GAMBELL & SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND SPRING & SUMMER DATABASE

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1 1 GAMBELL & SAINT LAWRENCE ISLAND SPRING & SUMMER DATABASE through July 2017 compiled by PAUL E. LEHMAN Covers records from (March) April through July. Bracketed records are hypothetical or likely incorrect. ad. = adult; imm. = immature; f. = female; m. = male; pr. = pair arr = arrival; dep = departure Chukotsk = Chukotsk/Chukotskiy/Chukchi Peninsula, Russia G. = Gambell vic. = approximate location SLI = St. Lawrence Island Order ANSERIFORMES Family Anatidae: Ducks, Geese, & Swans Emperor Goose Anser canagicus Emperor Goose (SLI) Jun 1913 ( over 100 but no nests) (G&L) [Emperor Goose (*CAS20856 SLI, early)... 9 Apr 1915 (date and/or location probably in error DDG & TGT in litt.)] Emperor Goose (arr, Kavalghak) May 1973 (8) (Joh76) Emperor Goose (arr)... 9 May 2003 (4) & 12 May 2004 (B. Benter in litt.) Emperor Goose (nr. Savoonga) Jun 2004 (2) Emperor Goose (high) May 2005 (64), 10 Jun 2016 (62) Emperor Goose (dep G.) Jun 2005 (2) Emperor Goose (late high) Jun 2010 (64) Emperor Goose (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (9) (DW) Emperor Goose (arr)... 4 May (E) Emperor Goose (arr, Seward Pen)... first week May (K89) Emperor Goose (still nests in small #s on islands in Koozata Lagoon fide Mike Apatiki & Chris Koonooka) Emperor Goose (nest in cen and se. SLI; molt 20 Jun-15 Aug) (F&C) Emperor Goose (despite early reports of common nesting on SLI, there are very few records of confirmed nesting, and mostly just of large mid-summer molt concentrations G&L)

2 2 Emperor Goose (in summer, a few along SLI north coast but most in south shore lagoons; 7 nr. Savoonga 28 Jun 1921 & 5 at Gambell 29 Jun 1921 (Bailey25)) Emperor Goose (early statements on island status vague and contradictory (Por81) re: nesting vs. only post-nuptial, summer molting) Emperor Goose (local breeders may arrive along coast during May but do not move inland until early or mid-jun, depending on ice conditions; in summer 1987 just one nest and just five broods P&W) Emperor Goose (south shore molt concentrations up to thousands annually in Jul Mu36; flocks in Jun-Aug 1960 S&U) Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Snow Goose (arr, high, G.) May 1973 (several flocks of 25-30) (Joh76) Snow Goose (arr, high, Akeftapak) May 1973 ( ) (Joh76) Snow Goose (arr, nr. Southeast Cape) May 1983 (2) (UAMf) Snow Goose (dep)... 7 Jun 1987, 9 Jun 1993, 11 Jun 2016 (2) Snow Goose (high)... 3 Jun 1992 (26) (GHR in litt.) Snow Goose (high)... 1 Jun 2001 (50) (B. Bergstrom in litt.) Snow Goose (high) May 2002 (60) (GHR in litt.) Snow Goose (arr) May 2004 (30) (BBe in litt.) Snow Goose (dep, Savoonga)... 6 Jun 2006 (7) (LSGuy in litt.) Snow Goose (last 2 wks May; a few small flocks annually) (F&C) Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose (Koozata L.) Jun 1953 (4) (F&C) Greater White-fronted Goose (dep) (nr. Boxer Bay)... 9 Jun 1960 (S&U) Greater White-fronted Goose (dep G.) Jun 1975 (R. Foxall in litt.) Greater White-fronted Goose (high) May (9) & 6 Jun (9) 1988 (total 18) Greater White-fronted Goose (high)... 5 Jun 1992 (12), 29 May 2000 (9) Greater White-fronted Goose (arr)... 3 May 2003, 17 May 2003 (4) Greater White-fronted Goose (dep G.) Jun 2011 (3), 11 Jun 2012 Greater White-fronted Goose (arr) May 2013 (3), 14 May 2017 (2) Greater White-fronted Goose (high)... 2 Jun 2017 (13) Greater White-fronted Goose (dep G.) Jun 2017 Tundra Bean-Goose Anser serrirostris

3 3 [Tundra Bean-Goose (*DMNS26811 G.)... 7 Apr 1952 (G&L)] [Tundra Bean-Goose (* Savoonga)... 8 May 1952 (Bailey56)] Tundra Bean-Goose (both records above should be simply Gambell 8 May 1952 Sealy) (S, F&C) Tundra Bean-Goose Jun 1982 Tundra Bean-Goose Jun 1998 (upto 2) (JLD notes) Tundra Bean-Goose... 5 May 2007 Tundra Bean-Goose May 2007 Tundra Bean-Goose... 1 Jun 2011 Tundra Bean-Goose May 2015 [published incorrectly as Taiga in NAB69:467] Tundra Bean-Goose May 2017 Tundra Bean-Goose (dep) Jun 2017 Tundra Bean-Goose (some reports, esp. of small flocks, likely referable to GWFG) bean-goose sp. bean-goose sp May 1958 (K&G) bean-goose sp May (?) or 16 May (?) 1966 (S, K&G) [bean-goose sp Jun 1977 (3) (Mor) (??)] [bean-goose sp May 1978 ( no good JLD)] bean-goose sp Jun 1978 (UAMf) bean-goose sp. (late) Jun 2002 [bean-goose sp May 2004 (BBe in litt.)] Brant Branta bernicla Brant (*MVZ62441 G., dep) Jun 1932 Brant (arr, Southeast Cape)... 1 May 1954 (small flock) (F&C) Brant (arr, G.)... first week May 1973 (??) (Joh76) Brant (late, Southeast Cape) Jun 1986 (6) (UAMf) Brant (arr, SLI) May 1987 (P&W87) Brant (dep) Jun 1993 (total 20), Jun 1993 (total 3) Brant (arr) May 2003 (12) & 16 May 2004 (B. Benter in litt.) Brant (high) Jun 2010 (total 1775)

4 4 Brant (dep) Jun 2017 (2) Brant (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (3) (DW) Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Cackling Goose May 1956 (F&C) Cackling Goose... 3 Jun 1957 (F&C) Cackling Goose (arr) May 1966 (S) Cackling Goose (high)... 4 Jun 1976 (5) (UAMf) Cackling Goose May 1983 (UAMf) Cackling Goose... 1 Jun & 3 Jun 1984 (total 2) Cackling Goose (SLI, arr) May 1987 (P&W87) Cackling Goose... 4 Jun 1988 (UAMf) Cackling Goose May & 2 Jun 1989 (total 2) Cackling Goose (high)... 3 Jun 1992 (5) (GHR in litt.) Cackling Goose... 6 Jun 1992 (KJZ notes) Cackling Goose May 1998 Cackling Goose May-1 Jun (total 2) and 8 Jun (2) 1999 Cackling Goose May 2000 (2) Cackling Goose... 5 Jun 2001 Cackling Goose (high) May & 2 Jun (5) 2002 Cackling Goose (arr)... 7 May 2003 Cackling Goose May 2003 Cackling Goose May & 2 Jun 2004 Cackling Goose May & 2 Jun (2) 2005 (total 3) Cackling Goose... late May-8 Jun 2006 (total 4) Cackling Goose May (3) & 1 Jun 2008 Cackling Goose & 31May 2010 (total 2) Cackling Goose... 5 Jun 2012 Cackling Goose... 1 Jun 2014 Cackling Goose (dep) May (2), 30 May (3), and 10 Jun 2016 (total 6) Cackling Goose May & 31 May (3) 2017 (total 4)

5 5 Cackling Goose (most records before split simply reported as Canada Goose) Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan (high G.) May 2004 (24) Tundra Swan (summer, SLI)... summer 2004 (several prs) (LSGuy in litt.) Tundra Swan (summer, G.) Jul 2013 (ph. CI) Tundra Swan (dep G.) Jun 2005 (2), 18 Jun 2013, 17 Jun 2017 Tundra Swan ( Bewick s, w/ Whistling )... 3 Jun 2014 Tundra Swan (arr, G.) May 2015 (2) (ph. CI) Tundra Swan ( Bewick s ) Jun 2015 (L. Pittman ph.) Tundra Swan (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (2) (DW) Tundra Swan (arr, sw of G. )... 2 May 1992 (unofficial hunter report) Tundra Swan (still widespread breeder on SLI fide Mike Apatiki & Chris Koonooka) Bewick s / Whooper Swan Bewick s / Whooper Swan... 6 Jun 1987 (UAMf) Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan (Kongkok Bay, sw. SLI) Jun 1976 (3) (G&K92) Whooper Swan... 3 Jun 2001 Whooper Swan May 2013 (ph. BBe) Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Baikal Teal (**USNM588179, Savoonga) Jul 1937 (pr.) (Gabrielson 1941) [pristine alt. condition of male suggests date may be incorrect] [Garganey Spatula querquedula Garganey (Kongkok Basin) Jun 1987 (f., ph. USFWS ), late May 1987 (m.) (UAMf) (??)] Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler May 1985 (UAMf) Northern Shoveler (Southeast Cape) Jun 1986 (m.) (UAMf)

6 6 Northern Shoveler... 2 Jun 1987 (JLD notes) Northern Shoveler May 1988, 14 Jun 1988 (2) Northern Shoveler May 1989 Northern Shoveler... 2 Jun 1991 (pr.) Northern Shoveler... 3 Jun 1992 Northern Shoveler May-4 Jun 1993 (upto 2) Northern Shoveler Jun 1994 (upto 2) Northern Shoveler May 1996 Northern Shoveler (Savoonga)... 2 Jun 1996 (2) Northern Shoveler... 1 Jun 1998 (2) Northern Shoveler... 2 Jun 2000 (2) Northern Shoveler May 2001 (2) Northern Shoveler (arr) May 2003 Northern Shoveler May & 3-5 Jun 2003 (total 2) Northern Shoveler (arr)... 4 May (3) & 12 May (2) 2004 (total 5) (BBe in litt.) Northern Shoveler May 2004 (upto 2) Northern Shoveler... 8 Jun 2005 Northern Shoveler May 2006 (2), 4-8 Jun 2006 (total 4) Northern Shoveler & 31 May (2) 2007 (total 3) Northern Shoveler May, 26 May (2), & 11 Jun 2011 (total 4) Northern Shoveler May 2013 (2) Northern Shoveler May 2015 Northern Shoveler May 2016 Northern Shoveler May (fresh wing ph.), 1 Jun, & 4 Jun 2017 (total 3) Northern Shoveler (old, vague G. record)... unknown date in previous 30 yrs (F&C) Gadwall Mareca strepera Gadwall May 1998 (2) Gadwall... 1 Jun 2003 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope

7 7 Eurasian Wigeon (arr) May 1966 (2) (S) Eurasian Wigeon (high)... 4 Jun 1977 (7) (UAMf) Eurasian Wigeon (Kongkok Basin) Jun 1987 (J. Wells in litt.) Eurasian Wigeon (arr) May 1989 Eurasian Wigeon (high) May 2003 (5), 8 Jun 2005 (5), 30 May 2007 (5) Eurasian Wigeon (early arr) Apr 2004 (3) (BBe in litt.) Eurasian Wigeon (dep) Jun 2005 (dead), 13 Jun 2016 (2) Eurasian Wigeon (early arr, m.) Apr 2008 (ph. R. Ungwiluk Jr.) Eurasian Wigeon (dep) Jun 2017 (pr.) Eurasian Wigeon (undated * G., first for SLI) (Fr32a) American Wigeon Mareca americana American Wigeon May 1978 (pr.) American Wigeon Jun 1978 (upto 4 on 6 Jun JLD in litt.) American Wigeon Jun 1981 (upto 2) (UAMf) American Wigeon (nr. Southeast Cape) May 1983 (2) (UAMf) American Wigeon May-1 Jun 1984 American Wigeon May (2) & 2-3 Jun (upto 2) 1989 (total 4) American Wigeon May & 2 Jun 1993 (total 2) American Wigeon May & 4 Jun 1994 (total 2) American Wigeon... late May 1997 (KJZ notes) American Wigeon May-4 Jun 1998 American Wigeon May (B. Bergstrom in litt.) & 5 Jun 2001 (total 2) American Wigeon... 1 Jun 2003 (2) American Wigeon (arr) May 2004 (BBe in litt.) American Wigeon... 3 Jun 2004 American Wigeon... 1 & 8 Jun 2005 (total 2) American Wigeon... spring 2006 (KJZ notes) American Wigeon May-1 Jun 2007 (upto 2) American Wigeon... 4 Jun 2011 (pr.) American Wigeon May 2012

8 8 American Wigeon... 4 Jun 2015 American Wigeon May (2) & 28 May 2016 (total 3) American Wigeon... 1 Jun 2017 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mallard (summer, Aghnaghak Lagoon, ea. of Gambell) Jul 1965 (S) [Mallard (erroneous reports of several flocks up to a dozen)...[28 Aug & 1 Sep 1972,] 3-4 Jun 1973 (Joh76)] Mallard Jun 1988, 12 Jun 1988 (pr.) Mallard... 5 Jun 1990 Mallard... 2 Jun 1992 Mallard May-8 Jun 1993 Mallard May 1995 (pr.) Mallard Jun 1999 (2) (GHR in litt.) Mallard... 5 Jun 2002 (3) Mallard (arr)... 3 May & 27 May (2) 2003 (total 3) (BBe in litt.) Mallard May-6 Jun 2006 (upto 2) Mallard May 2016 (upto 2) Mallard... 5 Jun 2017 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Northern Pintail (high, nr. Southeast Cape) May 1983 (upto 40) (UAMf) Northern Pintail (Southeast Cape) Jun 1986 (5) (UAMf) Northern Pintail (dep G.) Jun 1993 (3), 21 Jun 2005 (3) Northern Pintail (arr) Apr 2003 (3) Northern Pintail (arr) Apr 2008 (ph. R. Ungwiluk Jr.) Northern Pintail (high, G.) May 2008 (42), 5 Jun 2016 (40), 11 Jun 2012 (35), late season: 14 Jun 2010 (14), 13 Jun 2016 (20) Northern Pintail (nest, G.) Jun 2013, 13 Jun 2017 Northern Pintail (arr) Apr 2017 (5) (ph. CI) Northern Pintail (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (6) (DW) Northern Pintail (arr) Apr (E)

9 9 Northern Pintail... (nests in highly variable numbers, sometimes up to birds Fay61) Northern Pintail (widespread breeder on SLI fide Mike Apatiki & Chris Koonooka) Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Green-winged Teal (Am., arr) May 1936 (Fr38) Green-winged Teal (Am., pr., Savoonga) Jun 2002 (LSGuy in litt.) Green-winged Teal (Am., high) May 2007 & 28 May 2011 (10) Green-winged Teal (Am., dep) Jun 2010 (3), 15 Jun 2016 Green-winged Teal (Am., high)... spring 2011 (total 30) Green-winged Teal (Am., arr) May 2017 Green-winged Teal (Eur., dep)... 9 Jun 1973 (2), 9 Jun 1976 (2) (UAMf) Green-winged Teal (Eur., high)... 3 Jun 1994 (10) Green-winged Teal (Eur., arr)... 7 May 2003 Green-winged Teal (Eur., dep)... 9 Jun 2005 & 2011 Green-winged Teal (Eur., arr & high) May 2013 (6), 31 May 1999 (6) Green-winged Teal (Eur. dep) Jun 2017 Green-winged Teal (ssp.?, arr) May 1964 (2) (S) Green-winged Teal (ssp.?, pr., ne. SLI) Jun 1964 (Th) Green-winged Teal (ssp.?, Savoonga) Jun 1996 (family, 1 st SLI nesting) Green-winged Teal (ssp.?, arr) May 2004 (BBe in litt.) Green-winged Teal (ssp.?, dep) Jun 2013 (3) Green-winged Teal (ssp.?, arr) May 2017 (ph. CI) Green-winged Teal (ssp.?, high) on several dates Green-winged Teal (several records of intergrade males) Common Pochard Aythya ferina Common Pochard (m., found dead, *UAM5624 G.)... 6 Jun 1989, first seen alive 1 Jun (UAMf) Common Pochard (f.) May 2006 (ph. BBe) Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck Jun 1975 (upto 2)

10 10 Tufted Duck Jun 1977 (UAMf) Tufted Duck... 7 June 1980 (2) (UAMf) Tufted Duck (Kongkok Basin) Jun 1987 (UAMf) Tufted Duck Jun 1998 Tufted Duck... 4 Jun 2003 Tufted Duck May 2006 (2) (ph. BBe) Tufted Duck May 2009 (2) Tufted Duck May 2010 Tufted Duck May 2014 (2) Greater Scaup Aythya marila Greater Scaup (Koozata) Jun 1954 (pr.) (F&C) Greater Scaup (small lake nr. Koozata, courtship displays) 23 Jun 1954 (2 prs.) (F&C) Greater Scaup (2 prs. on ponds, ne. SLI) Jun & 18 Jul 1964 (Th) Greater Scaup (dep G.) Jun 1988 (4) Greater Scaup (high)... 5 Jun 1993 (30), several counts of 16, upto 20 spring 1978 Greater Scaup (high)... 2 Jun 1999 (43) (JLD notes) Greater Scaup (high) May 2007 (20) (HighLonesome) Greater Scaup (arr) May 2003 (5) & 12 May 2004 (BBe in litt.), 16 May 2013 (3) Greater Scaup (dep G.) Jun 2013 (upto 3), thru 15 Jun 2017 (5) Greater Scaup (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (4) (DW) Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Jun 1975 (UAMf) Lesser Scaup... 2 Jun 2009 Steller s Eider Polysticta stelleri Steller s Eider (reported nesting in small numbers Jul 1881, but later said not regular) (N83) Steller s Eider ( large flocks, mostly of males on s. shore) Jun 1913 (Por81) Steller s Eider (*MVZ66357 Savoonga)... 2 Aug 1928 Steller s Eider (*MVZ66358 G.)... 1 Jul 1929

11 11 Steller s Eider (**DMNS26159, Savoonga) Jul 1950 (2) Steller s Eider (nest record, f. w/ 2yng, Naskak n. shore ea. G.) 7 Jul 1954 (F&C) Steller s Eider (*UBC12494 SLI)... July 1965 Steller s Eider (*UBC13269 G.) Jun 1966 Steller s Eider (high) May-3 Jun 1976 (upto 100+/day) (UAMf) Steller s Eider (high) May (150) & 4 Jun (75) 1978 (JLD in litt.) Steller s Eider (summer, G.) Jun 1978 (3) (Tol) Steller s Eider (high) May-1 Jun 1984 ( ) (JLD notes) Steller s Eider (summer, G.)... 5 Jul 1986 (8) (UAMf) Steller s Eider (high)... 2 Jun 1991 (280) (D. Sherony in litt.) Steller s Eider (high)... 3 Jun 1996 (75), 31 May 1998 (85), 2 Jun 2003 (64) Steller s Eider (summer)... 4 Jul 2000 (18) (J. Hengeveld in litt.) Steller s Eider (arr) May 2003, 19 May 2017 (5) Steller s Eider (dep, G.) Jun 1967 (S. Sealy in litt.), 18 Jun 1993 (8), 20 Jun 1993, 17 Jun 2005 (2), 19 Jun 2013 (2) Steller's Eider (recent high)... 6 Jun (188) & 7 Jun (55) 2010 Steller s Eider (high) May 2014 (125) Steller s Eider (summer, G.)... 7 Jul 2014 (7) Steller s Eider (high, summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) 10 Jul 2017 (30) (DW) [Steller s Eider (arr)... 1 st wk Apr (?????) (E)] Steller s Eider (recent highs)... up to only 35/day (except above) Steller s Eider (small groups offshore at Boxer Bay during Jun) (S&U) Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri Spectacled Eider (summer, G.)... 8 Jul 1976 (UAMf), 5 Jul 1986 (UAMf), 6-7 Jul 2014 Spectacled Eider (arr, nr. G. from boat) Apr 1978 (UAMf) Spectacled Eider (btwn SLI&Nunivak) May 1980 (ca.700) Spectacled Eider (nr. Southeast Cape) May 1983 (several flocks) (UAMf) Spectacled Eider (high)... 1 Jun 1985 (110) Spectacled Eider (high, Southeast Cape)... 6 Jun 1986 (raft of 500+) (UAMf) Spectacled Eider (high) May-5 Jun 2000 (total 222, w/ flock of 50 on 31 May [KJZ notes] & 120 on 5 Jun)

12 12 Spectacled Eider (summer, G.)... 4 Jul 2000 (11) (J. Hengeveld in litt.) Spectacled Eider (high)... 5 Jun 2005 (225) Spectacled Eider (bay nr. Ooynik) May 2010 (150) Spectacled Eider (summer, G.)... 6 Jul 2011 (D. Milsom in litt.) Spectacled Eider (late high) Jun 2012 (125) Spectacled Eider (summer, G.) Jul 2013 (ph. CI) Spectacled Eider (arr) Apr 2016 (BBe ebird) Spectacled Eider (arr) Apr 2017 (SBryer) Spectacled Eider (arr)... 1st week April (E) Spectacled Eider (low, G.)... upto only 3-6/season some years King Eider Somateria spectabilis King Eider (*MVZ66412, summer, G.)... 1 Jul 1929 King Eider (8 ** MVZ summer, unspecified locality SLI) July 1929 (8) King Eider (*MVZ60360 summer, Camp Collier w. of Savoonga) 28 Jun 1931 King Eider (**MVZ60361, summer, nr. Savoonga) Jul 1931 (2) King Eider (**DMNS26164, 26165, summer, Savoonga) 11 Jul & 27 Jul (2) 1950 King Eider ( groups of varying #s, Boxer Bay) June-6 Jul 1960 (S&U) King Eider (nr. Northeast Cape, summer) Jul 1964 (20-30) (Th) King Eider (summer, G.)... early Jul 1976 (15+) (UAMf) King Eider (high)... 4 Jun 1981 (1200) King Eider (high)... 2 Jun 2000 (1050) King Eider (summer, Savoonga area) Jul 2003 (40) (LSGuy in litt.) King Eider (summer, Savoonga) Jul 2004 (18) (LSGuy in litt.) King Eider (summer, G.) Jun 2005 (2) King Eider (bay nr. Ooynik, high) May 2010 (2000) King Eider (high) May 2011 (2500) & 5 Jun 2011 (1100) King Eider (bay nr. Ooynik, high)... late May 2012 (2500) King Eider (summer, G.) Jul 2013 King Eider (summer, G.) Jul 2014 (upto 10) King Eider (arr)... 2 April 2015 (12)

13 13 King Eider (arr) Apr 2017 (150) King Eider (high, summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (75) (DW) King Eider (arr)... April (S67c) King Eider (arr, migratory movement evident)... late Apr (E) King Eider (f. banded Gambell recovered at Barrow 19 years later) (E) King Eider (egg set USNM B32133 SLI)... no date [needs checking] King Eider (multiple refs rumor nesting on SLI see G&L for summary but none proven) Common Eider Somateria mollissima Common Eider ( abundant at Boxer Bay)... Jun 1960 (S&U) Common Eider (multiple nests on Punuk Is.) Jul 1964 (Thomp65) Common Eider (arrival in numbers)... last week Apr 1973 (Joh76) Common Eider (G. high)... 2 Jun 1991 (200) (D. Sherony in litt.) Common Eider (G. high)... 3 Jun 1998 (125), 30 May 2000 (130), ca. 100 several dates Common Eider (movement arr, G.) Apr 2003 ( abundant ), 30 Apr 2013 (60) Common Eider (summer, G.) Jul 2011 (8+) (ph. D. Milsom) Common Eider (dep G.) Jun 2013 (9) Common Eider (summer, G.) Jul 2014 (5-6) Common Eider (arrival/winter)... 2 April 2015 (70) Common Eider (arrival/winter) Apr 2016 (200) (BBe ebird) Common Eider (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (40) (DW) Common Eider (arr, migratory movement evident)... late Apr (E) Common Eider (may winter in considerable numbers in leads/polynyas) (Fay61) Common Eider (a few winter along s. shore) (F&C) Common Eider (summer gathering in lagoons along s. and e. shore lagoons F&C) Common Eider (still nests along south shore of SLI fide Mike Apatiki) Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck (summer flocks, Punuk Is.) Jul 1964 (48+) (Thomp65) Harlequin Duck (arr) May 1970 (UAMf) Harlequin Duck (arr) May 2003 (#?) & 10 May 2004 (BBe in litt.)

14 14 Harlequin Duck (high) May 1996 (200)(?), 15 Jun 2005 (150), 1 Jun 2007 (137) Harlequin Duck (late high) Jun 2005 (55) Harlequin Duck (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (20) (DW) Harlequin Duck (mistaken/uncertain nesting status SLI) Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter (dep) Jun 1973 (Mor) Surf Scoter... 2 Jun 1978 (2) (UAMf, JLD in litt.) Surf Scoter... 4 Jun 1979 (ebird) Surf Scoter (ea. of G., shot) May 1989 Surf Scoter May, 30 May (2), & 5 Jun 1993 (total 4) Surf Scoter May 1994 (2) (GHR in litt.) Surf Scoter May 1999 (B. Bergstrom in litt.) Surf Scoter May 2002 Surf Scoter May 2004 (upto 4) Surf Scoter... 4 Jun 2007 (2) Surf Scoter May 2008 Surf Scoter... spring 2010 Surf Scoter May 2011 Surf Scoter... 5 Jun 2014 (flock of 4) Surf Scoter... 1 Jun 2015 (2) Surf Scoter... 3 Jun (3) & 7 Jun (2) 2016 (total 5) White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca White-winged Scoter (*UAM30431 SLI) 2 Jul 1929 (F&C) White-winged Scoter (**AHRC near G., dep) Jun 1951 (2) (S) White-winged Scoter (high)... 4 Jun 1986 (40) (JLD notes), 2 Jun 1993 (35), 2 Jun 2002 (40) White-winged Scoter (arr) May 2004 (BBe in litt.) White-winged Scoter (dep G.) Jun 2005 (8) White-winged Scoter (arr) May 2010 White-winged Scoter (high) May 2011 (95), 30 May 2011 (35), 4 Jun 2013 (36), ( sometimes over 30 D12), late : 8 Jun 2011 (24)

15 15 White-winged Scoter (high)... 4 Jun 2015 (40) [White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri, Nome) May 2001, 17 Jun 2005 (D12)] White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) Jun 2002 (D12) [incorrect dates in Garner et al.2004] White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) May 2005 White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) Jun 2005 (D12 tentative ) White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) May 2007 White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) Jun 2009 (upto 4) (D12, KJZ notes) White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) Jun 2013 (3) White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) May-7 Jun 2014 (upto 2) White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) May, 1 Jun (2), 3 Jun (2), & 4 Jun (4) 2015 (total?) White-winged Scoter (stejnegeri) May, 1 Jun (4), 7 Jun, 8 Jun (2), & 11 Jun (2) 2016 (total 10) Black Scoter Melanitta americana Black Scoter (summer, Koozata L.) Jun 1954 (2) (F&C) Black Scoter (*UBC13277 americana, summer, nr. G.)... 5 Jul 1966 (S) Black Scoter (high)... 6 Jun 1982 (12), 29 May 1996 (15) Black Scoter (arr) & 19 May 2004 (BBe in litt.) Black Scoter (dep G.) Jun 2005 Black Scoter (arr) May (several years) Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck (aerial surveys)... (Jan &) Mar 1956 & 1957 (ca.100,000 s) (F&C) Long-tailed Duck (high) May 1981 (1000) & 1 Jun 1985 (2500) (JLD notes) Long-tailed Duck (high)... 1 Jun 2002 (600), 24 May 2010 (600) Long-tailed Duck (late/summer, G.) Jun 2013, 21 Jun 2005 Long-tailed Duck (summer, G.)... 7 Jul 2014 (2) Long-tailed Duck (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Jul 2017 (12) (DW) Long-tailed Duck (by mid-jun prs. separated out from ocean flocks and went inland, sw SLI) (S&U) Long-tailed Duck (winter pop ca.500,000 in region [F61], mostly off s. and w. shores, constantly seeking open water, provide food for GYRF, SNOW, and foxes; start dispersing mid/late Apr[F61]) (E) Long-tailed Duck (summering nonbreeders numerous) (F&C) Long-tailed Duck (still nests along south shore of SLI fide Mike Apatiki)

16 16 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Bufflehead... 5 Jun 1978 (JLD in litt.) Bufflehead Jun 1980 (UAMf) Bufflehead Jun 1981 Bufflehead... 7 Jun 1983 (2) (UAMf) Bufflehead... 6 Jun 1987 (2), [early Jun 1987 ( small group )] Bufflehead Jun 1991 (2) Bufflehead Jun 1992 Bufflehead... 4 Jun 1995 (pr., ad. m. unusual) Bufflehead May-6 Jun 2002 (upto 3) Bufflehead May 2004 (BBe in litt.) Bufflehead Jun 2006 (upto 3) Bufflehead May 2014 Bufflehead May 2016 (2) Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye... 9 Jun 1987 Common Goldeneye (Kongkok Lake) Jun 1987 (2) (J. Wells in litt.) Common Goldeneye Jun 1988 Common Goldeneye... 2 Jun 1989 Common Goldeneye May-1 Jun 1995 (5) Common Goldeneye May & 9 Jun (5) 1997 Common Goldeneye... 2 Jun 1998 Common Goldeneye (dep) Jun 2002 (4) Common Goldeneye (arr) May 2004 (BBe in litt.) Common Goldeneye Jun 2005 (upto 12 on 14 Jun, still 2 on 16 Jun) Common Goldeneye... 2 Jun 2008 Common Goldeneye... 8 Jun 2011 Common Goldeneye... 5 Jun 2014 (4) Common Goldeneye May 2015 (4)

17 17 Common Goldeneye (arr, high) May (2), 31 May (6), 6 Jun (flock of 16), 7 Jun 2016 (total 25) Common Goldeneye Jun 2017 (2) Common Goldeneye (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) 10 Jul 2017 (DW) Barrow s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Barrow's Goldeneye May 2010 (ph. G. Koonooka) Smew Mergellus albellus Smew May 2009 (pr.) Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded Merganser (f.)... 8 Jun 1999 Common Merganser Mergus merganser Common Merganser Jun 1975 (GEH in litt.) Common Merganser... 1 Jun 1978 (6) (JLD in litt.) Common Merganser (m. Goosander, found dead Punuk Is. off ea. SLI) 29 Jun 1979 (K89) Common Merganser May-1 Jun & 3-5 Jun 1983 (UAMf) Common Merganser (ssp?, Moghoweyik R., sw. SLI)... spring 1987 (J. Wells in litt.) Common Merganser... 4 Jun 1987 (2) Common Merganser (high) Jun 1988 (total 11, flock of 6 on 4 Jun) Common Merganser (americanus, s. of Gambell) Jun 1988 (shot) (B. Hallett in litt.) Common Merganser... 3 Jun (2) & 4 Jun 1989 (total 3) Common Merganser... 4 Jun (2), 6 Jun, & 9 Jun (3) 1993 (total 6) Common Merganser (americanus) May 1994 Common Merganser or 13 Jun 1996 (B. Palmer-Ball Jr. in litt.) Common Merganser (Savoonga) Jun 1996 (3) Common Merganser (americanus) Jun 1997 (3) Common Merganser... 3 Jun 1998 (2) Common Merganser May & 2 Jun (2) & 5 Jun 2000 Common Merganser May & 3 Jun 2004

18 18 Common Merganser May 2005 Common Merganser Jun 2005 (2) Common Merganser (dep G.) Jun 2005 (4) Common Merganser (Goosander)... 7 Jun 2006 (2) Common Merganser May-5 Jun 2007 (upto 4) Common Merganser (americanus) May 2008 (3) Common Merganser (americanus) Jun (3) & Jun 2010 (total 4) Common Merganser (americanus) May 2011 Common Merganser (americanus) Jun 2014 (upto 4) Common Merganser (high, ssp.?)... 1 Jun (3) & 5 Jun (5-6) 2015 (total 8-9) Common Merganser (americanus)... 2 Jun (2), 3 Jun (5), & 10 Jun 2016 (total 8) Common Merganser (americanus) May & 02 Jun 2017 (total 2) Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser (summer, Koozata Lagoon) Jul 1959 (30) (S) Red-breasted Merganser (high)... 5 Jun (30) & 6 Jun (31) 1993, 11 Jun 2016 (31) Red-breasted Merganser (arr)... 1 May 2003 (2) Red-breasted Merganser (late high) Jun 1993 (18), 28 Jun 1993 (2), 21 Jun 2005 (16) Red-breasted Merganser (arr) May 2004 (BBe in litt.) Red-breasted Merganser (summer, G.)... 6 Jul 2011 (5) (D. Milsom in litt.) Red-breasted Merganser (high) May-4 Jun 2017 (32-38, high on 4 Jun) Red-breasted Merganser (summer, vic. Maknek R. mouth, ea. SLI) Red-breasted Merganser (breeding? several prs. on SLI rivers) 10 Jul 2017 (3) (DW) summer (S) Order GALLIFORMES Family Phasianidae: Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, & Old World Quail Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus Willow Ptarmigan May 2012 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Rock Ptarmigan Apr 2004 (2) (BBe in litt.)

19 19 ptarmigan sp. ptarmigan sp. (rare winter visitors, not in summer) (F&C) Order PODICIPEDIFORMES Family Podicipedidae: Grebes Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe (Niyrakpak Lagoon, ea. of G.)... 3 Jun 1968 (S) Horned Grebe (Powooiliak, s. side SLI) Jun 1968 (2) (S) Horned Grebe May-2 Jun 1989 (upto 2) Horned Grebe May 1993 Horned Grebe May 1995 Horned Grebe May 2000 Horned Grebe... 3 Jun 2001 Horned Grebe May 2003 (2) Horned Grebe... 1 Jun 2007 (2) Horned Grebe... 2&10 Jun 2012 (total 2) Horned Grebe (high) May 2013 (5) Horned Grebe... 1 Jun 2017 (2) Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Red-necked Grebe (nested, ea. interior SLI)... summer 1940 (S) Red-necked Grebe (*USNM G., dep) Jun 1951 (F&C) Red-necked Grebe (ea. of Siknik Camp, s. shore SLI) 16 Jul 1959 (4) (S) Red-necked Grebe (dep) Jun 1988 Red-necked Grebe (high)... 3 Jun 2001 (4) Red-necked Grebe (arr) May 2003 & 23 May 2004 (BBe in litt.) Red-necked Grebe (high) May 2004 (4) Red-necked Grebe (high)... spring 2008 (total 7, 4 on 28 May 2008) Red-necked Grebe... spring thru 11 Jun (1) 2011 (total 4) Red-necked Grebe (arr) May 2017

20 20 Red-necked Grebe (dep) Jun 2017 Red-necked Grebe (virtually annual in spring, averages ca.2-3) Order CUCULIFORMES Family Cuculidae: Cuckoos, Roadrunners, & Anis Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo May 1994 Common Cuckoo May 1996 Common Cuckoo Jun 1999 (2) (same as below?) Common Cuckoo Jun 1999 (upto 4 on 6 Jun) Common Cuckoo May-1 Jun 2004 Common Cuckoo Jun 2014 Common Cuckoo (breeds n. to upper Anadyr Tom) Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Oriental Cuckoo (*USNM G.)... 1 Jul 1930 (G&L) Oriental Cuckoo (*USNM G.) Jul 1935 (Mu36) Oriental Cuckoo (*UAM7043 G.) Jun 1996 Oriental Cuckoo Jun 2005 [not just 25 Jun NAB59:641 (ph. NAB59:641) Order GRUIFORMES Family Gruidae: Cranes Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Sandhill Crane (occ. nests in interior, e.g., nr. Boxer Bay Jul 1950) (F&C) Sandhill Crane (at least several prs. nesting in Boxer Bay area) June 1960 (S&U) Sandhill Crane (arr, SLI) May 1976 (2) (UAMf) Sandhill Crane (arr, scattered about SLI) May 1983 (UAMf) Sandhill Crane (high) May 2000 (110 in one flock), 29 May 2007 (115) Sandhill Crane (arr)... 6 May 1992, 12 May 2003, 14 May 2014 (33) Sandhill Crane (arr)... 4 May 2004 (#?) (BBe in litt.) Sandhill Crane (dep, flocks)... thru 17 Jun 2005, 19 Jun 2013, 21 Jun 1993

21 21 Sandhill Crane (high)... 7 Jun 1980 (126) (UAMf), 29 May 2007 (120) Sandhill Crane (arr)... ca. 5+ May 2015 (#?) (CI) Sandhill Crane (arr)... 3 May 2017 (28) (ph. CI) Sandhill Crane (arr, high)... 7 May 2017 (113 in one flock) (ph. CI) Sandhill Crane (arr, SLI)... middle 2 weeks May (F&C) Sandhill Crane (summer G.) Jul 2015 (ph. R. Ungwiluk Jr.) Sandhill Crane (small numbers nest SLI Por81 especially in riverine valleys) Sandhill Crane (uncommon but widespread breeder on SLI fide Mike Apatiki & Chris Koonoka) Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family Charadriidae: Lapwings & Plovers Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Black-bellied Plover... 1 Jun 1974 (K&G) Black-bellied Plover Jun 1975 (R. Foxall in litt.) Black-bellied Plover May-2 Jun 1976 (K&G, UAMf) Black-bellied Plover... 4 Jun 1980 Black-bellied Plover May (2) & 31 May 1985 (total 3) Black-bellied Plover May 1989 (3) Black-bellied Plover... 8 Jun 1994 (KJZ notes) Black-bellied Plover May 1995 (GHR in litt.) Black-bellied Plover Jun 1999 (upto 2) (GHR in litt., JLD notes)) Black-bellied Plover... 3 Jun 2003 Black-bellied Plover... 1 Jun 2006 Black-bellied Plover Jun 2007 Black-bellied Plover May 2010 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica American Golden-Plover Jun 1988 (total 3-4) American Golden-Plover May 1992 American Golden-Plover... 4 Jun 2002 American Golden-Plover May 2003

22 22 American Golden-Plover May 2006 American Golden-Plover... 6 Jun & 13 Jun 2016 (total 2? or possibly same?) Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover (high, nesting, Sevuokuk)... 6 Jun 1973 (8 prs.) Pacific Golden-Plover (high, migrants) May-3 Jun 1976 (upto 35/day) (UAMf) Pacific Golden-Plover (arr, nr. Southeast Cape) May 1983 (6) (UAMf) Pacific Golden-Plover (dep, migrants) Jun 2005 Pacific Golden-Plover (high, migrants) May 2010 (75); typically just single-digits up to 10 recently Pacific Golden-Plover (low)... spring 2011 (only 8), spring 2012 (only 15) Pacific Golden-Plover (arr)... 3 May 2013 (2), 13 May 2015 (3) Pacific Golden-Plover (low)... spring 2016 (only 9), spring 2017 (only 7) Pacific Golden-Plover (formerly a more common, but irr., breeder) (F&C) Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus Lesser Sand-Plover (*USNM G.)... May 1935 (Fr36, G&L) Lesser Sand-Plover Jun 1973 (Joh76) Lesser Sand-Plover Jun 1975 (2) (UAMf) Lesser Sand-Plover (arr) May 1976 (K&G) Lesser Sand-Plover (high) May-5 Jun 1976 (upto 4 on 31 May) (UAMf) Lesser Sand-Plover Jun 1977 (total 4) (UAMf) Lesser Sand-Plover Jun 1979 (upto 2) Lesser Sand-Plover Jun 1981 (UAMf) Lesser Sand-Plover... 6 Jun 1982 Lesser Sand-Plover May 1983 (UAMf) Lesser Sand-Plover May-early Jun 1984 (total 4) [Lesser Sand-Plover (Kongkok Basin) May 1987 (USFWS, UAMf) (actually at G.??)] Lesser Sand-Plover (high) May-7 Jun 1987 (total 7) Lesser Sand-Plover May 1988 (GHR in litt.) Lesser Sand-Plover... 5 Jun 1988 (deroos 90,91), 8 Jun 1988 (2) Lesser Sand-Plover May & 1 Jun 1989 (total 2)

23 23 Lesser Sand-Plover... 1 & 6 Jun 1990 (total 2) Lesser Sand-Plover May-1 Jun 1991 (total 3) Lesser Sand-Plover... 3 Jun 1992 Lesser Sand-Plover May & 7-8 Jun 1993 (total 2) Lesser Sand-Plover May 1994 (total 3) Lesser Sand-Plover... late May 1996 Lesser Sand-Plover May-2 Jun (found dead) & 4-7 Jun (upto 2) & 13 Jun 1999 (total 4) Lesser Sand-Plover May & 6 Jun 2001 Lesser Sand-Plover May 2003 (total 3) (ph. NAB57:390) Lesser Sand-Plover... 3 & 13 Jun 2005 (total 2) Lesser Sand-Plover May-2 Jun 2006 Lesser Sand-Plover (nest) Jun 2006 (pr., eggs 11 Jul) (ph. NAB60:594) Lesser Sand-Plover May & 8 Jun 2008 (total 2) Lesser Sand-Plover May 2009 Lesser Sand-Plover May-5 Jun 2010 (total 6) Lesser Sand-Plover... 8 Jun 2011 Lesser Sand-Plover May & 10 Jun 2012 (total 2) Lesser Sand-Plover May, 4 Jun, 9 Jun, & 10 Jun 2015 (total 4) Lesser Sand-Plover... 24, 26, 27 May, & 1 Jun 2016 (total 4) Lesser Sand-Plover May-13 Jun (toal 4; incl. pr Jun) Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover (pr w/ chick, **USNM530739/ w. end Koozata Lagoon) 16 Jul 1960 (S) (given incorrectly as 1970 in K&G) Common Ringed Plover May & 3 Jun 1974 (total 2) Common Ringed Plover... 8 & 10 Jun 1976 (K&G) Common Ringed Plover May 1978 Common Ringed Plover Jun 1979 (total 3) Common Ringed Plover Jun 1980 Common Ringed Plover Jun 1981 (UAMf) Common Ringed Plover... 8 Jun 1982 (UAMf) Common Ringed Plover May & 7 Jun 1983 (total 2) (UAMf)

24 24 Common Ringed Plover May-4 Jun 1984 (total 2-3) Common Ringed Plover... 2 Jun 1985 Common Ringed Plover June 1986 (total 3) Common Ringed Plover... 1 Jun (2) & 10 Jun 1987 (total 3) Common Ringed Plover... 3 & 7 Jun 1988 Common Ringed Plover... 5 Jun 1989 (2) Common Ringed Plover (summer) Jul 1989 (UAMf) Common Ringed Plover... 1 & 6 Jun 1990 (total 2) Common Ringed Plover (high) May (4) and daily (1-2) thru 6 Jun 1991 (total 6-7) (ph. AB45:513 from 3 Jun) Common Ringed Plover May (upto 2) (ph. AB46: May) & 5-6 Jun 1992 (total 3) Common Ringed Plover May & 7-8 Jun 1993 Common Ringed Plover Jun 1994 (total 3) Common Ringed Plover Jun 1995 (upto 2) Common Ringed Plover Jun 1996 (upto 3) Common Ringed Plover (nest) May-11 Jun 1997 (upto 4) Common Ringed Plover Jun 1998 (total 2-3) Common Ringed Plover May-13 Jun 1999 (total 6) Common Ringed Plover May-5 Jun 2000 (total 2) Common Ringed Plover (summer) Jul 2000 (2prs.) (J. Hengeveld in litt.) Common Ringed Plover Jun 2001 (upto 4) Common Ringed Plover May-5 Jun 2002 (upto 3+) Common Ringed Plover (nest & pr.) Jun 2002 (ph. G. Wenzelburger) Common Ringed Plover May-6 Jun 2003 (3+) Common Ringed Plover (nest) May-6 Jun 2004 (total 4, nest 4 Jun) Common Ringed Plover (summer, ad.) Jul 2004 Common Ringed Plover Jun 2005 (total 3) Common Ringed Plover Jun 2006 (total 4) Common Ringed Plover (arr) May-6 Jun 2007 (total 5) Common Ringed Plover May-9 Jun 2008 (total 7) Common Ringed Plover (*UAM26305 G.)... 3 Jun 2008 Common Ringed Plover May 2009

25 25 Common Ringed Plover (arr) May-14 Jun 2010 (total 6) Common Ringed Plover (nest) Jun 2010 Common Ringed Plover May-10 Jun 2011 (total 8) Common Ringed Plover (nest)... 6 Jul 2011 (ph. D. Milsom) Common Ringed Plover May-13 Jun 2012 (total 6) Common Ringed Plover (nest)... (nesting) 8+ Jun 2012 Common Ringed Plover (nest) May-26 Jun 2013 (upto 3; nest Jun, ph. R.Ungwiluk) Common Ringed Plover May-9 Jun 2014 (upto 4) Common Ringed Plover (nesting/summer, s. end Troutman)... 7 Jul 2014 (nest plus pr.) Common Ringed Plover Jun 2015 (upto 4-6) Common Ringed Plover (high, nest) May-14 Jun 2016 (total 11, incl. 10 on 3 Jun; nest 11 Jun ph.) Common Ringed Plover May-15 Jun 2017 (total 7) Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus [Semipalmated Plover (reported by Nelson in late 1800s, but no knowledge of Common Ringed)] Semipalmated Plover (*UBC8265 Moghoweyik R. sw. SLI) 28 May 1956 (S, F&C) Semipalmated Plover... spring 1976 & 1978 (upto 3-5 each year) Semipalmated Plover (high)... 4 Jun 1982 (20) (JLD notes) Semipalmated Plover (nr. Southeast Cape) May 1983 (UAMf) Semipalmated Plover (displaying) May-4 Jun 1984 (3) Semipalmated Plover (Southeast Cape) Jun 1986 (2 probable breeders ) (UAMf) Semipalmated Plover (arr) May 2014 (ph. CI), 10 May 2015 (ph. CI) Semipalmated Plover (high) May 2014 (20), 29 May 2016 (18) Semipalmated Plover (summer high)... 7 Jul 2014 (12) Semipalmated Plover (arr) May 2017 (ph. SBryer) Semipalmated Plover (outnumbers CRPL about 2:1or 3:1 JLD) Common Ringed/Semipalmated Plover Common Ringed/Semipalmated Plover (pr w/1 downy young, AFB nr. Northeast Cape) Jul 1964 (Th) Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

26 26 Killdeer Jun 1980 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus Eurasian Dotterel (*USNM G.)... May 1931 (Fr32b, G&L) Eurasian Dotterel (*USNM G.)... June 1931 (Fr32b, G&L) Eurasian Dotterel (pr., rocky terrace on West Slope nr. Boxer Bay) 7 Jun 1960 (S&U) Eurasian Dotterel (*UAM3113 G.)... 6 Jun 1968 (pr.) (S) Eurasian Dotterel (**SBCM31855, 31856, Sevuokuk Mtn., incl f. w/ developing ova) 1 Jun 1974 (3) Eurasian Dotterel Jun 1975 (GEH in litt.) Eurasian Dotterel... spring 1979 (pr.) Eurasian Dotterel... 7 Jun 1980 (4-5) Eurasian Dotterel... 6 Jun 1981 (2 prs.) Eurasian Dotterel Jun 1986 (total 3) Eurasian Dotterel... 5 Jun 1991 [not 6 Jun AB 45(3):484] Eurasian Dotterel... 4 Jun (4)-9 Jun (2) 1992 (ph. AB46:1195) (total 4) Eurasian Dotterel Jun 1995 (ph. FN49:292) Eurasian Dotterel... 6 Jun 2000 Eurasian Dotterel (declining in upper Anadyr Tom) Family Scolopacidae: Sandpipers, Phalaropes, & Allies Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis Bristle-thighed Curlew (*UAM3111 G.) May 1969 (not 1968 as in S) Bistle-thighed Curlew May 1989 (P. Micallef ebird) Bristle-thighed Curlew... 6 Jun 2007 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel (hudsonicus)... 3 Jun 1978 (UAMf) Whimbrel (hudsonicus)... late May 1996 (KJZ notes) Whimbrel (hudsonicus) May 2000 (KJZ notes) Whimbrel (arr, hudsonicus) May 2003 Whimbrel (hudsonicus)... 2 & 5 Jun 2003 (total 2)

27 27 Whimbrel (hudsonicus)... 3 Jun (3) & 9 Jun 2005 Whimbrel (hudsonicus) May (3) & 30 May 2007 (total 4) Whimbrel (hudsonicus) May 2011 Whimbrel (hudsonicus)... 4 Jun 2013 (KJZ notes) Whimbrel (hudsonicus)... 2 Jun 2014 Whimbrel (hudsonicus) May 2017 Whimbrel (variegatus, *UAM2650 G.) May 1973 Whimbrel (variegatus)... early Jun 1976 (GEH in litt.) Whimbrel (variegatus) Jun 1977 (2) (UAMf) Whimbrel (variegatus)... 4 Jun 1978 (UAMf) Whimbrel (variegatus) May 1979 (3) Whimbrel (variegatus) Jun 1981 (1-3) Whimbrel (variegatus)... 8 Jun 1987 Whimbrel (arr, ssp.? & 2+ variegatus) May (2)-8 Jun 1989 (total 4-5) Whimbrel (variegatus) (high) May-4 Jun 1994 (total 10, w/ 7 on 30 May) Whimbrel (variegatus)... 3 Jun 1995 (JLD notes) Whimbrel (variegatus)... 2 Jun 2001 Whimbrel (variegatus) Jun 2003 Whimbrel (variegatus) May (2) & 8 Jun 2006 (total 3) Whimbrel (variegatus)... 2 Jun 2007 (2) Whimbrel (variegatus)... 6 Jun 2009 Whimbrel (variegatus)... 2 Jun 2011 Whimbrel (variegatus) May 2013 Whimbrel (variegatus) May & 2 Jun 2014 (total 2) Whimbrel (variegatus) May 2017 Whimbrel (ssp.?) (SLI) May & 29 May (3) 1956 (total 4) (F&C) Whimbrel (ssp.?) May-4 Jun 1994 (upto 2) Whimbrel (ssp.?)... 7 Jun 1996 (JLD notes) Whimbrel (ssp.?) May 2000 Whimbrel (ssp.?)... 5 Jun 2003 Whimbrel (ssp.?) May 2016

28 28 Whimbrel (ssp.?)... 2 Jun 2017 [Whimbrel (ssp.?) May ( pair ) & 1 Jun ( 8 pairs ), & 3 Jun (2) 1973 (Joh76)] Little Curlew Numenius minutus Little Curlew (*UAM5617 G.) Jun 1989 (ph. AB43:395) Little Curlew (sight record)... 7 Jun 2013 [incorrect 10 Jun in NAB67:639] Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica [Bar-tailed Godwit (*MVZ62462 SLI) (season?)] Bar-tailed Godwit (**USNM331769, G.)... June 1932, May 1935 Bar-tailed Godwit (high) May 1976 (30+) (UAMf) Bar-tailed Godwit (high)... 1 Jun 1984 (17) Bar-tailed Godwit (high) May 1989 (5) Bar-tailed Godwit (high)... 1 Jun 1997 (6) (JLD notes) Bar-tailed Godwit (high) May 2003 (15) (BBe in litt.) Bar-tailed Godwit (high, dep) Jun 2010 (6) Bar-tailed Godwit (arr) May 2012 Bar-tailed Godwit (arr) May 2013 (ph. BBe, ph. CI) Bar-tailed Godwit (arr) May 2015 (upto 2) (ph. CI) Bar-tailed Godwit , , , (high) Bar-tailed Godwit , , , , , , , Bar-tailed Godwit , , (high), , , , , , Bar-tailed Godwit (dep) & Jun 2013 (total 2) Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit (*UAM3480 G.) May 1976 (K&G) Black-tailed Godwit May 2006 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit... 5 Jun 1995 (K. Hansen, K. Brock, KJZ notes)

29 29 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone (nesting G.)... Jun 1921 (Por81) Ruddy Turnstone (*DMNS9742 summer, SLI) Jun 1921 Ruddy Turnstone (*MVZ60397 summer, Iviktook Lagoon se. of Savoonga) 7 Jul 1931 Ruddy Turnstone (**USNM329820, G.)... Jul 1931 Ruddy Turnstone (nesting at G. and Boxer Bay)... Jun 1950 (5 prs, 1 G.) (F&C) Ruddy Turnstone (4 **UBC G., nesting or migrants?) Jul 1953 (F&C) Ruddy Turnstone (common breeder in Boxer Bay area Jun 1960, all move to lower, wetter tundra and then to coastline by late Jul) (S&U) Ruddy Turnstone (nr. NE Cape) Jun 1964 (Th) [Ruddy Turnstone (high, nesting?, G.)... 3 Jun 1973 ( 27 prs??) (Joh76)] Ruddy Turnstone (high, Kongkok Bay) May 1976 (65) (UAMf) Ruddy Turnstone (high) May-3 Jun 1976 (upto 60/day) (UAMf) Ruddy Turnstone (high)... 2 Jun 1985 (75) (JLD notes) Ruddy Turnstone (arr) May (E), 17 May 1982 (2 groups), 20 May 2003 (2) Ruddy Turnstone (arr, nr. Southeast Cape) May 1983 (ca. 10) (UAMf) Ruddy Turnstone (high) May 1989 (40-51) Ruddy Turnstone (Savoonga) May 1989 (3) (DougOveracker ebird) Ruddy Turnstone (arr or dep? G.) Jun 2005 (2), 25 Jun 1993 (4) Ruddy Turnstone (summer, G.) Jun 1978 ( a few ) (Tol) Ruddy Turnstone ( probably breeding, Southeast Cape) 22 Jun 1986 (2) (UAMf) Ruddy Turnstone ( territorial behavior, Nekeelit Pt. mtns, s. of G.) 2 Jun 1988 (deroos91) Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala Black Turnstone... 7 Jun 1982 Black Turnstone... 2 Jun 1991 Black Turnstone... 1 Jun 1992 Black Turnstone May 1994 Black Turnstone May & 2 Jun 1998 (total 2) Black Turnstone Jun 1999 Black Turnstone May & 2 Jun (KJZ notes) 2000 (total 2) Black Turnstone May 2001 (?)

30 30 Black Turnstone... 2 Jun 2001 (GHR in litt.) Black Turnstone & May 2003 (total 2) Back Turnstone May 2004 Black Turnstone May 2005 Black Turnstone May 2006 [Black Turnstone (southbound, Savoonga) Jul 2006 (LSGuy in litt.)????] Black Turnstone May 2008 Black Turnstone May 2017 (ph. CI) Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot (pr., m. hovering overhead, Sevuokuk Mtn.) Jun 1973 (2) Great Knot... 8 Jun 1977 Great Knot Jun 1979 Great Knot Jun 1981 Great Knot May-3 Jun 1987 (total 3) (ph. AB41:380) [Great Knot (SLI)... late May 1987 (prob. same as above??)] Great Knot May 1989 (2) Great Knot... 7 Jun 1993 (flock of 6) Great Knot (high!) May 1994 (flock of 19) Great Knot Jun 1994 (upto 2) Great Knot May 2000 (2) Great Knot May 2003 (ph. NAB57:431) Great Knot Jun 2007 Great Knot May 2011 Red Knot Calidris canutus Red Knot (*SBCM33020 G.)... 1 Jun 1974 (K&G) Red Knot May & 2 Jun 1976 (total 2) (UAMf) Red Knot May 1978 (UAMf) Red Knot (territorial display, Sevuokuk)... 5 Jun 1980 (UAMf) Red Knot May & 2 Jun 1985 (total 2)

31 31 Red Knot (high)... 1 Jun, 5 Jun (2), & 6 Jun 1988 (total 4) Red Knot May & 8 Jun 1989 (total 2) Red Knot... 2 Jun 1991 (2) Red Knot Jun 1994 Red Knot May-2 Jun 2001 (total 3) Red Knot Jun 2008 (4) Red Knot... 4 Jun 2009 Ruff Calidris pugnax Ruff (*UAM2937 G., very early)... 7 May 1933 (Mu36, K&G) Ruff (*UAM2935 G., early) May 1933 (Mu36) Ruff (*UAM2936 G., early) May 1933 (Mu36) Ruff (*USNM G.)... June 1933 (Fr34b) Ruff (*USNM G., late possibly nesting nearby?) 17 Jun 1961 (5) (S) Ruff (*UAM3112 Akeftapak)... 3 Jun 1968 (S) Ruff (*SBCM-M5294 G.)... 1 Jun 1974 Ruff... 2 Jun 1974 (2) Ruff (late) Jun 1975 (UAMf) Ruff... early Jun 1976 (#?) (GEH in litt.) Ruff Jun 1977 (total 5) (UAMf) Ruff (high, incl. courtship/copulation) Jun 1979 (total 40+) Ruff... 6 Jun 1980 Ruff May 1981 Ruff... 5 Jun 1983 (JLD notes) Ruff... 3 Jun 1985 Ruff May (upto 6), 31 May, 5 & 7 Jun 1986 (total 9) (UAMf) Ruff May & 6 Jun 1987 (total 2) Ruff... 1 Jun (deroos90,91) & 9 Jun 1988 (total 2) Ruff May (3)-1 Jun 1989 (total 3) Ruff Jun 1992 (KJZ notes) Ruff May 1994

32 32 Ruff... 7 Jun 1996 Ruff (high) May 1997 (14) (GHR in litt.) Ruff Jun 1998 Ruff Jun 2001 (upto 2) Ruff Jun 2002 (7-9 w/ 9 on 3 Jun & 7 on 4 Jun) Ruff (*UAM19975 G.)... 2 Jun 2003 Ruff (high) May 2006, 31 May 2006 (31) w/ 6 remaining 1 Jun, 2 on 2 Jun, 1 on 3 Jun, 2 on 5 Jun, maybe 3 on 7 Jun (?) Ruff (late) Jun 2006 (2) Ruff May 2009 Ruff May 2010 (total 3) Ruff (high) May 2012 (w/ 19 on 25 May) Ruff (*UAM31810 G.) May 2013 Ruff... 4 Jun 2013 Ruff... 4 Jun (6) & 8 Jun 2014 (total 7) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper May 1976 (2) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper... 1 & 9 Jun 1977 (total 2) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper May 1998 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea [Curlew Sandpiper... 8 Jun 1975 (??PGD, K&G, Mor, Robe)] Curlew Sandpiper May 1985 Curlew Sandpiper... 7 Jun 1996 Curlew Sandpiper May 1997 (flock of 5-6) (KJZ notes) Temminck s Stint Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint... 2 Jun 1974 Temminck's Stint Jun 1975 Temminck s Stint... 6 Jun 1976 (UAMf) Temminck s Stint... 4 Jun 1977

33 33 Temminck s Stint... 5 Jun 1978 Temminck s Stint... 8 Jun 1980 Temminck s Stint Jun 1981 Temminck s Stint Jun 1983 (UAMf) Temminck s Stint May & 3 Jun 1984 (total 2) Temminck's Stint May 1985 Temminck s Stint May & 8 Jun 1987 (total 2) Temminck s Stint... 3 Jun 1988 Temminck s Stint May-2 Jun 1991 Temminck's Stint May 1992 Temminck's Stint May 1993 Temminck's Stint Jun 1996 Temminck's Stint... 9 Jun 1997 Temminck s Stint Jun 1999 (2 to 3 3 on 4 Jun) (GHR in litt.) Temminck s Stint (summer) Jul 2000 (J. Hengeveld in litt.) Temminck's Stint... 7 Jun 2007 Temminck s Stint May & 7 Jun 2012 (total 2) Temminck s Stint... 5 Jun 2013 Temminck s Stint... 7 Jun 2014 Temminck s Stint May & 13 Jun 2016 (total 2) Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint Jun 1975 (K&G) Long-toed Stint May 1976 (K&G) [Long-toed Stint May 1978 (actually a LESA JLD in litt.)] Long-toed Stint... 5 Jun 1982 (UAMf) Long-toed Stint... 2 Jun 1991 Long-toed Stint May 1992 Long-toed Stint Jun 1994 (UAMf) Long-toed Stint... 4 Jun 1998 Long-toed Stint Jun 1999

34 34 Long-toed Stint May 2001 Long-toed Stint... 5 Jun 2002 Long-toed Stint... 4 Jun 2004 Long-toed Stint May-3 Jun 2006 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint Jun 1974 (total 6) Red-necked Stint (poss breeding) Jun 1974 (4+) (K&G), Jun 1993 Red-necked Stint Jun 1975 (total 3-4) (UAMf, GEH in litt.) Red-necked Stint (Kongkok Bay, sw. SLI) May 1976 (K&G) Red-necked Stint May-9 Jun 1976 (total 2) (UAMf) Red-necked Stint Jun 1977 (upto 5 on 4-5 Jun) (UAMf) Red-necked Stint May-6 Jun 1978 (total 2) Red-necked Stint May & 5-7 Jun 1979 (total 3) Red-necked Stint Jun 1980 (upto 4) Red-necked Stint Jun 1981 (upto 3) (UAMf) Red-necked Stint (high) Jun 1982 (total 6) Red-necked Stint May & 7 Jun 1983 (UAMf) Red-necked Stint May & 2 Jun (2) 1984 (total 3) Red-necked Stint May-3 Jun 1985 (upto 5) Red-necked Stint... 7 & 9 Jun 1986 (total 2) Red-necked Stint (high) May-11 Jun 1987 (total 8) Red-necked Stint (displaying, upper Moghoweyik R.) Jun 1987 (2) (J. Wells in litt.) Red-necked Stint (high) May-8 Jun 1988 (upto 10 on 31 May), Jun 1988 Red-necked Stint (arr, high) May-8 Jun 1989 (total 8) Red-necked Stint (summer, migrants) Jul 1989 (2) (UAMf) Red-necked Stint (m. performing hovering display) May-5 Jun (upto 4) and 6-7 Jun 1991 (pr., incl. display) (UAMf, KJZ notes) Red-necked Stint (incl. flight displays) May-6 Jun 1992 (total 3) and 9 Jun 1992 (6, incl. displays) (KJZ notes) Red-necked Stint May-8 Jun 1993 (upto 3) Red-necked Stint (incl. flight displays) May-7 Jun 1994 (upto 5)