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Alaska: Gambell

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with Jon Dunn, Paul Lehman, and Rich Hoyer as leaders.

  • Column A = number of tours out of eleven on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour
  • Column D = E = Nome extension only, H = heard only, N = nest observed*=generally seen on first evening in Anchorage outing only, X=Seen in 2010

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
10 Greater White-fronted Goose 3 2 Anser albifrons
11 Emperor Goose 1 2 E Chen canagica
8 Snow Goose 1 7 Chen caerulescens
10 "Lesser" Canada Goose 1 10 Branta canadensis parvipes
7 Cackling Goose 5 15 E Branta hutchinsii taverneri
2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii minima
11 "Black" Brant 6 100 Branta bernicla nigricans
11 Tundra (Whistling) Swan 3 300 Cygnus columbianus columbianus
1 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
9 Gadwall Anas strepera
8 Eurasian Wigeon 1 2 Anas penelope
11 American Wigeon 4 30 Anas americana
11 Mallard 3 2 Anas platyrhynchos
11 Northern Shoveler 2 8 Anas clypeata
11 Northern Pintail 11 100 Anas acuta
11 "American" Green-winged Teal 4 10 Anas crecca carolinensis
9 "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal 2 2 Anas crecca crecca
8 Canvasback 2 12 E Aythya valisineria
3 Redhead Aythya americana
5 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 Tufted Duck 1 1 Aythya fuligula
11 Greater Scaup 11 150 Aythya marila
3 Lesser Scaup 1 10 Aythya affinis
9 Steller's Eider 5 19 Polysticta stelleri
10 Spectacled Eider 6 150 Somateria fischeri
11 King Eider 8 2000 Somateria spectabilis
11 Common Eider 9 40 Somateria mollissima v-nigrum
11 Harlequin Duck 10 20 Histrionicus histrionicus
7 Surf Scoter 1 2 Melanitta perspicillata
11 White-winged Scoter 6 30 Melanitta fusca deglandi
1 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca stejnegeri
11 Black Scoter 2 8 Melanitta nigra americana
11 Long-tailed Duck 11 75 Clangula hyemalis
3 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
4 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
2 Barrow's Goldeneye 1 1 Bucephala islandicia
7 Common Merganser 1 1 E Mergus merganser americanus
11 Red-breasted Merganser 9 20 Mergus serrator
11 Willow Ptarmigan 2 8 E Lagopus lagopus
11 Rock Ptarmigan 2 10 E Lagopus mutus
11 Red-throated Loon 6 10 Gavia stellata
11 Arctic Loon 5 1 Gavia arctica
11 Pacific Loon 10 30 Gavia pacifica
5 Common Loon Gavia immer
11 Yellow-billed Loon 6 15 Gavia adamsii
1 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
11 Red-necked Grebe 3 20 Podiceps grisegena
11 Northern Fulmar 7 30 Fulmarus glacialis
11 Pelagic Cormorant 9 100 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
4 Bald Eagle 1 3 N Haliaeetus leucocephalus
1 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
9 Northern Harrier 1 1 E Circus cyaneus
3 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentiles atricapillus
1 "Harlan's" Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis harlani
11 Rough-legged Hawk 10 3 N Buteo lagopus
10 Golden Eagle 1 1 E Aquila chrysaetos
3 Merlin Falco columbarius columbarius
1 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
8 Gyrfalcon 1 1 N E Y Falco rusticolus
9 Peregrine Falcon 1 2 N E Falco peregrinus tundrius
11 Sandhill Crane 9 65 Grus canadensis canadensis
7 Black-bellied Plover 1 3 E Pluvialis squatarola
11 American Golden-Plover 1 3 E Pluvialis dominica
11 Pacific Golden-Plover 6 2 Pluvialis fulva
4 Lesser Sand-Plover 4 2 Charadrius mongolus
10 Common Ringed Plover 6 3 Charadrius hiaticula
11 Semipalmated Plover 11 10 Charadrius semipalmatus
1 Common Sandpiper Actitus hypoleucos
10 Spotted Sandpiper 3 3 Actitis macularia
8 Gray-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes
9 Wandering Tattler 3 2 E Heteroscelus incanus
2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa melanoleuca
1 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
8 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 1 Tringa flavipes
4 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
11 "Hudsonian" Whimbrel 2 6 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
5 "Asian" Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus variegatus
9 Bristle-thighed Curlew 1 3 E Numenius tahitiensis
6 Hudsonian Godwit 1 22 Limosa haemastica
11 Bar-tailed Godwit 3 1 E Limosa lapponica baueri
11 Ruddy Turnstone 2 1 Arenaria interpres interpres
10 Black Turnstone 1 2 E Arenaria melanocephala
2 Surfbird Aphriza virgata
2 Great Knot Calidirs tenuirostris
5 Red Knot Calidris canutus
5 Sanderling Calidris alba
11 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 20 E Calidris pusilla
11 Western Sandpiper 11 300 Calidris mauri
10 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
9 Pectoral Sandpiper 4 5 Calidris melanotis
11 Rock Sandpiper 6 4 C. ptiocnemis tschuktschorum
11 Dunlin 10 30 Calidris alpina pacifica
1 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
2 Ruff 1 3 Philomachus pugnax
5 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
11 Long-billed Dowitcher 6 4 Limnodromus scolopaceus
1 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
11 Wilson's Snipe 3 10 Gallinago delicate
2 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago gallinago
11 Red-necked Phalarope 11 25 Phalaropus lobatus
11 Red Phalarope 5 8 Phalaropus fulicarius
11 Black-legged Kittiwake 10 1000 Rissa tridactyla
4 Ivory Gull 1 1 Pagophila eburnea
9 Sabine's Gull 1 5 E Xema sabini
8 Bonaparte's Gull 1 5 Chroicocephalus philadelphia
4 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
1 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
10 "American" Mew Gull 5 100 N Larus canus brachyrhynchus
3 "Kamchatka" Mew Gull Larus canus kamtschatschensis
3 "American" Herring Gull Larus argentatus smithsonianus
11 "Vega" Herring Gull 10 100 Larus argentatus vegae
10 Slaty-backed Gull 1 1 Larus schistisagus
3 Glaucous-winged Gull 5 1 Larus glaucescens
1 Glaucous-winged Gull x 1 6 L. glaucescens x L. argentatus
Herring Gull smithsonianus
11 Glaucous Gull 8 250 Larus hyperboreus pallidisimus
9 Glaucous Gull 3 50 E Larus hyperboreus barrovianus
2 Glaucous Gull x Herring Gull 2 1 L. hyperboreus x L. argentatus
11 Aleutian Tern 2 10 E Onychoprion aleuticus
2 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo longipennis
11 Arctic Tern 5 50 Sterna paradisaea
11 Pomarine Jaeger 7 30 Stercorarius pomarinus
11 Parasitic Jaeger 8 6 Stercorarius parasiticus
11 Long-tailed Jaeger 11 10 Stercorarius longicaudus
11 Dovekie 4 7 Alle alle
11 Common Murre 8 100's Uria aalge
11 Thick-billed Murre 8 2000 Uria lomvia
11 Black Guillemot 5 11 Cepphus grylle
11 Pigeon Guillemot 8 50 Cepphus columba
1 Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
2 Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
5 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
11 Parakeet Auklet 7 700 Aethia psittacula
11 Least Auklet 8 1000's Aethia pusilla
11 Crested Auklet 8 10,000's Aethia cristatella
11 Horned Puffin 7 50 Fratercula corniculata
11 Tufted Puffin 7 123 Fratercula cirrhata
1 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
2 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
1 Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
7 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
6 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
7 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 N Picoides villosus
2 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
4 Say's Phoebe Phoebe saya saya
8 Northern Shrike 3 1 E Lanius excubitor
10 Black-billed Magpie 1 6 Pica hudsonia
11 Common Raven 12 100 Corvus corax
2 Sky Lark Alauda arvensis pekinensis
4 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris arcticola
10 Tree Swallow 6 40 Tachycineta bicolor
10 Violet-green Swallow 1 5 Tachycineta thalassina
11 Bank Swallow 3 8 E Riparia riparia
11 Cliff Swallow 1 15 E Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
4 "Eurasian" Barn Swallow 1 1 Hirundo r. guttaralis or rustica
2 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
6 Black-capped Chickadee 1 1 Poecile atricapillus
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
1 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
4 American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
11 Arctic Warbler 2 1 E Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti
2 Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
11 Bluethroat 6 2 Liscinia svecica svecica
11 Northern Wheatear 4 7 Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe
2 Stonechat 1 1 Saxicola torquatus
11 Gray-cheeked Thrush 6 20 Catharus minimus alciae
7 Swainson"s Thrush Catharus ustulatus incanus
7 Hermit Thrush 3 1 Catharus guttatus guttatus
4 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
11 American Robin 5 15 Turdus migratorius migratorius
11 Varied Thrush 1 1 H E Ixoreus naevius
11 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 7 8 Motacilla t. tschutschensis
1 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla t. simillima
10 White Wagtail 8 7 Motacilla alba ocularis
1 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
8 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
11 American Pipit 1 1 Anthus rubescens pacificus
1 American Pipit Anthus rubescens japonicus
11 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 8 Vermivora celata celata
1 Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata lutescens
10 Yellow Warbler 3 10 E Dendroica petechia banksi
9 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler Dendroica coronata hooveri
7 Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
11 Northern Waterthrush 3 10 E Seiurus noveboracensis
11 Wilson's Warbler 3 10 E Wilsonia pusilla pileolata
11 American Tree Sparrow 3 10 E Spizella arborea ochracea
11 Savannah Sparrow 3 10 E Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis
11 "Red" Fox Sparrow 3 20 E Passerella iliaca zaboria
3 "Sooty" Fox Sparrow 1 1 Passerella iliaca unalaschensis
11 White-crowned Sparrow 3 8 E Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii
11 Golden-crowned Sparrow 3 10 E Zonotrichia atricapilla
7 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco Junco hyemalis hyemalis
11 Lapland Longspur 11 40 Calcarius lapponicus
1 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
2 Rustic Bunting 4 1 Emberiza rustica
11 Snow Bunting 9 50 Plectrophenax nivalis
3 McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
6 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
5 Brambling 1 1 Fringilla montifringilla
2 Common Rosefinch 1 1 Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii
1 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera leucoptera
11 Common Redpoll 4 3 Carduelis flammea
10 Hoary Redpoll 11 25 Carduelis hornemanni exilipes
2 Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
1 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Mammals

Arctic Ground Squirrel 10 10 Spermophilus parryii
Tundra Vole 8 30 Microtus oeconomus
Arctic Fox 1 1 Alopex lagopus
Red Fox 2 2 E Vulpes vulpes
Bearded Seal 1 2 Erignathus barbatus
Muskox 2 21 E E Obibos moschatus
Moose 1 1 E Alces alces
Gray Whale 8 10 Eschrichtius robustus
Killer Whale 1 5 Orcinus orca

Butterflies

Old World Swallowtail 3 2 E Papilio machaon
Northern Blue 1 1 Lycaeides idas

Taxonomic Notes