Trip Report: Alaska 2010 (2010-05-27 - 2010-06-19)
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Kenai Fiords National Park
The Former Portage Glacier
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
St. George Island Murres
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) - 2nd Summer
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Moose (Alces alces)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) - Male
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Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Kenai Fiords National Park
The Former Portage Glacier
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
St. George Island Murres
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) - 2nd Summer
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
Moose (Alces alces)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) - Male
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
- Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- 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
- Red-faced Cormorant (Urile urile)
- Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
- 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
- Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(35 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus)
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- 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
- Dovekie (Alle alle)
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
- Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
- Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula)
- Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella)
- Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla)
- Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata)
- Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris)
- Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
- 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 (Dryobates 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
- Moose (Alces alces)
- Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
- 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
- Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus Parryii)
- American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
- Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Common American Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)