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 […]
Category: Longspurs and Snow Buntings (Calcariidae)
Snow Bunting
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 […]
McKay’s Bunting
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 […]