2003 High Lonesome Ecotours Gambell, Alaska Fall Trip Lists

Trip Pre-Trip Gambell 4 Gambell 5 Nome

Day 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1-2
Date 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/10-11
Mean Temp (F) 43 42 42 46 47 44 41 42 45 44 44 46 48 43 42 46 42
Max Temp (F) 45 45 46 48 52 46 43 45 46 46 45 48 50 46 46 48 46
Min Temp (F) 41 40 37 45 43 41 39 39 43 41 43 43 46 39 37 45 37
Average winds (mph) 33 16 6 7 8 12 10 8 7 10 11 12 15 19 11 17 4
Sustained high winds (mph) 41 25 11 13 15 22 17 23 15 15 20 17 22 29 20 24 12
Maximum Gusts (mph) 50 31 N/A N/A N/A 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 33 N/A 25 N/A
Wind direction (generally/unofficial)
Mean visibility (mi) 5 7 8 8 8 10 10 9 10 10 6 5 7 7 9 4 10
Weather conditions OC OC/C C OC OC C/OC OC OC OC/C OC/MC OC OC OC OC OC OC MC/R
Rain (in) 0.06 0.15 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.14 0.09 0.01 0.12 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
Gambell Trips

Low Press (in Hg) 29.50 29.80 29.90 29.90 29.90 30.00 29.80 29.60 29.60 29.80 29.80 29.70 29.50 29.50 29.60 29.60
Hi Press (in Hg) 29.80 29.90 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 29.80 29.80 29.90 29.90 29.80 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70
Low Hum (%) 66 61 70 76 62 70 65 70 66 61 70 76 76 75 65 81
Hi Hum (%) 87 81 81 87 87 87 81 87 81 81 87 87 87 87 81 87

X Red-throated Loon X X
X Arctic Loon X X X
X Pacific Loon X X X
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
X Northern Fulmar X X X
X Short-tailed Shearwater X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Red-faced Cormorant
X Pelagic Cormorant X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Bean Goose
X Greater White-fronted Goose X X
X Emperor Goose X X X
X Snow Goose X X
X Canada Goose X
X Brant X
X Tundra Swan X
Whooper Swan
X Eurasian Wigeon X
X American Wigeon X
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
X Northern Pintail X X X X X X X X X X
Baikal Teal
X Green-winged Teal X X
A.c. carolinensis
A.c. crecca
Redhead
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
X Steller's Eider X X X X
X Spectacled Eider X
X King Eider X X X X X X X X
X Common Eider X
X Harlequin Duck X X X X X
Surf Scoter
X White-winged Scoter X X X
Black Scoter
X Long-tailed Duck X X
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
X Red-breasted Merganser X
Osprey
White-tailed Eagle
Northern Harrier X
X Rough-legged Hawk X X X X
Merlin
X Gyrfalcon X
X Peregrine Falcon ? X
Sandhill Crane
Rock Ptarmigan
Black-bellied Plover
X American Golden-Plover X
X Pacific Golden-Plover X X X X X X X X
Mongolian Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Eurasian Dotterel
Common Greenshank
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 2003 High Lonesome Ecotours Gambell, Alaska Fall Trip Lists
Trip Pre-Trip Gambell 4 Gambell 5 Nome
Day 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1-2
Date 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/10-11
Mean Temp (F) 43 42 42 46 47 44 41 42 45 44 44 46 48 43 42 46 42
Max Temp (F) 45 45 46 48 52 46 43 45 46 46 45 48 50 46 46 48 46
Min Temp (F) 41 40 37 45 43 41 39 39 43 41 43 43 46 39 37 45 37
Average winds (mph) 33 16 6 7 8 12 10 8 7 10 11 12 15 19 11 17 4
Sustained high winds (mph) 41 25 11 13 15 22 17 23 15 15 20 17 22 29 20 24 12
Maximum Gusts (mph) 50 31 N/A N/A N/A 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 33 N/A 25 N/A
Wind direction (generally/unofficial)
Mean visibility (mi) 5 7 8 8 8 10 10 9 10 10 6 5 7 7 9 4 10
Weather conditions OC OC/C C OC OC C/OC OC OC OC/C OC/MC OC OC OC OC OC OC MC/R
Rain (in) 0.06 0.15 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.14 0.09 0.01 0.12 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
Gambell Trips

Low Press (in Hg) 29.50 29.80 29.90 29.90 29.90 30.00 29.80 29.60 29.60 29.80 29.80 29.70 29.50 29.50 29.60 29.60
Hi Press (in Hg) 29.80 29.90 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 29.80 29.80 29.90 29.90 29.80 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70
Low Hum (%) 66 61 70 76 62 70 65 70 66 61 70 76 76 75 65 81
Hi Hum (%) 87 81 81 87 87 87 81 87 81 81 87 87 87 87 81 87

Lesser Yellowlegs
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
X Wandering Tattler X
X Gray-tailed Tattler X X
Common Sandpiper
Terek Sandpipier
Little Curlew
Whimbrel
N. p. hudsonicus
N. p. variegatus
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
X Ruddy Turnstone X X X X X X X X X X
Black Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
X Sanderling X
Semipalmated Sandpiper
X Western Sandpiper X X X X X X
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
X Baird's Sandpiper X X
X Pectoral Sandpiper X
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper X X X
Rock Sandpiper
X C.p. tschuktschorum X X X X X X X X X
X Dunlin X X X X X X X X
Curlew Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
X Long-billed Dowitcher X X X
Common Snipe
Wilson's Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
X Red Phalarope X X X X X
Oriental Pratincole
X Pomarine Jaeger X X X X X
X Parasitic Jaeger X X X X X X
Long-tailed Jaeger
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Gull
X Mew Gull X
Herring Gull
X L. a. vegae X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
L. a. smithsonianus
Thayer's Gull
X Slaty-backed Gull X X X X
X Glaucous-winged Gull X X X X X X X X X X
X Glaucous Gull X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Sabine's Gull
X Black-legged Kittiwake X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Ross's Gull
Ivory Gull
sterna Tern, sp.
Arctic Tern

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 2003 High Lonesome Ecotours Gambell, Alaska Fall Trip Lists
Trip Pre-Trip Gambell 4 Gambell 5 Nome
Day 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1-2
Date 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/10-11
Mean Temp (F) 43 42 42 46 47 44 41 42 45 44 44 46 48 43 42 46 42
Max Temp (F) 45 45 46 48 52 46 43 45 46 46 45 48 50 46 46 48 46
Min Temp (F) 41 40 37 45 43 41 39 39 43 41 43 43 46 39 37 45 37
Average winds (mph) 33 16 6 7 8 12 10 8 7 10 11 12 15 19 11 17 4
Sustained high winds (mph) 41 25 11 13 15 22 17 23 15 15 20 17 22 29 20 24 12
Maximum Gusts (mph) 50 31 N/A N/A N/A 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 33 N/A 25 N/A
Wind direction (generally/unofficial)
Mean visibility (mi) 5 7 8 8 8 10 10 9 10 10 6 5 7 7 9 4 10
Weather conditions OC OC/C C OC OC C/OC OC OC OC/C OC/MC OC OC OC OC OC OC MC/R
Rain (in) 0.06 0.15 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.14 0.09 0.01 0.12 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
Gambell Trips

Low Press (in Hg) 29.50 29.80 29.90 29.90 29.90 30.00 29.80 29.60 29.60 29.80 29.80 29.70 29.50 29.50 29.60 29.60
Hi Press (in Hg) 29.80 29.90 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 29.80 29.80 29.90 29.90 29.80 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70
Low Hum (%) 66 61 70 76 62 70 65 70 66 61 70 76 76 75 65 81
Hi Hum (%) 87 81 81 87 87 87 81 87 81 81 87 87 87 87 81 87

Aleutian Tern
Dovekie
X Common Murre X X X X X X X X X X X
X Thick-billed Murre X X X X X X X X X
Black Guillemot
X Pigeon Guillemot X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Marbled Murrelet
Kittlitz's Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
X Parakeet Auklet X X X X X X X X
X Least Auklet X X X X X X X X X X X
X Crested Auklet X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
X Horned Puffin X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
X Tufted Puffin X X X X X X X X X X X X
Common Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Snowy Owl
X Short-eared Owl X
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-Whet Owl
Fork-tailed Swift
Rufous Hummingbird
X Eurasian Wryneck X X X X
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
"Western" Flycatcher [complex]
Brown Shrike
Warbling Vireo
X Common Raven X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Sky Lark
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Red Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
X Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler X
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
X Arctic Warbler X X X X X X X X X X X X
Lesser Whitethroat
Spotted Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Siberian Rubythroat
X Bluethroat X X X X X
X Northern Wheatear X X X X X X X X X
Stonechat
X Gray-cheeked Thrush X X X X X X X X X X X
Hermit Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Fieldfare
X American Robin X
Varied Thrush
X Siberian Accentor X
X Yellow Wagtail X X
Gray Wagtail

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 2003 High Lonesome Ecotours Gambell, Alaska Fall Trip Lists
Trip Pre-Trip Gambell 4 Gambell 5 Nome
Day 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1-2
Date 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/10-11
Mean Temp (F) 43 42 42 46 47 44 41 42 45 44 44 46 48 43 42 46 42
Max Temp (F) 45 45 46 48 52 46 43 45 46 46 45 48 50 46 46 48 46
Min Temp (F) 41 40 37 45 43 41 39 39 43 41 43 43 46 39 37 45 37
Average winds (mph) 33 16 6 7 8 12 10 8 7 10 11 12 15 19 11 17 4
Sustained high winds (mph) 41 25 11 13 15 22 17 23 15 15 20 17 22 29 20 24 12
Maximum Gusts (mph) 50 31 N/A N/A N/A 23 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 20 33 N/A 25 N/A
Wind direction (generally/unofficial)
Mean visibility (mi) 5 7 8 8 8 10 10 9 10 10 6 5 7 7 9 4 10
Weather conditions OC OC/C C OC OC C/OC OC OC OC/C OC/MC OC OC OC OC OC OC MC/R
Rain (in) 0.06 0.15 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.14 0.09 0.01 0.12 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
Gambell Trips

Low Press (in Hg) 29.50 29.80 29.90 29.90 29.90 30.00 29.80 29.60 29.60 29.80 29.80 29.70 29.50 29.50 29.60 29.60
Hi Press (in Hg) 29.80 29.90 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 29.80 29.80 29.90 29.90 29.80 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70
Low Hum (%) 66 61 70 76 62 70 65 70 66 61 70 76 76 75 65 81
Hi Hum (%) 87 81 81 87 87 87 81 87 81 81 87 87 87 87 81 87

X White Wagtail X X X X X X X X X X
Black-backed Wagtail
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
X Pechora Pipit X
X Red-throated Pipit X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
X American Pipit X X X X X X X X X X X X X
X Siberian (japonicus ) X X X X X X
X Buff-bellied (North American) X X X X X X
Bohemian Waxwing
X Northern Shrike X
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
D. c. coronata ("Myrtle")
Backpoll Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Wilson's Wabler
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
X Savannah Sparrow X
Fox Sparrow
X Lincoln's Sparrow X
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
X Lapland Longspur X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
X Little Bunting X X X X X X
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Pallas's Bunting
X Reed Bunting X
X Snow Bunting X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
McKay's Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Brambling
X Common Rosefinch X X
X Red Crossbill X X
White-winged Crossbill
Purple Finch
X Common Redpoll X X X X X
X Hoary Redpoll X X
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Hawfinch

Legend:
X - Official trip list
O - Seen by only one or a few
H - Heard only
? - Unsure

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