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Alaska: Gambell

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with Jon Dunn, Paul Lehman, Rich Hoyer and Gavin Bieber as leaders

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8 Greater White-fronted Goose 5 4 Anser albifrons
9 Emperor Goose 4 3 Chen canagica
7 Snow Goose 5 6 Chen caerulescens
8 "Lesser" Canada Goose Branta canadensis parvipes
5 Cackling Goose 4 5 Branta hutchinsii taverneri
2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii minima
9 "Black" Brant 5 250 Branta bernicla nigricans
9 Tundra (Whistling) Swan 3 75 Cygnus columbianus columbianus
1 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
8 Gadwall 1 2 E Anas strepera
6 Eurasian Wigeon 2 2 Anas penelope
9 American Wigeon 5 30 Anas americana
9 Mallard 3 5 Anas platyrhynchos
9 Northern Shoveler 3 10 E Anas clypeata
9 Northern Pintail 10 125 Anas acuta
9 "American" Green-winged Teal 8 8 Anas crecca carolinensis
8 "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal 1 1 E Anas crecca crecca
6 Canvasback 1 4 E Aythya valisineria
3 Redhead Aythya americana
5 Ring-necked Duck 1 1 E Aythya collaris
9 Greater Scaup 10 150 Aythya marila
1 Lesser Scaup 1 2 Aythya affinis
7 Steller's Eider 6 25 Polysticta stelleri
8 Spectacled Eider 2 1 Somateria fischeri
9 King Eider 6 75 Somateria spectabilis
9 Common Eider 8 80 Somateria mollissima v-nigrum
9 Harlequin Duck 7 25 Histrionicus histrionicus
6 Surf Scoter 1 2 E Melanitta perspicillata
9 White-winged Scoter 6 35 Melanitta fusca deglandi
9 Black Scoter 4 60 Melanitta nigra americana
9 Long-tailed Duck 10 120 Clangula hyemalis
3 Bufflehead 1 2 E Bucephala albeola
3 Common Goldeneye 2 1 Bucephala clangula
1 Barrow's Goldeneye 1 1 Bucephala islandicia
6 Common Merganser 2 2 Mergus merganser americanus
9 Red-breasted Merganser 9 150 Mergus serrator
9 Willow Ptarmigan 2 4 E Lagopus lagopus
9 Rock Ptarmigan 1 1 E Lagopus mutus
9 Red-throated Loon 7 20 Gavia stellata
9 Arctic Loon 4 4 Gavia arctica
9 Pacific Loon 8 62 N Gavia pacifica
4 Common Loon Gavia immer
9 Yellow-billed Loon 4 2 Gavia adamsii
1 Horned grebe Podiceps auritus
9 Red-necked Grebe 7 3 Podiceps grisegena
9 Northern Fulmar 7 40 Fulmarus glacialis
9 Pelagic Cormorant 9 200 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
3 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
1 White-tailed Eagle Halieaeetus albicilla
7 Northern Harrier 2 1 E Circus cyaneus
3 Northern Goshawk 1 1 E Accipiter gentiles atricapillus
1 "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis harlani
9 Rough-legged Hawk 4 2 Buteo lagopus
8 Golden Eagle 1 2 N E Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
3 Merlin 1 2 E Falco columbarius columbarius
1 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
6 Gyrfalcon 1 2 N E Falco rusticolus
7 Peregrine Falcon 6 2 Falco peregrinus tundrius
9 Sandhill Crane 7 100 Grus canadensis canadensis
5 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
9 American Golden-Plover 3 1 N E Pluvialis dominica
9 Pacific Golden-Plover 8 2 Pluvialis fulva
3 Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus
9 Common Ringed Plover 5 5 Charadrius hiaticula
9 Semipalmated Plover 9 10 Charadrius semipalmatus
1 Common Sandpiper Actitus hypoleucos
8 Spotted Sandpiper 3 7 E Actitis macularia
8 Gray-tailed Tattler 1 1 Heteroscelus brevipes
7 Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus
1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 1 E Tringa melanoleuca
1 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
6 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
4 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
9 "Hudsonian" Whimbrel 3 12 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
4 "Asian" Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus variegatus
7 Bristle-thighed Curlew 1 2 E Numenius tahitiensis
4 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
9 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 10 E Limosa lapponica baueri
9 Ruddy Turnstone 2 2 E Arenaria interpres interpres
8 Black Turnstone 2 3 E Arenaria melanocephala
2 Surfbird Aphriza virgata
2 Great Knot Calidirs tenuirostris
4 Red Knot 4 4 Calidris canutus
5 Sanderling Calidris alba
9 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 40 E Calidris pusilla
9 Western Sandpiper 9 200 Calidris mauri
8 Red-necked Stint 2 1 Calidris ruficollis
1 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
3 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
1 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
1 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
7 Pectoral Sandpiper 7 7 Calidris melanotis
9 Rock Sandpiper 6 10 C. ptiocnemis tschuktschorum
9 Dunlin 9 35 Calidris alpina pacifica
1 Stilt Sandpiper 1 1 E Calidris himantopus
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
5 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
9 Long-billed Dowitcher 8 7 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Jack Snipe 1 1 Lymnocryptes minimus
9 Wilson's Snipe 7 6 Gallinago delicate
2 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago gallinago
9 Red-necked Phalarope 10 150 Phalaropus lobatus
9 Red Phalarope 5 300 Phalaropus fulicarius
3 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
7 Bonaparte's Gull 1 1 Larus philadelphia
8 "American" Mew Gull 7 70 Larus canus brachyrhynchus
3 "Kamchatka" Mew Gull Larus canus kamtschatschensis
3 "American" Herring Gull Larus argentatus smithsonianus
9 "Vega" Herring Gull 9 60 Larus argentatus vegae
8 Slaty-backed Gull 3 1 Larus schistisagus
1 Glaucous-winged Gull 5 3 Larus glaucescens
1 Glaucous-winged Gull x 1 1 L. glaucescens x L. hyperboreus
9 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
9 Glaucous Gull 9 200 Larus hyperboreus pallidisimus
7 Glaucous Gull 3 100 N Larus hyperboreus barrovianus
1 Glaucous Gull x Herring Gull L. hyperboreus x L. argentatus
8 Sabine's Gull 4 9 Xema sabini
9 Black-legged Kittiwake 9 2500 Rissa tridactyla
1 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
3 Ivory Gull 4 3 Pagophila eburnea
2 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
9 Arctic Tern 4 100 Sterna paradisaea
9 Aleutian Tern 2 60 E Sterna aleutica
2 Pomarine Jaeger 4 3 Stercorarius pomarinus
2 Parasitic Jaeger 7 7 Stercorarius parasiticus
2 Long-tailed Jaeger 8 15 Stercorarius longicaudus
9 Dovekie 2 7 Alle alle
9 Common Murre 8 300 Uria aalge
9 Thick-billed Murre 8 2000 Uria lomvia
9 Black Guillemot 7 6 Cepphus grylle
9 Pigeon Guillemot 7 70 Cepphus columba
1 Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
2 Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
5 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
9 Parakeet Auklet 7 700 Aethia psittacula
9 Least Auklet 7 1000's Aethia pusilla
9 Crested Auklet 7 10,000's Aethia cristatella
9 Horned Puffin 9 80 Fratercula corniculata
9 Tufted Puffin 7 70 Fratercula cirrhata
1 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
1 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
2 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
1 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
6 Short-eared Owl 3 2 E Asio flammeus
6 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
6 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
2 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
3 Say's Phoebe Phoebe saya saya
6 Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
8 Black-billed Magpie 1 2 Pica hudsonia
9 Common Raven 10 125 Corvus corax
2 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis pekinensis
4 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris arcticola
9 Tree Swallow 4 30 Tachycineta bicolor
8 Violet-green Swallow 1 4 Tachycineta thalassina
9 Bank Swallow 3 40 E Riparia riparia
9 Cliff Swallow 2 6 E Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
3 "Eurasian" Barn Swallow 2 1 Hirundo r. guttaralis or rustica
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
5 Black-capped Chickadee 2 1 Poecile atricapillus
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
1 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
4 American Dipper 1 1 E Cinclus mexicanus
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
9 Arctic Warbler 1 3 E Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti
2 Siberian Rubythroat 1 1 Luscinia calliope
9 Bluethroat 6 5 Liscinia svecica svecica
9 Northern Wheatear 2 2 Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
1 Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
9 Gray-cheeked Thrush 8 20 Catharus minimus alciae
6 Swainson"s Thrush Catharus ustulatus incanus
6 Hermit Thrush 2 1 Catharus guttatus guttatus
3 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
9 American Robin 3 12 E Turdus migratorius migratorius
8 Varied Thrush 3 3 Ixoreus naevius
9 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 8 8 Motacilla t. tschutschensis
1 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla t. simillima
8 White Wagtail 6 3 Motacilla alba ocularis
1 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
7 Red-throated Pipit 1 1 Anthus cervinus
9 American Pipit 3 1 Anthus rubescens pacificus
1 American Pipit 2 1 Anthus rubescens japonicus
9 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 5 Vermivora celata celata
9 Yellow Warbler 3 20 E Dendroica petechia banksi
9 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 2 2 H Dendroica coronata hooveri
6 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
9 Northern Waterthrush 4 12 Seiurus noveboracensis
9 Wilson's Warbler 2 8 E Wilsonia pusilla pileolata
9 American Tree Sparrow 5 25 Spizella arborea ochracea
9 Savannah Sparrow 4 15 Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis
9 "Red" Fox Sparrow 4 30 Passerella iliaca zaboria
2 "Sooty" Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca unalaschensis
9 White-crowned Sparrow 5 20 Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
9 Golden-crowned Sparrow 3 20 E Zonotrichia atricapilla
7 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco Junco hyemalis hyemalis
9 Lapland Longspur 10 80 Calcarius lapponicus
1 Little Bunting 3 1 Emberiza pusilla
9 Snow Bunting 8 60 Plectrophenax nivalis
3 McKay's Bunting 1 1 Plectrophenax hyperboreus
6 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
3 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
1 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii
1 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera leucoptera
9 Common Redpoll 5 5 Carduelis flammea
9 Hoary Redpoll 10 25 Carduelis hornemanni exilipes
2 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
1 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula