Trip Report: Alaska 2010 (2010-05-27 - 2010-06-19)
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
The Former Portage Glacier
Kenai Fiords National Park
St. George Island Murres
St. George Island - Tussocks
St. George Church
St. George - Overlook
St. George Island - Garden Cove
St. George Island - Kittiwakes
St. George Island - Cliffs
Forget Me Not - Alaska State Flower
St. George Island - Reindeer Skull
Lupine
Denali - Our Campsite
Denali - High Country
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
Moose (Alces alces)
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) - 2nd Summer
Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) - Male
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
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Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
The Former Portage Glacier
Kenai Fiords National Park
St. George Island Murres
St. George Island - Tussocks
St. George Church
St. George - Overlook
St. George Island - Garden Cove
St. George Island - Kittiwakes
St. George Island - Cliffs
Forget Me Not - Alaska State Flower
St. George Island - Reindeer Skull
Lupine
Denali - Our Campsite
Denali - High Country
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
Moose (Alces alces)
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) - 2nd Summer
Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) - Male
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
This trip to Alaska involved hiking on St. George Island in the Pribilofs, hiking in Denali National Park, and boating in the Petersburg area.
Sites Visited
Country: United States of America
(8 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (118 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(118 records)
Class: Birds
(101 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(18 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Cranes
- Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
- Order: Pelicans
(16 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
- Red-faced Cormorant (Urile urile)
- Family: Grebes
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
- Family: Herons
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
- Order: Perching Birds
(35 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis)
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
- Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Family: Swallows
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Family: Wrens
- Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(19 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella)
- Dovekie (Alle alle)
- Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata)
- Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla)
- Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
- Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula)
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
- Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
- Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Hairy Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Class: Mammals
(17 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(7 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
- Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(3 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli)
- Family: Cervidae
- Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
- Moose (Alces alces)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Order: Rodents
(5 records)
- Family: Hamsters, New World Rats and Mice, Muskrats, Voles
- Brown Lemming (Lemmus trimucronatus)
- Family: Squirrels
- American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
- Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus Parryii)
- Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Common American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)