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Lapland Longspur

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 6, 2019)

The most common breeding passerine in the Pribilofs, this species is abundant during much of the spring, summer, and fall, though it is absent during the winter. The males arrive first in the spring, typically during the last few days of April or first week of May, with the females often a week or so […]

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Snow Bunting

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 6, 2019)

This common species is found at all seasons on the Pribilofs, though large seasonal changes do occur. The nesting habitat for this species in the Pribilofs is mostly located in the lava fields and rocky interior of the islands, away from the road systems on St. Paul and St. George Islands, with locally nesting individuals […]

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Posted in Longspurs and Snow Buntings (Calcariidae)

McKay’s Bunting

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 6, 2019)

A sporadic migrant, extremely rare breeder, and regular winter visitor, this species is best found in early spring, late fall, or winter in the Pribilofs. During spring migration this species is most regularly found from May 20th to June 5th, and very rarely an occasional migrant has remained to breed among the much more common […]

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Pine Bunting

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 6, 2019)

A very rare vagrant to North America, this species has only been recorded in western Alaska during the late fall in October and November. The only Pribilof record (St. Paul Island) follows this late fall pattern of occurrence, which is typical for hardy species such as Old World Buntings in the Pribilofs. […]

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Little Bunting

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 6, 2019)

A rare vagrant to the Pribilofs that has been found on a few occasions in late fall, from mid-September to mid-October, which is similar to the timing of other Old World Buntings during the fall season. A regular vagrant to other locations in western Alaska during the fall, this species is likely more regular in […]

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Rustic Bunting

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 6, 2019)

A rare spring vagrant, which has a number of recent fall records in the Pribilofs, this species is best looked for during spring in late May or early June along with many other similarly occurring species of Asian passerines. The recent fall records all come from the final week of September through mid-October, which falls […]

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Orange-crowned Warbler

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 5, 2019)

A rare, but regular migrant/vagrant during the fall to the Pribilofs, this species is annual in the fall but it has yet to be found at any other season in the islands. It can be found as early as late August at the beginning of fall passerine migration, though it is not reliable during the […]

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Palm Warbler

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 5, 2019)

Another vagrant to the state of Alaska, this species is an annual visitor to the state with only a few records in western Alaska during the fall, with two from St. Paul Island representing the entirety of the records from the Pribilofs. The records for this species in late September and early October falls in […]

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Wilson’s Warbler

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 5, 2019)

A rare spring migrant/vagrant, this species has been seen about a dozen times at that season mostly during the first week of June; this species becomes a regular migrant during the fall when it is uncommon. Fall migrants are found earlier than most other warbler species with the peak of migration from August 20th to […]

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Yellow Warbler

Posted on January 17, 2019 (March 5, 2019)

This species is found almost exclusively during the fall, when it is a regular migrant/vagrant to the Pribilofs. There is a single late June sighting ,which is the only summer record, while the fall records extend from mid-August through the first week of October. This species is most reliable from August 25th to September 15th. […]

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