A common migrant in both spring and fall, it is perhaps the most consistently common migrant shorebird in the Pribilofs. They typically begin to arrive in the spring during the final week of April or the first week of May, with the earliest double-digit count on May 13th, and are found in the largest numbers […]
Category: Birds of St. Paul Island
Lesser Sand-Plover
This species is encountered on an annual basis in the Pribilofs in small numbers, mostly during spring and/or fall. In springs with sightings it is often seen only once during the season, with nearly all of the records during spring coming from late May and only eight of those records from the first two weeks […]
Common Ringed Plover
There are only about 10 Pribilof records of this species, with all records during fall migration in August and September. It has been encountered almost annually in recent years. Like most other shorebird species in the Pribilofs, this species is best looked for during fall migration in late August and early September. Identification from the […]
Semipalmated Plover
This species is a regular breeder on the larger islands in the Pribilofs, with small numbers augmenting the local populations during spring and fall migration. While this species is never common, its preferred habitat concentrates it on the islands making it a visible part of the island’s bird life when it is present from May-September. […]
Killdeer
There is a single mid-spring record for this species in the Pribilofs (St. Paul Island). It is a rare species throughout much of Alaska though on the increase in many areas, which could lead to further records during the spring or in early fall. […]
Upland Sandpiper
The single spring record (St. Paul Island) for this species remains the only sighting for the Bering Sea and that could remain this way for some time. A sparse breeder in interior Alaska, this species is not found near the coast and its re-occurrence in the islands is impossible to predict. […]
Bristle-thighed Curlew
A migrant that occurs nearly annually (though often on only a day or two per year), this species is most likely to be encountered in the early spring with most records from May 10th-25th. There are only a handful of records into the first week of June, with a single record after the 10th of […]
Whimbrel
Recorded annually in small numbers, this species is most likely to be seen from late May to early June. Spring migrants can arrive as early as mid- May (peak is in late May), with regular records through June 10th and sporadic records the entire month of June and into the early summer during July. Summer […]
Eskimo Curlew
There are two known records of this species from the Pribilofs (St. Paul Island) in late May during the 1870s, though exactly how common this species may have once been is only speculative. This species is likely extinct and was last positively recorded in the 1950s. […]
Far Eastern Curlew
This is one of the rarest shorebirds to appear with some regularity in the Pribilofs with the seven records averaging every 5-10 years, though at times sightings may be more closely grouped. The only records in the Pribilofs, and for that matter from Alaska, come from the spring or very early summer with nearly all […]