NTER NTER WOODPECKERS SPRING SUMMER FALL WI PIPITS SPRING SUMMER FALL WI Red-breasted Sapsucker* C C C R American Pipit* C C C – Downy Woodpecker* UUUU WAXWINGS Hairy Woodpecker* UUUU Bohemian Waxwing* U R U C Three-toed Woodpecker UUUU Cedar Waxwing R R R – Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted race)* U U U – SHRIKES Northern Flicker Northern Shrike U – U U (Red-shafted race)* U U U – STARLINGS TYRANT FLYCATCHERS European Starling RRRR Birds Olive-sided Flycatcher* U U U – Western Wood-Pewee* C C C – VIREOS of the Chilkat Valley Alder Flycatcher* U U U – Warbling Vireo* U U U – Hammond’s Flycatcher* U U U – WOOD WARBLERS, TANAGERS, SPARROWS, A CHECKLIST BUNTINGS AND BLACKBIRDS LARKS Orange-crowned Warbler* C C C – Horned Lark R R R – Yellow Warbler* U U U – SWALLOWS Yellow-rumped Warbler* C C C – Tree Swallow* C C C – Townsend’s Warbler* C C C – Violet-green Swallow* C C C – MacGillivray’s Warbler U U U – Bank Swallow* U U U – Connecticut Warbler R R R – Barn Swallow* C C C – Cape May Warbler – – + – JAYS, MAGPIES AND CROWS Common Yellowthroat* U U U – Gray Jay U – U U Wildon’s Warbler* C C C – Steller’s Jay CCCC Western Tanager R R R – Black-billed Magpie U R U C American Tree Sparrow U – U R Northwestern Crow* CCCC Chipping Sparrow* U U U – Common Raven*** CCCC Savannah Sparrow* C C C – Fox Sparrow* C C C – CHICKADEES Song Sparrow* C C C R Black-capped Chickadee* UUUU Lincoln’s Sparrow* C C C – Chestnut-backed Chickadee* CCCC Golden-crowned Sparrow* C U C – NUTHATCHES White-crowned Sparrow U – U – Red-breasted Nuthatch* U U U R Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon subspecies)* C C C R CREEPERS Dark-eyed Junco Brown Creeper* UUUU (Slate-colored subspecies) C – C U WRENS Lapland Longspur U – U – Snow Bunting U – U U Winter Wren* C C C U Red-winged Blackbird* R R R – DIPPERS Rusty Blackbird U R U – American Dipper* CCCC Brown-headed Cowbird U R U – OLD WORLD WARBLERS, FINCHES KINGLETS AND THRUSHES Gray-crowned Rosy Finch* U U U R Golden-crowned Kinglet* U U U C Pine Grosbeak* U U C C Ruby-crowned Kinglet* C C C – Red Crossbill CCCC Haines Alaska is home to Mountain Bluebird + – + – White-winged Crossbill* CCCC the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, Gray-cheeked Thrush R – R – Common Redpoll C R C C Swainson’s Thrush* C C C – Hoary Redpoll – – – + which hosts the world’s largest Hermit Thrush* C C C – Pine Siskin* CCCC American Robin* C C C – concentration of bald eagles. Varied Thrush* C C C – Birders’ checklist compiled by Daniel Bertsch Townsend’s Solitaire R + – – Haines Visitor Bureau • P.O. Box 530 • Haines, AK 999827 (907) 766-2234 • Fax (907) 766-3155 THE HAINES VISITOR BUREAU www.haines.ak.us • email: [email protected] NTER SWANS, GEESE NTER SPRING SUMMER FALL WI ABUNDANCE AND DUCKS (CONT.) SANDPIPERS (CONT.) SPRING SUMMER FALL WI C Common…species occurs repeatedly in proper habitat. Lesser Scaup C R C U Western Sandpiper C R C – U Uncommon…species occurs, regularly, but the region Harlequin Duck* CCCC Least Sandpiper C U R – usually hosts small numbers of the species. Oldsquaw C R C C R Rare…species occurs irregularly in the region in very Baird’s Sandpiper U – U – small numbers. Black Scoter RRRR Pectoral Sandpiper C – C – + Casual or accidental…species has been sighted only Surf Scoter CCCC Rock Sandpiper U – U C once or very few times in the region. White-winged Scoter CCCC Dunlin C – C R – Not known to occur. Common Goldeneye U R U U Short-billed Dowitcher U U R – * Known or probable breeder. Barrow’s Goldeneye C U C C Long-billed Dowitcher C R C – Bufflehead C + C C Common Snipe* C C C R Hooded Merganser U R U R Red-necked Phalarope R – R – CHECKLIST Common Mergnser* CCCC Ruddy Turnstone R – R – Red-breasted Merganser C U C C Wandering Tattler U U U – Ruddy Duck –––– NTER JAEGERS, GULLS AND TERNS LOONS SPRING SUMMER FALL WI HAWKS, EAGLES AND HARRIERS Parasitic Jaeger R U U – Common Loon* C U C U Osprey ++++ Bonaparte’s Gull* C U C – Red-throated Loon UUUU Bald Eagle* CCCC Mew Gull* CCCC Pacific Loon U R U U Northern Harrier C R U R Ring-billed Gull + + – – Yellow-billed Loon RRRR Sharp-shinned Hawk* C U C U Herring Gull* CCCC GREBES Northern Goshawk* UUUU Thayer’s Gull C + C U Horned Grebe C R C U Red-tailed Hawk* U U U – Glaucous-winged Gull* UUUU Red-necked Grebe C R C U Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan’s Race)* R + R – Ivory Gull – – + – Rough-legged Hawk R – R – Arctic Tern* C C C – CORMORANTS Golden Eagle* RRRR Pelagic Cormorants* C U C C ALCIDS Double-crested Cormorant RRRR FALCONS Common Murre ++++ American Kestrel* U R U – Pigeon Guillemot* C C U U HERONS, BITTERNS AND EGRETS Merlin* U R U R Marbled Murrelet* CCCC American Bittern* R R R – Peregrine Falcon R + R + Kittlitz’s Murrelet + – – – Great Blue Heron* C C C U Cattle Egret – – + – GROUSE AND PTARMIGANS PIGEONS AND DOVES Spruce Grouse* UUUU Rock Dove* UUUU SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS Blue Grouse* CCCC Mourning Dove R – R – Tundra Swan U C R Willow Ptarmigan* UUUU OWLS Trumpeter Swan* UUUU Rock Ptarmigan* CCCC Western Screech Owl RRRR Greater White-fronted Goose U + U + White-tailed Ptarmigan* UUUU Snow Goose RRRR Great Horned Owl* CCCC Brant U R U R CRANES Snowy Owl –––– Canada Goose* C U C U Sandhill Crane U R U – Northern Hawk Owl R – R R Lesser Canada Goose R – R – OYSTERCATCHERS Northern Pygmy Owl* UUUU Green-winged Teal* C U C U Black Oystercatchers U U U R Barred Owl RRRR Wood Duck + – – – Short-eared Owl U R U R PLOVERS Mallard* CCCC Boreal Owl – – – R Northern Pintail C U C U Black-bellied Plover U – U – Northern Saw-Whet Owl RRRR American Golden Plover U – U – Blue-winged Teal U – R – GOATSUCKERS Semipalmated Plover* C C C – Cinnamon Teal R – – – Common Nighthawk – – R – Northern Shoveler C R U R Killdeer* U U U – Gadwall U R U R SANDPIPERS SWIFTS Eurasian Wigeon R – + – Greater Yellowlegs* C C C – Black Swift R R R – American Wigeon C U C U Lesser Yellowlegs* C R C – Vaux’s Swift U U – – Canvas back U – U – Solitary Sandpiper R R R – HUMMINGBIRDS Redhead R – R – Spotted Sandpiper* C C C – Rufous Hummingbird C C R – Ring-necked Duck U R U R Whimbrel U R U – KINGFISHERS Greater Scaup C R C C Sanderling R – R – Belted Kingfisher+ C C C U Semipalmated Sandpiper R – R –