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Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
ipaulsen at krl.org
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way"

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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:45:50 -0500
From: Laurie Larson <llarson at PRINCETON.EDU>
To: BIRDCHAT at listserv.arizona.edu
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Trip report: Gambell, Fall 2002 - part 2b (list)

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET: 3 on 22 Sep (PEL video, DC) arrived that day
with a number of other mainland strays. My only other RCKIs at
Gambell were two birds in 1999.

WILLOW WARBLER: 1 from 25-30 Aug was the first North American
record (PEL video, WINGS, GLA ph., Stavros Christodoulides ph.).
Seen in near boneyard on 25 Aug, 2/3 way down east side of Troutman
Lake on 26 Aug, and in circular boneyard on 29-30 Aug, so at least
one bird present. See separate details.

DUSKY WARBLER: total of four seen as follows: 1 in far boneyard on
29-30 Aug (GLA, PEL), 1 in near boneyard 8-10 Sep (PEL, BD), 1 in
far boneyard 8-9 Sep (PEL video), and one in near boneyard 19 Sep
(PEL, DC, DWS). See separate details.

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER: 1 in circular boneyard 30 Aug (GLA ph., PEL
video) was the second record for North America. See separate details.

ARCTIC WARBLER: a good year for this species, with a total of 74
for the season, with a total of 66 from 23 Aug- 11 Sep, including a
record one-day total of 29 on 23 Aug, and then a record-late flight
of 8 new birds on 15 Sep and 1 remaining record-late on 16 Sep.

LESSER WHITETHROAT: 1 in far boneyard 8-9 Sep (PEL video) for a
first North American record. See separate details, including
comments on subspecies involved.

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER: 1 in circular boneyard 14 Sep (PEL video, DWS
ph.) for a first North American record. See separate details.

BLUETHROAT: a poor year for this species, with only 5 between 31
Aug- 11 Sep.

NORTHERN WHEATEAR: a mediocre year, with a total of 43 birds
between 23 Aug- 9 Sep, with a one-day high count of 17 on 28 Aug;
and an additional record-late bird on 17 Sep.

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH: total of 9 seen between 23 Aug- 15 Sep.

SIBERIAN ACCENTOR: total of three birds as follows: 1 (early) in
far and circular boneyards 29-31 Aug (GLA ph., PEL video), 1 (early)
in far and circular boneyards 8-9 Sep (PEL video), and 1 in near
boneyard 1 Oct (PEL video). See separate details. There are two
previous fall records.

YELLOW WAGTAIL: total of 88 between 23 Aug- 15 Sep, with a one-day
high count of 50 on 24 Aug.

TREE PIPIT: 1 in near boneyard 21 Sep (PEL video, DWS ph., DC) was
the third North American record; 1 there 27 Sep (PEL video) was
thought to probably be the same bird. See separate details.

RED-THROATED PIPIT: a fairly good year for this species, with a
total of 29 between 23 Aug- 15 Sep (video). At least several birds
were present daily though 11 Sep, and the one-day high counts were
13 on 25 Aug and 12 on 5 Sep.

AMERICAN PIPIT: total of 17 pacificus-types between 23 Aug- 15 Sep,
with several birds present daily for extended periods.

?JAPONICUS? PIPIT: a good year for japonicus pipits, with a total
of 7 birds seen 23 Aug- 17 Sep (video), with multiple birds present
daily for extended periods and a one-day high count of 4 on 27 Aug.
See separate details.

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: 1 celata in far boneyard on 13 Sep (PEL
video) and, even more unusual, 1 lutescens in far boneyard on 22 Sep
(PEL). There are about five previous fall records of celata since
1999, and one previous lutescens in 2001. See separate details.

YELLOW WARBLER: 1 in far boneyard on 19 Sep (PEL video, DWS, DC).
There are about five previous fall records; this bird is the latest.
See separate details.

MAGNOLIA WARBLER: 1 in circular and far boneyards on 21 Sep (PEL,
DWS, DC) is the first Gambell record, and about the third for the
Bering Sea region. See separate details.

YELLOW-RUMPED (?MYRTLE?) WARBLER: 1 in far boneyard on 22 Sep (PEL
video, DC) is my third for Gambell; there are several other records
as well.

MACGILLIVRAY?S WARBLER: 1 in near boneyard on 26 Sep (PEL video)
and 1 in far boneyard on 29 Sep (PEL) were thought to probably
involve the same individual. First Gambell record, and first for the
Bering Sea region. See separate details.

WILSON?S WARBLER: 1 (female) in far boneyard on 31 Aug (PEL, GLA)
and 1 (male) in near boneyard on 5 Sep (PEL) are my first for
Gambell, but there are several previous fall records (i.e., three in
2000).

CHIPPING SPARROW: 1 in far boneyard 14 Sep (PEL, DWS) and another
(juv) there on 30 Sep (PEL video) were, surprisingly, already my
fourth and fifth for Gambell in the fall, all since 1998. See
separate details.

SAVANNAH SPARROW: a low total of only 3 birds seen: 1 on 25 Aug, 1
on 5 Sep, and 1 from 22-26 Sep.

?SOOTY? FOX SPARROW: 1 on 1 Sep (PEL video, GLA) and 1 on 29 Sep
(PEL video). This subspecies continues to be recorded more
frequently at Gambell than the ?more expected? ?Red? Fox Sparrow. In
addition there was a somewhat ?problematic? Fox Sparrow on 25 Sep
(PEL video) which seemed somewhat more intermediate in several
characters between ?Sooty? and ?Red? but was present in exactly the
same place and behaving the same way as the more typical Sooty seen
four days later. See video.

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 (imm) on 24 Sep.

GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 (imm) on 30 Sep (PEL video).

LAPLAND LONGSPUR: numbers from late Aug- early Sep were up to
300/day, with 450 on 28 Aug, then up to 150/day through mid-Sep, and
up to 15/day during late Sep; the last birds (2) were seen on 29 Sep.

LITTLE BUNTING: 1 in far boneyard on 10-11 Sep (PEL, BD) and
another there from 30 Sep- 2 Oct (when I departed) (PEL video).
There are now some six fall records for Gambell since 1993. See
separate details.

REED BUNTING: 1 in circular boneyard (and briefly nearby) from
28-30 Aug (GLA ph., PEL video). This establishes the first northern
Bering Sea record and the first for fall in Alaska. See separate
details.

SNOW BUNTING: up to 350/day from late Aug- early Sep, then up to
50/day through 19 Sep, but fewer than 5-10/day?and sporadic?after
that until a flock of up to 30 birds arrived on 30 Sep- 1 Oct, but
only 2 seen 2 Oct. This is a more major drop-off in numbers late in
the season than in previous years. At around 9PM on 7 Sep, during a
beautiful, calm, clear evening, 50 Snow Buntings got up and flew
NNW, gaining great height, and headed toward Siberia. On 1 Oct, most
of the flock of 30 got up in the early afternoon and headed out to
sea to the west/southwest; not sure if they kept going or not.

MCKAY?S BUNTING: 1 present near far and circular boneyards on 30
Aug (PEL video, GLA) was early, and then a record 7 (with at least
two other McKay?s or McKay?s X Snow hybrids) arrived with the
migrant Snow Bunting flock in Old Town on 30 Sep- 1 Oct (PEL video);
at least two of the birds were adult males.

REDPOLLS: redpolls were present continuously during the period,
from fewer than 5/day in late Aug to up to 15/day in early Sep to up
to 40/day after that. The majority were Commons early on (max
one-day count of 20 on 8 Sep), with Hoaries dominating after 15 Sep
(max one-day counts were 30 on 19 Sep and 25 on 30 Sep). There were
also unidentified redpolls (especially juveniles and some
intermediate-looking birds) totaling up to 10/day.

Posted w/permission by: L. Larson .. llarson at princeton.edu ..
Princeton, NJ

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