Spring 2009 St.

Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours

High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Swans, Geese, Ducks-Anatidae
Tiaga Bean-Goose
Tundra Bean-Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
X Emperor Goose 4 4
Snow Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
B.h. leucopareia (Aleutian) 2
X
B.h. minima (Cackling)
B.h. taverneri (Lesser)
Canada Goose
B.c. parvipes (Lesser)
B.c. occidentalis (Dusky)
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
X Eurasian Wigeon X X X X
American Wigeon
X Mallard X X
Spot-billed Duck
Blue-winged T eal
X Northern Shoveler X
X Northern Pintail X X X X X X
Garganey
Baikal T eal
Green-winged T eal
X A.c. crecca (Common) X X X X X X
A.c. carolinesis (American) X X
Canvasback
Redhead
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
X Greater Scaup X X
Lesser Scaup
Steller's Eider
Spectacled Eider
X King Eider X X X
Common Eider
X Harlequin Duck X X X X X
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
X Black Scoter X X
X Long-tailed Duck X X X X X X
X Bufflehead X
X Common Goldeneye X X
Barrow's Goldeneye

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Smew
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
X Red-breasted Merganser 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
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Grebes-Podicipedidae
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Albatrosses-Diomedeidae
Shy Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Shearwaters & Petrels-Procellariidae
X Northern Fulmar 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
X Red-faced Cormorant X X X X X
X Pelagic Cormorant 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

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Osprey
X Bald Eagle 1 1
White-tailed Eagle
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Caracaras & Falcons-Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Rails, Gallinules & Coots-Rallidae
Sora
Eurasian Coot
American Coot
Cranes-Gruidae
Sandhill Crane
Common Crane
Plovers & Lapwings-Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
X Pacific Golden-Plover H 2
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
T erek Sandpiper
X Common Sandpiper 1
Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Gray-tailed T attler
X Wandering T attler X X X X X X
Spotted Redshank
X Greater Yellowlegs 1
X Common Greenshank 1 1 1

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Lesser Yellowlegs
Marsh Sandpiper
X Wood Sandpiper 5 1 X
Upland Sandpiper
Little Curlew
Whimbrel
X N.p. hudsonicus (American) 1
N.p. variegatus (SIberian) 1 2 3
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
X Black-tailed Godwit 1m 1m
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit
X Ruddy Turnstone 2
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Great Knot
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
X Western Sandpiper 1
X Red-necked Stint 2
Little Stint
T emminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
X Least Sandpiper X X X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
X Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
C.p. tschuktschorum (Bering Sea) X X X X X X
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
X Short-billed Dowitcher 1 1 2
Long-billed Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Wilson's Snipe
1 sp?
X Common Snipe 2 3
Pin-tailed Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
X Red-necked Phalarope X X X X X X
Red Phalarope

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Pratincoles-Glareolidae
Oriental Pratincole
Gulls, Terns & Skimmers-Laridae
Franklin's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
X Mew Gull (Kamchatka) 2
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
X L.a. smithsonianus (American) 1
L.a. vegae (Vega) X X X X X X
Thayer's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
X Slaty-backed Gull 1 ad 1 ad 3 ad 3
Western Gull
X Glacous-winged Gull X X X X X X
X Glaucous Gull X X X X X
Sabine's Gull
X Black-legged Kittiwake X X X X X X
X Red-legged Kittiwake X X X
Ross's Gull
Ivory Gull
Aleutian T ern
Caspian T ern
White-winged T ern
X Common T ern (S.h longipennis) 2 1
Arctic T ern
Skuas & Jaegers-Stercoriidae
South Polar Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
X Parasitic Jaeger 1 1
Long-tailed Jaeger
Auks, Murres & Puffins-Alcidae
Dovekie
X Common Murre X X X X
X Thick-billed Murre X X X X
Black Guillemot
X Pigeon Guillemot X X
Long-billed Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Kittlitz's Murrelet
X Ancient Murrelet 2
Cassin's Auklet
X Parakeet Auklet X X X X X
X Least Auklet X X X X X
Whiskered Auklet
X Crested Auklet X X X X
Rhinocerous Auklet
X Horned Puffin X X X X X

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
X Tufted Puffin 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
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

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
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
Larks-Alaudidae
Sky Lark
Horned Lark
Swallows-Hirundinidae
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
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
X Winter Wren 1 2 H
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

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Thrushes-Turdidae
Siberian Rubythroat
Bluethroat
Siberian Blue Robin
Red-flanked Bluetail
X Northern Wheatear 1
Stonechat
Mountain Bluebird
T ownsend's Solitaire
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
X Eyebrowed Thrush 1
Dusky Thrush
X T.n. eunormus (Dusky) 1
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
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
White Wagtail
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Pechora Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
A. r. pacificus (Pacific)
A. r. japonicus (Siberian)
Waxwings-Bombycillidae
Bohemian Waxwing
Wood Warblers-Parulidae
T ennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
D. c. auduboni (Audubon's)
D. c. coronata (Myrtle)

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
T ownsends's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Tanagers-Thraupidae
Western T anager
Sparrows, Buntings & Allies-Emberizidae
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
P .i. iliaca/zaboria (Red)
P .i. unalaschcensis (Sooty)
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
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Gray Bunting
Pallas's Bunting
Reed Bunting
X Snow Bunting X X X X
McKay's Bunting
Blackbirds-Icteridae
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Fringilline & Cardueline Finches & Allies-Fringillidae
X Brambling 1m 1m
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
L.t. griseonucha (Aleutian)
X
L.t. umbrina (Pribiloff's) X X X X X X
L.t. littoralis (Hepburn's)
Pine Grosbeak
Common Rosefinch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
H H
X Hoary Redpoll 2
Eurasian Siskin

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Spring 2009 St. Paul, AK Trip List High Lonesome BirdT ours
High Lonesome BirdTours St. Paul Trip 2009
Trip Date 5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27
Species
Species Day# 1 2 3 4 5 6
Pine Siskin
Oriental Greenfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Evening Grosbeak
Hawfinch
66 Total bird species
Mammals, etc.
Arctic Fox X X X X X X
Northern Fur Seal X X X X
Harbor Seal X
Reindeer (~300) X

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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