This species has been recorded twice in the fall during September on St. Paul Island. These arrival dates follow similar patterns to other Asian snipe species found in the Pribilofs but since this species has only one further record from North America during late May and given its low density population and poorly known habits […]
Category: Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies (Scolopacidae)
Pin-tailed Snipe
The first documented record from the Pribilofs was an individual in late summer-early fall on St. Paul Island; however, there exists a hypothetical record from spring in late May, which is the time frame for most (if not all) other documented records from western Alaska. There is also a second record from late September in […]
Common Snipe
The most common snipe in the Pribilofs, this species is found more reliably in the spring than during the fall. It can be found in quite large numbers at times, though it is usually seen in small numbers and is found most commonly from May 20th-25th, but still found regularly from May 15th through to […]
Wilson’s Snipe
A regular spring migrant in small numbers, this species is reported annually with the highest incidence of occurrence from May 20th to June 1st. There are few June arrivals during the spring season with only a handful of summer records, including a surprising, and successful, nesting attempt from 12 July-6 August 2012. This is the […]
Terek Sandpiper
A somewhat regular, though hard to predict, vagrant to the Pribilofs, this species is best looked for during the first week of June or last week of August. However, it could occur with favorable weather conditions from mid-May through August. The July records likely pertain to adults who have left the breeding grounds, while the […]
Common Sandpiper
This species is about annual during spring migration in the Pribilofs with the most reliable time being from May 20th-June 5th and a peak around May 25th. They are occasionally seen later into June but only a handful of the many spring records are from after the 5th. Despite its regularity in the spring, this […]
Spotted Sandpiper
An individual found on St. Paul Island during the spring in late May is the only Pribilof record and the first to be found offshore in the Bering Sea region. It is a common mainland species that breeds into western Alaska and should be looked for in the future. Ironically, the Pribilofs may be one […]
Green Sandpiper
The Asian counterpart to the Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), this is one of the rarest vagrant shorebirds found in the Bering Sea region with less than 15 records for the state of Alaska, all but four of those records coming from the western Aleutians. The two spring records from mid-late May fits well with the […]
Solitary Sandpiper
The nine records of this species all follow the same general patterns of other species in this genus (Tringa), with most of the spring records from mid-late May and the fall records in late August and early September. These two periods are the most likely time frames for future records to appear in, with a […]
Gray-tailed Tattler
A rare spring vagrant with most records during the first half of June from that period, though it is encountered much more irregularly than later in the year. The few records in late June and early July connect the spring with the beginning of fall migration when the first individuals typically begin to appear in […]