Bird Sightings Report
9 - 20 June 1998
Tatshenshini River Expedition
Haines Junction, Yukon to Dry Bay, Alaska

Master List 93 species (+2 hypothetical) 3695 individuals

Double-crested Cormorant 1 Northern Shrike 1
Trumpeter Swan 4 Warbling Vireo 32
Canada Goose 22 Black-billed Magpie 6
Brant 11 Common Raven 17
Mallard 2 Bank Swallow 181
Green-winged Teal 4 Barn Swallow 12
Northern Pintail 2 Cliff Swallow 154
Harlequin Duck 9 Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-winged Scoter 6 Winter Wren 2
Barrow's Goldeneye 9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Common Merganser 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Red-breasted Merganser 13 Swainson's Thrush 39
Bald Eagle 89 Gray-cheeked Thrush 13
Red-tailed Hawk 3 Hermit Thrush 45
Northern Harrier 2 American Robin 59
Northern Goshawk 2 Varied Thrush 39
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 American Pipit 5
Golden Eagle 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler 24
Ruffed Grouse 3 Yellow Warbler 118
Spruce Grouse 1 Northern Waterthrush 22
Willow Ptarmigan 2 MacGillivray's Warbler 2
Semipalmated Plover 1 Blackpoll Warbler 2
Spotted Sandpiper 61 Orange-crowned Warbler 58
Western Sandpiper 2 Townsend's Warbler 1
Common Snipe 1 Wilson's Warbler 83
Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Common Yellowthroat 5
Greater Yellowlegs 1 Western Tanager 2
Parasitic Jaeger 49 Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 61 Chipping Sparrow 7
Herring Gull 13 Brewer's Sparrow 2
Mew Gull 464 Fox Sparrow 56
Gull species 800 Song Sparrow 4
Arctic Tern 251 Golden-crowned Sparrow 8
Aleutian Tern 44 White-crowned Sparrow 14
Kittzlitz's Murrelet 7 Savannah Sparrow 16
Marbled Murrelet 5 Dark-eyed Junco 25
Common Murre 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1
Alcid species 250 Rusty Blackbird 2
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Common Redpoll 4
Common Nighthawk 1 Pine Grosbeak 2
Vaux's Swift 3 Red Crossbill 2
Rufous Hummingbird 4 Pine Siskin 9
Belted Kingfisher 6 Hypothetical
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Upland Sandpiper
Downy Woodpecker 3 Lapland Longspur
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 5
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Alder Flycatcher 6
Dusky Flycatcher 1
Western Wood-Peewee 2



Bird lists by political unit
Yukon 9-10 June 1998 35 Species 245 individuals

Double-crested Cormorant 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1
Canada Goose 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Barrow's Goldeneye 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Common Merganser 3 American Robin 9
Bald Eagle 1 Swainson's Thrush 10
Ruffed Grouse 1 Hermit Thrush 1
Spotted Sandpiper 18 Varied Thrush 4
Mew Gull 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Northern Flicker 2 Blackpoll Warbler 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Wilson's Warbler 10
Warbling Vireo 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Black-billed Magpie 1 Yellow Warbler 13
Common Raven 6 Chipping Sparrow 2
Bank Swallow 19 Song Sparrow 1
Cliff Swallow +\- 100 White-crowned Sparrow 3
Violet-green Swallow 11 Dark-eyed Junco 2
Barn Swallow 2 Red Crossbill 2
Pine Siskin 1

Yukon-B.C. border area 10 June 1998 18 species 101 individuals
(I missed the border, oops)

Common Merganser 1 Swainson's Thrush 6
Spotted Sandpiper 6 Varied Thrush 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 1 American Robin 4
Warbling Vireo 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Common Raven 1 Yellow Warbler 17
Bank Swallow 23 Wilson's Warbler 4
Violet-green Swallow 20 Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Barn Swallow 4 Pine Siskin 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Hermit Thrush 1

British Columbia 10-16 June 1998 73 species 729 individuals

Trumpeter Swan 4 Cliff Swallow 51
Mallard 2 Violet-green Swallow 23
Green-winged Teal 4 Black-capped Chickadee 1
Northern Pintail 2 Winter Wren 2
Barrow's Goldeneye 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Common Merganser 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1 Swainson's Thrush 23
Bald Eagle 59 Gray-cheeked Thrush 9
Red-tailed Hawk 2 Hermit Thrush 23
Northern Harrier 2 American Robin 36
Northern Goshawk 2 Varied Thrush 16
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 American Pipit 5
Golden Eagle 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Ruffed Grouse 2 Yellow Warbler 56
Spruce Grouse 1 Northern Waterthrush 22
Willow Ptarmigan 2 MacGillivray's Warbler 2
Spotted Sandpiper 32 Blackpoll Warbler 1
Common Snipe 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 44
Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Townsend's Warbler 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1 Wilson's Warbler 40
Herring Gull 1 Common Yellowthroat 5
Mew Gull 17 Western Tanager 1
Arctic Tern 30 Chipping Sparrow 5
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Brewer's Sparrow 2
Common Nighthawk 1 Fox Sparrow 9
Vaux's Swift 3 Song Sparrow 3
Rufous Hummingbird 2 Golden-crowned Sparrow 4
Belted Kingfisher 5 White-crowned Sparrow 5
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Savannah Sparrow 4
Downy Woodpecker 2 Dark-eyed Junco 22
Hairy Woodpecker 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1
Northern Flicker 3 Rusty Blackbird 1
Alder Flycatcher 6 Pine Siskin 7
Dusky Flycatcher 1 Hypothetical (not counted)
Western Wood-Peewee 1 Upland Sandpiper
Warbling Vireo 23 Lapland Longspur
Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 5
Bank Swallow 39
Barn Swallow 1

Alaska 16-20 June 1998 55 species 2620 individuals

Canada Goose 21 Northern Shrike 1
Brant 11 Warbling Vireo 5
Harlequin Duck 2 Black-billed Magpie 2
Surf Scoter 9 Common Raven 5
White-winged Scoter 6 Violet-green Swallow 33
Common Merganser 1 Bank Swallow 100
Red-breasted Merganser 12 Cliff Swallow 3
Bald Eagle 29 Barn Swallow 5
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden Eagle 1 Hermit Thrush 20
Semipalmated Plover 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 4
Spotted Sandpiper 5 American Robin 10
Western Sandpiper 2 Varied Thrush 14
Parasitic Jaeger 49 Yellow Warbler 32
Glaucous-winged Gull 61 Wilson's Warbler 29
Herring Gull 12 Orange-crowned Warbler 11
Mew Gull 444 Western Tanager 1
Black-legged Kittiwake 250 Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Gull species +\- 800 Golden-crowned Sparrow 4
Arctic Tern 231 White-crowned Sparrow 6
Aleutian Tern 44 Fox Sparrow 47
Caspian Tern 4 Savannah Sparrow 12
Kittzlitz's Murrelet 7 Dark-eyed Junco 1
Marbled Murrelet 5 Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Murre 1 Common Redpoll 4
Alcid species 250 Pine Grosbeak 2
Rufous Hummingbird 2 Pine Siskin 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Western Wood-Peewee 1

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