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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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40 Species 11 Checklists eBirders

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Native and Naturalized (5)

  1. Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
    # Count: 31
    Date:
    Observer: Lynda Lybeck-Robinson
    Location: Amaknak Island, Unalaska US-AK 53.88415, -166.54240
  2. Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Lynda Lybeck-Robinson
    Location: Unalaska Is.--Dutch Harbor
  3. Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
    # Count: 21
    Date:
    Observer: Jana V Lekanoff
    Location: 210-218 Umak Circle, Adak, Alaska, US (51.876, -176.636)
  4. Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Lynda Lybeck-Robinson
    Location: Unalaska Is.--Dutch Harbor
  5. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Lynda Lybeck-Robinson
    Location: Unalaska Is.--Dutch Harbor
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  • 1.
    Lynda Lybeck-Robinson
    10
  • 2.
    Santa Claus
    1
  • 3.
    James Millsaps
    0
  • 3.
    Jana V Lekanoff
    0

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  • 1.
    Lynda Lybeck-Robinson
    40
  • 2.
    Santa Claus
    3
  • 3.
    James Millsaps
    2
  • 4.
    Jana V Lekanoff
    1
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