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  • 2023 Update to the Checklist of Alaska Birds

    29 Jan 2024 By Alaska eBird

    In January 2024, an update to the Checklist of Alaska Birds was released by the Alaska Checklist Committee. The Checklist provides a list of bird species that are officially recognized as having naturally occurred in Alaska and includes 545 species in 67 families and 21 orders.

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eBirding This Month Apr 2024

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  1. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doug Woodby
    Location: Mendenhall Wetlands SGR (E of Mendenhall River mouth) Juneau City and Borough
  2. Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sam Darmstadt
    Location: Glenn Hwy.--Gunsight Mountain Hawkwatch (MP 120) Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  3. Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: James Millsaps
    Location: US (51.718, -172.248) Aleutians West Census Area
  4. Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: George Kastroulis
    Location: Derby Cove, Seward US-AK 60.11704, -149.42803 Kenai Peninsula Borough
  5. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kelly Kirkpatrick
    Location: Mendenhall Wetlands SGR--E of river mouth Juneau City and Borough
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Checklist Leaders

  • 1.
    Cal Gesmundo
    132
  • 2.
    Richard Prentki
    73
  • 3.
    Justin Saunders
    67
  • 4.
    Denise Turley
    53
  • 5.
    Laura Burke
    51
  • 6.
    Detlef Buettner
    50
  • 7.
    Sam Darmstadt
    47
  • 8.
    Andrew Newcomb
    42
  • 9.
    L. Lamm
    38
  • 10.
    Dan Bilderback
    37

Species Leaders

  • 1.
    Steve Heinl
    106
  • 2.
    Nat Drumheller
    100
  • 3.
    Denise Turley
    88
  • 4.
    Detlef Buettner
    85
  • 5.
    Ben Limle
    83
  • 6.
    Ross Dorendorf
    81
  • 7.
    Mary Hausler
    80
  • 7.
    Doug Woodby
    80
  • 9.
    Jack Bushong
    78
  • 10.
    Scott Fischer
    76
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