Site Report: Nome--Safety Sound
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) - Female
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
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Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) - Female
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Ocean outlet.
Visits
- 2014-07-17: We drove along the coast until mile 41 where we hiked off into the tundra for awhile.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (38 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(38 records)
Class: Birds
(33 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Cranes
- Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
- Order: Pelicans
(11 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Family: Loons
- Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(9 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(7 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
Class: Mammals
(5 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(3 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
- Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Family: Phocidae
- Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(2 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
- Family: Cervidae
- Moose (Alces alces)