Spring 2005 Gambell, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdTours

Gambell 1 Tx Gambell 2
Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
Swans, Geese, Ducks-Anatidae
Bean Goose
X Greater White-fronted Goose 1 4
X Emperor Goose 64 6 3
X Snow Goose 7
Cackling Goose
B.c. leucopareia (Aleutian)
B.c. minima (Cackling)
B.c. taverneri (Lesser)
Canada Goose
B.c. parvipes (Lesser)
B.c. occidentalis (Dusky)
X Brant X X X X X X
Trumpeter Swan
X Tundra Swan 4 X 2
Whooper Swan
Gadwall 2S
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
X Northern Pintail X X X X X X X X X
Garganey
Baikal Teal
Green-winged Teal
A.c. crecca (Common) X X X X X
X
A.c. nimia (Aleutian)
A.c. carolinesis (American) 1
Canvasback
Redhead
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
X Greater Scaup 4 2
Lesser Scaup
X Steller's Eider 2 1 8
X Spectacled Eider 1f 1im 2 9
X King Eider X X X X X X X X
X Common Eider X X X X X 2 X X X
X Harlequin Duck X X X X 1 X X X
Surf Scoter
X White-winged Scoter 2* 6 8 2 6 6
X Black Scoter 2
X Long-tailed Duck X X X X X X X X
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Smew
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser

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Gambell 1 Tx Gambell 2
Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
X Red-breasted Merganser X X X X X 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
Red-throated Loon
X Arctic Loon 1 1 2 2 1 1
X Pacific Loon 2 3 5 30 3 2 5 4 18
Common Loon 1
X Yellow-billed Loon 5 3 1 10
Grebes-Podicipedidae
Horned Grebe
X Red-necked Grebe 1 1 2
Albatrosses-Diomedeidae
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Shearwaters & Petrels-Procellariidae
X Northern Fulmar X X 50 X 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 X X X X
Bitterns & Herons-Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron
Kites, Hawks, Eagles & Allies-Accipitridae
Osprey
Bald Eagle 1
White-tailed Eagle
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk

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Gambell 1 Tx Gambell 2
Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
Golden Eagle
Caracaras & Falcons-Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Gyrfalcon
X Peregrine Falcon 1 1
Rails, Gallinules & Coots-Rallidae
Sora
Eurasian Coot
American Coot
Cranes-Gruidae
X Sandhill Crane X X X X X X
Common Crane
Plovers & Lapwings-Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
X Pacific Golden-Plover X X 3
Lesser Sand Plover
X Common Ringed Plover 1 1
X Semipalmated Plover X X X X X X 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
Common Greenshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Marsh Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
X Wood Sandpiper 1 1
Green Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
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

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Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
X Bar-tailed Godwit 2 1
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
X Black Turnstone 1
Surfbird
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
X Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 1 1
X Western Sandpiper X X X X X X X X
X Red-necked Stint 2
Little Stint
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
X Pectoral Sandpiper X 2 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
C.p. tschuktschorum (Bering Sea) X X X X X X X X X
X
C.p. ptilocnemis (Pribilof's) 1
C.p. cousei (Aleutian)
X Dunlin X X X X X X X X X X
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Spoonbill Sandpiper
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher
X Long-billed Dowitcher 1 2
Jack Snipe
X Wilson's Snipe 1
Common Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
X Red-necked Phalarope X X X X X X X X
X Red Phalarope X X X X X X X X
Pratincoles-Glareolidae
Oriental Pratincole
Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Skimmers-Laridae
South Polar Skua
X Pomarine Jaeger X X 15 1 2 1
X Parasitic Jaeger X X 1 7 X X X
X Long-tailed Jaeger X 3 2 1
Franklin's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-tailed Gull

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Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
X L.a. smithsonianus (American)
L.a. vegae (Vega) X X X X X X X X X X
Thayer's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
X Slaty-backed Gull 1S 1 4
Western Gull
X Glacous-winged Gull X X X
X Glaucous Gull X X X X X X X X X X
X Sabine's Gull 1
X Black-legged Kittiwake X X X X X X X X X X
Red-legged Kittiwake
Ross's Gull
Ivory Gull
Caspian Tern
X Common Tern (S.h longipennis )
Arctic Tern
Aleutian Tern
White-winged Tern
Auks, Murres & Puffins-Alcidae
X Dovekie 10 1 4 1
X Common Murre X X X X X X X X X X
X Thick-billed Murre X X X X X X X X X
X Black Guillemot X X X 6
X Pigeon Guillemot X X X X X X X X X
Marbled Murrelet
Kittlitz's Murrelet
X Ancient Murrelet 1 1 1
Cassin's Auklet
X Parakeet Auklet X X X X X X X X
X Least Auklet X X X X X X X X X
Whiskered Auklet
X Crested Auklet X X X X X X X X X
Rhinocerous Auklet
X Horned Puffin X X X X X X X X
X Tufted Puffin X X X X X X X X
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

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Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
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
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 (Yellow-shafted)
Tyrant Flycatchers-Tyrannidae
Olive-sided Flycatcher
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
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Northwestern Crow
X Common Raven X X X X X X X X X X
Larks-Alaudidae
X Sky Lark 1 1
Horned Lark
Swallows-Hirundinidae
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow

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Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
X Violet-green Swallow 1
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
X Barn Swallow 1
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, Gnatcatchers, Old World Flycatchers & Thrushes-Muscicapidae
Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Arctic Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat
Narcissus Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Siberian Rubythroat
X Bluethroat 1 1 1
Siberian Blue Robin
Red-flanked Bluetail
Northern Wheatear 1
Stonechat
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
X Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 1 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
X Hermit Thrush 1 1 1
Eyebrowed Thrush
Dusky Thrush
X T. n. eunomus (Dusky)
T. n. naumanni (Naumann's) 1

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Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
American Robin
X Varied Thrush 1f
Mockingbirds, Thrashers & Allie-Mimidae
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings & Allies-Sturnidae
European Starling
Accentors-Prunellidae
Siberian Accentor
Wagtails & Pipits-Motacillidae
X Eastern Yellow Wagtail 1 1 2 1
Gray Wagtail
X White Wagtail 1 1 1 1
Black-backed Wagtail
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
X Red-throated Pipit 1 1f H
American Pipit 1 H
X A. r. pacificus (Buff-bellied+C354)
A. r. japonicus (Siberian) 1
Waxwings-Bombycillidae
Bohemian Waxwing
Wood Warblers-Parulidae
Tennessee Warbler
X Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
X D. c. auduboni (Audubon's)
D. c. coronata (Myrtle) 1
Townsends's Warbler
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
Chipping Sparrow
X Savannah Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow
P.i. iliaca/zaboria (Red)
P.i. unalaschcensis (Sooty) 1
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
X Golden-crowned Sparrow 1

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Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5
X Dark-eyed Junco 1
X Lapland Longspur X X X X X X X X X X
Smith's Longspur
Pine Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Gray Bunting
Pallas's Bunting
Reed Bunting
X Snow Bunting X X X X X X X X X X
McKay's Bunting 1
Blackbirds-Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Fringilline & Cardueline Finches & Allies-Fringillidae
X Brambling 2f 2f
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 1
X Hoary Redpoll X X X X X X X X
Eurasian Siskin
Pine Siskin
Oriental Greenfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Hawfinch
85 Total

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Date 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28 5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03
Trip Species Day Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 - 1 2 3 4 5

Mammals
St. Lawrence Is. Collared-Lemming
Red-backed Vole
Arctic Ground Squirrel
Arctic Fox
Gray Whale
Minke Whale
Orca (Killer Whale)
Humpbacked Whale
Harbor Purpoise
Ringed Seal

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

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