Spring 2008 "Gambell 2" Alaska Trip List High Lonesome BirdTours

Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Swans, Geese, Ducks-Anatidae
Bean Goose
X Greater White-fronted Goose 1 1
Lesser White-fronted Goose
X Emperor Goose 3 1
X Snow Goose X X
X Brant X X X X
Cackling Goose
B.h. leucopareia (Aleutian)
X
B.h. minima (Cackling)
B.h. taverneri (Lesser) 3 1
Canada Goose
B.c. parvipes (Lesser)
B.c. occidentalis (Dusky)
Trumpeter Swan
X Tundra Swan X X
Whooper Swan
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
X X
American Wigeon
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
X Northern Pintail X X X X X
Garganey
Baikal Teal
Green-winged Teal
X A.c. crecca (Common)
A.c. carolinesis (American) X X X X
Canvasback
Redhead
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
X Greater Scaup 3 2
Lesser Scaup
X Steller's Eider 5 10 X X X
Spectacled Eider O
X King Eider X X X X X
X Common Eider X X X X X
X Harlequin Duck X X X X X
Surf Scoter
X White-winged Scoter 5 X
Black Scoter
X Long-tailed Duck X X X X
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Smew

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Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Hooded Merganser
X Common Merganser 3
X Red-breasted Merganser X X
Ruddy Duck
Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys & Quail-Phasianidae
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Willow Ptarmigan
Rock Ptarmigan
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Loons-Gaviidae
X Red-throated Loon 1
X Arctic Loon 3 2
X Pacific Loon 1 X X X
Common Loon
X Yellow-billed Loon 1 X
Grebes-Podicipedidae
Horned Grebe
X Red-necked Grebe 1
Albatrosses-Diomedeidae
Shy Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Shearwaters & Petrels-Procellariidae
X Northern Fulmar X X X X X X
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
X Pelagic Cormorant X X X X X X
Bitterns & Herons-Ardeidae
Yellow Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Gray Heron
Intermediate Egret
Chinese Egret
Chinese Pond-Heron
Kites, Hawks, Eagles & Allies-Accipitridae
Osprey

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 Spring 2008 "Gambell 2" Alaska Trip List High Lonesome BirdTours

Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Bald Eagle
White-tailed Eagle O?
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
X Rough-legged Hawk X X X X
Golden Eagle
Caracaras & Falcons-Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel
Merlin
O?
Eurasian Hobby
Gyrfalcon
X Peregrine Falcon 1 1 1
Rails, Gallinules & Coots-Rallidae
Sora
Eurasian Coot
American Coot
Cranes-Gruidae
X Sandhill Crane X X X X
Common Crane
Plovers & Lapwings-Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
X Pacific Golden-Plover 1
Lesser Sand-Plover
X Common Ringed Plover 1 6 X
X Semipalmated Plover X X 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
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Spotted Redshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Common Greenshank
Lesser Yellowlegs

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Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Little Curlew
Whimbrel
N.p. hudsonicus (American) O
N.p. variegatus (SIberian)
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
X Ruddy Turnstone 2
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
X Western Sandpiper X X X X X
X Red-necked Stint 1
Little Stint
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
X Pectoral Sandpiper 1 X
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
C.p. tschuktschorum (Bering Sea) 2
X
C.p. ptilocnemis (Pribiloff's)
C.p. cousei (Aleutian)
X Dunlin X X X X X
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
X Long-billed Dowitcher 4 X X
Jack Snipe
X Wilson's Snipe X X H X
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
X Red-necked Phalarope X X X X X
Red Phalarope
Pratincoles-Glareolidae

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Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Oriental Pratincole
Gulls, Terns & Skimmers-Laridae
Franklin's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
X Mew Gull 1 ad
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
X L.a. smithsonianus (American)
L.a. vegae (Vega) X X X X X X
Thayer's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Western Gull
Glacous-winged Gull
X Glaucous Gull X X X X X X
Sabine's Gull
X Black-legged Kittiwake X X X X X X
Red-legged Kittiwake
Ross's Gull
X Ivory Gull 2 2 2 1 1 1
Aleutian Tern
Caspian Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern (S.h longipennis )
Arctic Tern
Skuas & Jaegers-Stercoriidae
South Polar Skua
X Pomarine Jaeger X 1 1
X Parasitic Jaeger 2
X Long-tailed Jaeger X X 3
Auks, Murres & Puffins-Alcidae
X Dovekie 4
X Common Murre X X X X X X
X Thick-billed Murre X X X X X X
X Black Guillemot X 5 4
X Pigeon Guillemot X X X X X
Long-billed Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Kittlitz's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
X Parakeet Auklet X X X X X
X Least Auklet X X X X X X
Whiskered Auklet
X Crested Auklet X X X X X X
Rhinocerous Auklet
X Horned Puffin X X X X X X
X Tufted Puffin X X X X X X

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Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
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
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Goatsuckers-Caprimulgidae
Common Nighthawk
Gray Nightjar
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
Belted Kingfisher
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
Tyrant Flycatchers-Tyrannidae
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Shrikes-Laniidae

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Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Brown Shrike
Northern Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows-Corvidae
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Northwestern Crow
X Common Raven X X X X X
Larks-Alaudidae
Sky Lark
Horned Lark
Swallows-Hirundinidae
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow O
Cliff Swallow
X Barn Swallow 1 ssp? 1 Asian
Common House-Martin
Chickadees & Titmice-Paridae
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Gray-headed Chickadee
Nuthatches-Sittidae
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Creepers-Certhiidae
Brown Creeper
Wrens-Troglodytidae
Winter Wren
Dippers-Cinclidae
American Dipper
Kinglets-Regulidae
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Old World Warblers-Sylviidae
Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Pallas's Leaf Warber
Lesser Whitethroat
Old World Flycatchers-Muscicapidae
Narcissus Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Dark-sided Flycatcher

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Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Thrushes-Turdidae
Siberian Rubythroat
X Bluethroat 1 1
Siberian Blue Robin
Red-flanked Bluetail
X Northern Wheatear 1f
Stonechat
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
X Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush
X Hermit Thrush 1 1
Eyebrowed Thrush
Dusky Thrush
T.n. eunormus (Dusky)
T.n. naumanni (Naumann's)
Fieldfare
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Mockingbirds, Thrashers & Allies-Mimidae
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings & Allies-Sturnidae
European Starling
Accentors-Prunellidae
Siberian Accentor
Wagtails & Pipits-Motacillidae
X Eastern Yellow Wagtail X X X X
Gray Wagtail
X White Wagtail 2 2 X 6 X X
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
X A. r. pacificus (Pacific) 1 1
A. r. japonicus (Siberian) 1
Waxwings-Bombycillidae
Bohemian Waxwing
Wood Warblers-Parulidae
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
D. c. auduboni (Audubon's)
D. c. coronata (Myrtle)
Townsends's Warbler

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Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Tanagers-Thraupidae
Western Tanager
Sparrows, Buntings & Allies-Emberizidae
American Tree Sparrow O
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
X P.i. iliaca/zaboria (Red)
P.i. unalaschcensis (Sooty) 1
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
X Lapland Longspur X X X X X X
Smith's Longspur
Pine Bunting
X Little Bunting 1
Rustic Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Gray Bunting
Pallas's Bunting
Reed Bunting
X Snow Bunting X X X X X X
X McKay's Bunting 1m
Blackbirds-Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Fringilline & Cardueline Finches & Allies-Fringillidae
Brambling
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
L.t. griseonucha (Aleutian)
L.t. umbrina (Pribiloff's)
L.t. littoralis (Hepburn's)
Pine Grosbeak
Common Rosefinch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
X Common Redpoll X X X X
X Hoary Redpoll X X X X X X
Eurasian Siskin
Pine Siskin

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Gambell 2 Trip
Trip Date 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Oriental Greenfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Hawfinch
74 Total bird species
Mammals, etc.
Gray Whale
Ribbon Seal
Bearded Seal
Ringed Seal
Spotted Seal
Pacific Walrus
Arctic Fox
Arctic Ground Squirrel
Tundra Vole
Red-backed Vole
St. Lawrence Island Collared Lemming

Legend:
L = Seen by leader only
O = Seen by others
m = male
f = female
ad = adult
imm = immature
hy = hybrid
sp = species
ssp = subspecies
? = Not confirmed

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