Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours

Trip List

Denali Hwy / Denali

Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Swans, Geese, Ducks-Anatidae
Bean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
B.c. leucopareia (Aleutian)
B.c. minima (Cackling)
B.c. taverneri (Lesser)
Canada Goose
X B.c. parvipes (Lesser) X
B.c. occidentalis (Dusky)
Brant
X Trumpeter Swan X X X
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
X American Wigeon X X X X X
X Mallard X X X X X
Spot-billed Duck
Blue-winged Teal
X Northern Shoveler X X X X
X Northern Pintail X X X X
Garganey
Baikal Teal
Green-winged Teal
A.c. crecca (Common)
X
A.c. nimia (Aleutian)
A.c. carolinesis (American) X X X
X Canvasback X
Redhead
Common Pochard
X Ring-necked Duck X
Tufted Duck
X Greater Scaup X X X X
X Lesser Scaup X X
Steller's Eider
Spectacled Eider
King Eider
Common Eider
X Harlequin Duck X X
Surf Scoter
X White-winged Scoter X
X Black Scoter X
X Long-tailed Duck X X X
X Bufflehead X X X

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
Trip List
Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Common Goldeneye
X Barrow's Goldeneye X X X
Smew
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
X Red-breasted Merganser X X X
Ruddy Duck
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys & Quail-Phasianidae
Ruffed Grouse
X Spruce Grouse X
X Willow Ptarmigan X X X X
Rock Ptarmigan
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Loons-Gaviidae
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
X Common Loon X X X
Yellow-billed Loon
Grebes-Podicipedidae
X Horned Grebe X X
X Red-necked Grebe X X X X X
Albatrosses-Diomedeidae
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Shearwaters & Petrels-Procellariidae
Northern Fulmar
Mottled Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Storm-Petrels-Hydrobatidae
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Cormorants-Phalacrocoracidae
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-faced Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bitterns & Herons-Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron
Kites, Hawks, Eagles & Allies-Accipitridae
Osprey
X Bald Eagle X X X X

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
Trip List
Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
White-tailed Eagle
Steller's Sea-Eagle
X Northern Harrier X X X
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
X Rough-legged Hawk X
X Golden Eagle X X
Caracaras & Falcons-Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel
X Merlin X
Eurasian Hobby
X Gyrfalcon X
Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules & Coots-Rallidae
Sora
Eurasian Coot
American Coot
Cranes-Gruidae
X Sandhill Crane X
Common Crane
Plovers & Lapwings-Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
X American Golden-Plover X X X
Pacific Golden-Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Common Ringed Plover
X Semipalmated Plover X X X
Little Ringed Plover
Killdeer
Eurasian Dotterel
Oystercatchers-Haematopodidae
Black Oystercatcher
Stilts & Avocets-Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
American Avocet
Sandpipers, Phalaropes & Allies-Scolopacidae
Common Greenshank
Greater Yellowlegs
X Lesser Yellowlegs X X X
Marsh Sandpiper
X Spotted Redshank X X X
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
Trip List
Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Wandering Tattler
Gray-tailed Tattler
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Little Curlew
Whimbrel
N.p. hudsonicus (American)
N.p. variegatus (SIberian)
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
X Hudsonian Godwit X
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
X Semipalmated Sandpiper X X
Western Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
X Least Sandpiper X X X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
X Pectoral Sandpiper X X
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
C.p. tschuktschorum (Bering Sea)
C.p. ptilocnemis (Pribilof's)
C.p. cousei (Aleutian)
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Spoonbill Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
X Short-billed Dowitcher X
X Long-billed Dowitcher X
Jack Snipe
X Wilson's Snipe X
Common Snipe

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
Trip List
Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Pin-tailed Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
X Red-necked Phalarope X X X X
Red Phalarope
Pratincoles-Glareolidae
Oriental Pratincole
Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers-Laridae
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Franklin's Gull
Black-headed Gull
X Bonaparte's Gull X X X
Black-tailed Gull
X Mew Gull X X X X X
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
X L.a. smithsonianus (American) X X X X
L.a. vegae (Vega)
Thayer's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Western Gull
Glacous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Sabine's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red-legged Kittiwake
Ross's Gull
Ivory Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern (S.h longipennis )
X Arctic Tern X X X X X
Aleutian Tern
White-winged Tern
Auks, Murres & Puffins-Alcidae
Dovekie
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Black Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Kittlitz's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Parakeet Auklet
Least Auklet

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
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Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Whiskered Auklet
Crested Auklet
Rhinocerous Auklet
Horned Puffin
Tufted Puffin
Pigeons & Doves-Columbidae
Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos, Roadrunners & Anis-Cuculidae
Common Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Typical Owls-Strigidae
Oriental Scops-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
X Northern Hawk Owl X X
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Goatsuckers-Caprimulgidae
Common Nighthawk
Jungle Gray
Swifts-Apodidae
Chimney Swift
White-throated Needletail
Common Swift
Fork-tailed Swift
Hummingbirds-Trochilidae
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Hoopoes-Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers-Alcedinidae
X Belted Kingfisher X
Woodpeckers & Allies-Picidae
Eurasian Wryneck
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
Tyrant Flycatchers-Tyrannidae
Olive-sided Flycatcher

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
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Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Western Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Shrikes-Laniidae
Brown Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows-Corvidae
X Gray Jay X X X
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Northwestern Crow
X Common Raven X X X X X
Larks-Alaudidae
Sky Lark
X Horned Lark X
Swallows-Hirundinidae
Purple Martin
X Tree Swallow X
X Violet-green Swallow X X X X
X Bank Swallow X
X Cliff Swallow X
Barn Swallow
Common House-Martin
Chickadees & Titmice-Paridae
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
X Boreal Chickadee X X
Gray-headed Chickadee
Nuthatches-Sittidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Creepers-Certhiidae
Brown Creeper
Wrens-Troglodytidae
Winter Wren
Dippers-Cinclidae
X American Dipper X
Kinglets-Regulidae
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Old World Warblers, Gnatcatchers, Old World Flycatchers & Thrushes-Muscicapidae
Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler
Dusky Warbler

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
Trip List
Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Yellow-browed Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Narcissus Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Siberian Rubythroat
Bluethroat
Siberian Blue Robin
Red-flanked Bluetail
X Northern Wheatear X
Stonechat
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
X Gray-cheeked Thrush X H
Swainson's Thrush
X Hermit Thrush X
Eyebrowed Thrush
Dusky Thrush
T. n. eunomus (Dusky)
T. n. naumanni (Naumann's)
X American Robin X X X X X
Varied Thrush
Mockingbirds, Thrashers & Allie-Mimidae
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings & Allies-Sturnidae
European Starling X
Accentors-Prunellidae
Siberian Accentor
Wagtails & Pipits-Motacillidae
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
White Wagtail
Black-backed Wagtail
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
X A. r. pacificus (Buff-bellied) X X X
A. r. japonicus (Siberian)
Waxwings-Bombycillidae
Bohemian Waxwing
Wood Warblers-Parulidae

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
Trip List
Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Tennessee Warbler
X Orange-crowned Warbler X X X X X
X Yellow Warbler X
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
X D. c. auduboni (Audubon's)
D. c. coronata (Myrtle) X X X X X
Townsends's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
X Wilson's Warbler X X X
Tanagers-Thraupidae
Western Tanager
Sparrows, Buntings & Allies-Emberizidae
X American Tree Sparrow X X X
Chipping Sparrow
X Savannah Sparrow X X X
Fox Sparrow
X P.i. iliaca/zaboria (Red) X X X
P.i. unalaschcensis (Sooty)
Song Sparrow
X Lincoln's Sparrow X X X
Harris's Sparrow
X White-crowned Sparrow X X X X X
Golden-crowned Sparrow
X Dark-eyed Junco X X X X X
X Lapland Longspur X
Smith's Longspur 1S
Pine Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Gray Bunting
Pallas's Bunting
Reed Bunting
X Snow Bunting
McKay's Bunting
Blackbirds-Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Fringilline & Cardueline Finches & Allies-Fringillidae
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
L.t. griseonucha (Aleutian)

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Spring 2005 Denali Hwy / Denali, AK High Lonesome BirdTours
Trip List
Denali Hwy / Denali
Date 5/14 5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19
Day Tu W Th F Sa Sa
Species
Trip Loc ANC fly Pax Pax Den ANC
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
L.t. umbrina (Pribiloff's)
L.t. littoralis (Hepburn's)
Pine Grosbeak
Common Rosefinch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
X White-winged Crossbill X H
X Common Redpoll X X X
Hoary Redpoll
Eurasian Siskin
X Pine Siskin X X
Oriental Greenfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Hawfinch
77 Total

Mammals
Moose
Carribou
Pika
Dall's Sheep
Mountain Goat
Porcupine
Arctic Hare

Legend:
H = Heard only
L = Seen by leader only
S = Seen by a single or a few only
ad = adult
im = immature
m = male
f = female
Sp = species
* = see note in trip report
? = Not confirmed

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