Checklist S83762814

Observations

1. Snow Goose

   Number observed:  460

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2. Ross's Goose

   Number observed:  140

   Details

   25-33% of white geese present

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3. Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)

   Number observed:  1

   Details

   Intermediate in nearly all aspects. Curve of feather onto bill more like ROGO but still too curved for that species. Size larger than male ROGO present but smaller than smallest Snow. Grin patch likewise outside range of both species and intermediate. Bill length and height in between

4. Cackling Goose

   Number observed:  20

5. Cackling Goose (Taverner's)

   Number observed:  80

   Details

   A crazy group. These birds were large Cackling type geese, maybe 80% the size of a Snow Goose. Bills were proportionately thick for Cackling Goose, vaguely like that of a Snow Goose bill shape, but shorter. The head is low sloped c/w that of a Richy, so the upper bill contours smoothly shifts into that of the forehead. Cheek patch unindented. In these ways, pretty much like Tavs on the West Coast, and this is what I've been calling Tav out here. Often, these birds form part of a group that include typical Richys, things that look like small Canadas, and truly odd birds. This flock had some birds that maybe looked more like small Canadas, and a few that looked like tweeners with Richys, but really, the pretty much looked like Tavs. No one really knows what the taxonomy of these things are in the Canadian Arctic, and I suspect that there is a zone of introgression/intergradation between eastern AK and western NW Territories, and hybridization with smaller Canadas, at least in N AK. I think that I was able to get a couple of photos. See https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/90008511 for similar birds photographed in OR and this photo of a bird in BC: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/126518901 and from WA: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/31305567

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6. Canada Goose

   Number observed:  X

7. Cackling/Canada Goose

   Number observed:  30

8. Northern Shoveler

   Number observed:  3

9. Gadwall

   Number observed:  250

10. American Wigeon

    Number observed:  100

11. Mallard

    Number observed:  30

12. American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Photos. Male

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13. Northern Pintail

    Number observed:  20

14. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  2

15. Canvasback

    Number observed:  10

16. Redhead

    Number observed:  800

17. Ring-necked Duck

    Number observed:  25

18. Greater Scaup

    Number observed:  1

19. Lesser Scaup

    Number observed:  65

20. Bufflehead

    Number observed:  2

21. Common Merganser

    Number observed:  20

22. Red-breasted Merganser

    Number observed:  1

23. Eurasian Collared-Dove

    Number observed:  3

    Exotic: Naturalized

24. White-winged Dove

    Number observed:  1

25. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  1

26. American Coot

    Number observed:  10

27. Killdeer

    Number observed:  3

28. Red-tailed Hawk

    Number observed:  3

29. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  3

30. Horned Lark

    Number observed:  32

31. European Starling

    Number observed:  45

    Exotic: Naturalized

32. American Robin

    Number observed:  3

33. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  10

    Exotic: Naturalized

34. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

35. Western Meadowlark

    Number observed:  5

36. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  60

37. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  3

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38. Great-tailed Grackle

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Photos. Singing male

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