stint -G
Dunlin -N,G
Ruff -G
Whimbrel -R,D,N
Wandering Tattler -D,N
Ruddy Turnstone -N
Black Turnstone -N,G
Bar-tailed Godwit -N
Common Snipe -A,P,R,D,N,G
Red-necked Phalarope -R,D,N,G
Red Phalarope -N,G
Parasitic Jaeger -P,N,G
Pomarine Jaeger -N,G
Long-tailed Jaeger -N,G
Herring ("Vega") Gull -N,G
Glaucous Gull -K,N,G
Glaucous-winged Gull -P
Mew Gull -A,P,R,D,N
Sabine's Gull -N,G
Slaty-backed Gull -N,G
Ivory Gull -N,G
**Ross's Gull -G
Black-legged Kittiwake -P,N,G
Aleutian Tern -N
Arctic Tern -A,P,R,N
Common Murre -N,G
Thick-billed Murre -N,G
Pigeon Guillemot -P,N,G
Black Guillemot -G
Dovekie -G
Parakeet Auklet -P,N,G
Crested Auklet -N,G
Least Auklet -G
Marbled Murrelet -P
Ancient Murrelet -P
Tufted Puffin -N,G
Horned Puffin -P,N,G
Rock Dove -A
Short-eared Owl -N
Belted Kingfisher -A,R,N
Hairy Woodpecker -R
Northern Flicker -A,P,R
Say's Phoebe -D
Horned Lark -N
Bank Swallow -D,N
Barn Swallow -R
Cliff Swallow -D,N
Tree Swallow -A,R,N
Violet-green Swallow -A
Black-billed Magpie -A,P,R,D,N
Northwestern Crow -A,P,R
Common Raven -A,P,R,D,N,G
Black-capped Chickadee -A,R
(Red-breasted Nuthatch) -R
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -A,P,R
Arctic Warbler -N
Northern Wheatear -N
Hermit Thrush -P,R
Gray-cheeked Thrush -N
Varied Thrush -P,R,N
American Robin -A,P,R,D,N
Yellow Wagtail -K,N
American Pipit R,D,N,G
Orange-crowned Warbler -R,D,N
*Blackpoll Warbler -D
Townsend's Warbler -D
Wilson's Warbler P,R,D,N
Yellow Warbler -A,R,D
Yellow-rumped Warbler -A,P,R,D
Northern Waterthrush -A,N
Brambling -G
**Eurasian Bullfinch -G
Common Redpoll -R,N
Hoary Redpoll -N,G
White-winged Crossbill -P
Pine Siskin -P,R
Fox Sparrow -A,P,R,D,N
Golden-crowned Sparrow -R,D,N
White-crowned Sparrow -P,R,N
Savannah Sparrow -N
*Lincoln's Sparrow -R
American Tree Sparrow -D,N
(Dark-eyed Junco) -P
Lapland Longspur -N,G
Snow Bunting -R,N,G
McKay's Bunting -G
Rusty Blackbird -N
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