ACCIDENTAL, CASUAL, UNSUBSTANTIATED KEY THRUSHES J F M A M J J A S O N D n Casual: Occasionally seen, but not every year Northern Wheatear N n Accidental: Only one or two ever seen here Townsend’s Solitaire N X Unsubstantiated: no photographic or sample evidence to support sighting Gray-cheeked Thrush N W Listed on the Audubon Alaska WatchList of declining or threatened species Birds of Swainson’s Thrush N Hermit Thrush N Spring: March 16–May 31, Summer: June 1–July 31, American Robin N Fall: August 1–November 30, Winter: December 1–March 15 Anchorage, Alaska Varied Thrush N W STARLINGS SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER SPECIES SPECIES SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER European Starling N CHECKLIST Ross's Goose Vaux's Swift PIPITS Emperor Goose W Anna's Hummingbird The Anchorage area offers a surprising American Pipit N Cinnamon Teal Costa's Hummingbird Tufted Duck Red-breasted Sapsucker WAXWINGS diversity of habitat from tidal mudflats along Steller's Eider W Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Bohemian Waxwing N Common Eider W Willow Flycatcher the coast to alpine habitat in the Chugach BUNTINGS Ruddy Duck Least Flycatcher John Schoen Lapland Longspur Pied-billed Grebe Hammond's Flycatcher Mountains bordering the city. Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Eastern Kingbird BOHEMIAN WAXWING Snow Bunting N Leach's Storm-Petrel Western Kingbird WARBLERS Pelagic Cormorant Brown Shrike Red-faced Cormorant W Cassin's Vireo Northern Waterthrush N For more information on Alaska bird festivals Orange-crowned Warbler N Great Egret Warbling Vireo Swainson's Hawk Red-eyed Vireo and birding maps for Anchorage, Fairbanks, Yellow Warbler N American Coot Purple Martin and Kodiak, contact Audubon Alaska at Blackpoll Warbler N W Sora Pacific Wren www.AudubonAlaska.org or 907-276-7034. Yellow-rumped Warbler N Black Oystercatcher Arctic Warbler Townsend’s Warbler N Killdeer Siberian Stonechat For more information on birding in Alaska, visit Wilson’s Warbler N Terek Sandpiper Dusky Thrush Upland Sandpiper Northern Mockingbird www.birding.alaska.gov SPARROWS J F M A M J J A S O N D Bristle-thighed Curlew W Siberian Accentor American Tree Sparrow N Bar-tailed Godwit W Yellow Wagtail Checklist Compiler Savannah Sparrow N Marbled Godwit W White Wagtail Aaron Bowman, Audubon Alaska Fox Sparrow N Red Knot Cedar Waxwing Song Sparrow N Red-necked Stint MacGillivray’s Warbler White-rumped Sandpiper Tennessee Warbler Contributors Lincoln’s Sparrow N Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Common Yellowthroat White-crowned Sparrow N Stilt Sandpiper Magnolia Warbler Golden-crowned Sparrow N Buff-breasted Sandpiper W American Redstart Dark-eyed Junco N Ruff Palm Warbler BLACKBIRDS Wilson's Phalarope Spotted Towhee Red Phalarope Chipping Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird N Ivory Gull W Swamp Sparrow Rusty Blackbird N W Sabine's Gull White-throated Sparrow FINCHES Black-headed Gull Harris's Sparrow Little Gull Western Tanager Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch N Franklin's Gull Black-headed Grosbeak Pine Grosbeak N Ring-billed Gull Lazuli Bunting Reviewers Red Crossbill Slaty-backed Gull Indigo Bunting Pat Pourchot, David Sonneborn, Thede Tobish White-winged Crossbill N Caspian Tern Yellow-headed Blackbird Common Redpoll N Pomarine Jaeger Brown-headed Cowbird For a full list of data sources, visit Hoary Redpoll Parasitic Jaeger Brambling www.AudubonAlaska.org Common Murre Eurasian Bullfinch Pine Siskin N Marbled Murrelet W Evening Grosbeak www.MiloBurcham.com Mourning Dove Garganey X Common Cuckoo Turkey Vulture X Snowy Owl Red-throated Pipit X FRONT COVER: HUDSONIAN GODWIT PUBLISHED: 2014 CHECKLIST KEY SANDPIPERS CONTINUED J F M A M J J A S O N D FALCONS CONTINUED J F M A M J J A S O N D n Very Common: Easily found in the right habitat and season Surfbird N W Gyrfalcon N Sanderling Peregrine Falcon n Common: Found in the right habitat and season Semipalmated Sandpiper n Uncommon: Found, with persistence, every year in the right habitat and season FLYCATCHERS Western Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher N W n Rare: Seen in most years, but in small numbers Least Sandpiper N Western Wood-Pewee N n Casual: Occasionally seen, but not every year Baird’s Sandpiper Alder Flycatcher N N Documented nesting Pectoral Sandpiper Say’s Phoebe N W Listed on the Audubon Alaska WatchList of declining or threatened species Rock Sandpiper W SHRIKES www.MiloBurcham.com Dunlin W Northern Shrike N WILLOW PTARMIGAN Short-billed Dowitcher N W JAYS, CROWS, RAVENS Long-billed Dowitcher WATERFOWL J F M A M J J A S O N D LOONS AND GREBES J F M A M J J A S O N D Gray Jay N Wilson’s Snipe N Greater White-fronted Goose W* Red-throated Loon N W Steller’s Jay N Red-necked Phalarope N Snow Goose Pacific Loon N Black-billed Magpie N GULLS, TERNS, JAEGERS Brant W Common Loon N Northwestern Crow Black-legged Kittiwake Cackling Goose Horned Grebe N Common Raven N Bonaparte’s Gull N Canada Goose N Red-necked Grebe N SWALLOWS J F M A M J J A S O N D Mew Gull N Trumpeter Swan N CORMORANTS California Gull Tree Swallow N Tundra Swan Double-crested Cormorant Violet-green Swallow N Herring Gull* N Gadwall N HERONS Thayer’s Gull Bank Swallow N Eurasian Wigeon Barn Swallow N Great Blue Heron Glaucous-winged Gull* N American Wigeon N Cliff Swallow N HAWKS AND EAGLES Glaucous Gull Mallard N Osprey N Arctic Tern N CHICKADEES Blue-winged Teal Golden Eagle N Long-tailed Jaeger Black-capped Chickadee N Northern Shoveler N Northern Harrier N Chestnut-backed Chickadee N Northern Pintail N PIGEONS J F M A M J J A S O N D Sharp-shinned Hawk N Boreal Chickadee N Green-winged Teal N Rock Pigeon (Introduced) N Northern Goshawk N NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS, DIPPERS Canvasback N OWLS Bald Eagle N Red-breasted Nuthatch N Redhead Great Horned Owl N Red-tailed Hawk* N Brown Creeper N Ring-necked Duck N Northern Hawk Owl N Rough-legged Hawk American Dipper N Greater Scaup N Great Gray Owl Lesser Scaup N CRANES J F M A M J J A S O N D Short-eared Owl N KINGLETS Harlequin Duck N Sandhill Crane N Boreal Owl N Golden-crowned Kinglet N Surf Scoter PLOVERS Northern Saw-whet Owl N Ruby-crowned Kinglet N White-winged Scoter Black-bellied Plover HUMMINGBIRDS Black Scoter American Golden-Plover W Rufous Hummingbird N Long-tailed Duck N Pacific Golden-Plover KINGFISHERS Bufflehead Semipalmated Plover N Belted Kingfisher N Common Goldeneye N SANDPIPERS WOODPECKERS Barrow’s Goldeneye N Spotted Sandpiper N Downy Woodpecker N Hooded Merganser Solitary Sandpiper N W Hairy Woodpecker N Common Merganser N Wandering Tattler N W American Three-toed Woodpecker N Red-breasted Merganser Greater Yellowlegs N Black-backed Woodpecker N GROUSE J F M A M J J A S O N D Lesser Yellowlegs N W Northern Flicker N Willow Ptarmigan N Whimbrel W FALCONS Rock Ptarmigan N Hudsonian Godwit N W American Kestrel N White-tailed Ptarmigan N Ruddy Turnstone N Merlin John Schoen Spruce Grouse N Black Turnstone W STELLER’S JAY *Tule subspecies is on the WatchList, other subspecies are not. *Most Red-tailed Hawks are Harlan’s subspecies in this range. *Most Glaucous-winged and Herring Gulls are hybrids in this range..