Birds seen (and heard only) in Alaska 26 May - 12 June 1999.
Bradley J. Bergstrom
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Abundance Code* Locality Codes**
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Gaviidae (loons)
Common Loon 1 KE
Yellow-billed Loon 2 GM,BA
Pacific Loon 2 BA
Red-throated Loon 2 NM,BA
Podicipedidae (grebes)
Red-necked Grebe 1 SP
Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
Double-crested Cormorant 2 KE
Pelagic Cormorant 4 GM,NM
Red-faced Cormorant 4 SP
Anatidae (ducks, geese)
Tundra Swan 3 NM,BA
Canada Goose 3 AN,SP
Greater White-fronted Goose 3 BA
Bean Goose 1 SP
Brant 3 GM,NM
Green-winged Teal 3 GM
Mallard 3 GM,NM,AN,SP,BA
Northern Pintail 6 GM,NM,AN,SP,BA
Northern Shoveler 3 NM,AN
American Wigeon 2 NM,AN,BA
Redhead 2 BA
Tufted Duck 2 SP
Ring-necked Duck 2 SP
Bufflehead 2 SP
Common Goldeneye 1 SP
Barrow's Goldeneye 2 AN,KE
Red-breasted Merganser 2 NM,KE
Common Merganser 1 KE
Oldsquaw 5 GM,NM,SP,BA
Harlequin Duck 5 NM,SP,KE
Greater Scaup 2 NM,SP
Lesser Scaup 2 AN
Black (Common) Scoter 3 GM,NM,BA
Surf Scoter 2 GM,NM
White-winged Scoter 1 SP
Common Eider 3 GM,(BA?)
King Eider 2/3 SP,BA
Spectacled Eider 3/4 GM,BA
Steller's Eider 4 SP,KE,BA
Falconiformes (hawks, falcons)
Bald Eagle 3 AN,KE
Golden Eagle 1 NM
Northern Harrier 1 NM,BA
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 KE
Merlin 1 KE
Gyrfalcon 1 NM
Galliformes (grouse, etc.)
Spruce Grouse 2 KE
Willow Ptarmigan 2 NM
Rock Ptarmigan 2/3 NM
Gruiformes (rails, coots, cranes)
Sandhill Crane 2 GM,NM
Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
Black-bellied Plover 2 GM
American Golden Plover 3 GM,NM,BA
Pacific Golden Plover 2 NM
Semipalmated Plover 3/4 GM,NM,BA,SP,ANC
Killdeer 1 BA
Rock Sandpiper 4 SP,NM,BA
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 NM,BA
Spotted Sandpiper 2 KE,SP
Solitary Sandpiper 1 GM
Western Sandpiper 2/3 GM,BA
Baird's Sandpiper 1 BA
Common Sandpiper 2 SP
Wood Sandpiper 3 SP,GM
Terek Sandpiper 1 SP
Long-toed Stint 1 SP
Common Greenshank 2 SP
Surfbird 3/4 AN
Dunlin 4 GM,SP,NM,BA
Short-billed Dowitcher 3 AN
Long-billed Dowitcher 4 GM,BA
Ruff 1 SP
Willet 2 NM
Whimbrel 2 NM
Wandering Tattler 2 NM,SP
Gray-tailed Tattler 2 SP
Ruddy Turnstone 2 BA
Bar-tailed Godwit 3 NM
Hudsonian Godwit 3/4 AN
Common Snipe 2 GM,NM,BA
Red-necked Phalarope 3 AN,NM,GM,SP,BA
Red Phalarope 5 SP(3 indiv.),BA
Laridae (jaegers, gulls, terns)
Parasitic Jaeger 2 GM,NM,BA
Pomarine Jaeger 4 GM,NM,BA
Long-tailed Jaeger 2 GM,NM,BA
Herring Gull (vega race) 4 GM(most),SP
Thayer's Gull 1 SP
Glaucous Gull 4 GM,NM,SP,BA
Glaucous-winged Gull 4 GM,SP,KE
Mew Gull 3 AN,KE
Black-headed Gull 2 NM,SP
Slaty-backed Gull 4 GM,NM,SP (esp. SP)
Ivory Gull 2 GM
Black-legged Kittiwake 5 GM,SP
Red-legged Kittiwake 3/4 SP
Arctic Tern 2 AN,KE,NM
Alcidae (puffins, etc.)
Common Murre 5 GM,SP,KE
Thick-billed Murre 6 GM,SP
Pigeon Guillemot 5 GM,SP,KE
Black Guillemot 2 GM
Dovekie 2 GM
Parakeet Auklet 5/6 GM,SP
Crested Auklet 6+ GM,SP
Least Auklet 6 GM,SP
Marbled Murrelet 1 KE
Ancient Murrelet 1 SP
Tufted Puffin 4 SP
Horned Puffin 4 SP
Columbidae (doves)
Rock Dove 2 AN
Tytonidae (owls)
Short-eared Owl 2 SP,BA
Snowy Owl 2+ BA
(Northern Saw-Whet Owl) 1 KE
Apodiformes (swifts, hummingbirds)
Rufous Hummingbird 3 KE
Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
(Belted Kingfisher) 1 KE
Picidae (woodpeckers)
Three-toed Woodpecker 2 (nests) KE
Tyrannidae (flycatchers)
Alder Flycatcher 2 KE
Hirudinidae (swallows)
Bank Swallow 2 NM
Cliff Swallow 3 KE
Tree Swallow 3 AN
Violet-green Swallow 5 KE
Corvidae (jays, crows)
Steller's Jay 2 AN,KE
Black-billed Magpie 2 AN
Northwestern Crow 3 KE
Common Raven 3 AN,KE,NM,GM
Paridae (chickadees)
Black-capped Chickadee 3 AN,KE
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2 KE
Sittidae (nuthatches)
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 AN,KE
Troglodytidae (wrens)
Winter Wren 3 SP,KE
Sylviidae (kinglets)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 AN,KE
Muscicapidae (thrushes)
Northern Wheatear 1 GM
Hermit Thrush 2 AN,KE
Swainson's Thrush 3 KE
Varied Thrush 4 KE
American Robin 3 AN,KE,NM
Bluethroat 2 GM
Fringillidae
Emberizinae/Parulini (wood warblers)
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 AN,KE
Townsend's Warbler 3 KE
Wilson's Warbler 2 AN,KE
Yellow Warbler 2 AN,KE
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 AN,KE
Northern Waterthrush 2 NM
Emberizinae/Emberizini (sparows, buntings, longspurs...)
Fox Sparrow 2 NM,KE
Golden-crowned Sparrow 2 NM
Savannah Sparrow 2 GM,NM,BA
Song Sparrow 3 KE
American Tree Sparrow 2 NM
White-crowned Sparrow 3 NM,KE
Dark-eyed Junco 4 KE,AN
Lapland Longspur 5 GM,NM,SP,BA
Snow Bunting 5 GM,SP,BA
McKay's Bunting 2 (pr) SP
Fringillinae/Carduelini (finches, crossbills)
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch 4 SP
Brambling 1 GM
Common Redpoll 3 GM,BA
Hoary Redpoll 5 GM,BA
White-winged Crossbill 3/4 KE
Pine Siskin 5 KE,AN
Passeridae
Motacillinae (pipits, wagtails)
Yellow Wagtail 2 GM
American Pipit 2 NM
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*Abundance Codes: 1 = just one seen (or heard); 2 = 2-8; 3 = 9 to 20 or so;
4 = scores!; 5 = hundreds!!; 6 = thousands!!!
**Locality Codes & Dates:
GM = Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, May 26-29
NM = Nome and vicinity (Seward Peninsula), May 29-30
AN = Anchorage area, May 31 and June 13
SP = St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, June 1-4
KE = Kenai Peninsula, June 4-10
BA = Barrow, June 10-12
Mammals seen: Tundra Vole, Brown Lemming, Arctic Ground Squirrel, Red
Squirrel, Mountain Goat, Dall Sheep, Moose, Reindeer, Black Bear, Arctic Fox
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