Trip Report: Alaska (2014-07-15 - 2014-07-23)
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Kenai Fjords Exit Glacier Area
Bear Glacier
Three Hole Rock
Aialik Glacier
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) - Juvenile
Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Kenai Fjords Exit Glacier Area
Bear Glacier
Three Hole Rock
Aialik Glacier
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) - Juvenile
Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Trip to Nome and to Seward over a one week period.
Sites Visited
Country: United States of America
(8 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (92 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(92 records)
Class: Birds
(78 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(9 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- 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
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
- Order: Pelicans (19 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
- Order: Perching Birds
(29 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
- 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)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- 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)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Family: Shrikes
- Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis)
- Family: Swallows
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (15 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
- Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Family: Plovers
- American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
Class: Mammals
(14 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(7 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
- Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Family: Mustelids
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Family: Otariidae
- Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida)
- Family: Ursidae
- American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
- Order: Cetacea
(2 records)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Family: Phocoenidae
- Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(3 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
- Family: Cervidae
- Moose (Alces alces)
- Family: Delphinidae
- Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus Parryii)