A single fall record of this species on St. Paul Island is the only sighting of this species in the Pribilof Islands and all of the Bering Sea region. A rare-but-regular and perhaps increasing breeder in interior Alaska, this species is not to be expected in western Alaska, but the fall should be the best […]
Category: Thrushes (Turdidae)
Gray-cheeked Thrush
A rare spring vagrant with a few records from late May to mid-June, mostly in mid-June, and an even rarer summer vagrant with a single early July record of what was likely a failed breeding bird and very early southbound wanderer. It is found much more frequently during the fall and has been seen annually […]
Swainson’s Thrush
The rarest of the Catharus thrushes found in the Pribilofs, this species is most often found during the first half of September coinciding with the peak of the similar, but more common, Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus). The records that lie outside of the first half of September during the fall come from late August and […]
Hermit Thrush
This species is found occasionally during the spring, mostly during late May (though there are records from mid-May to early June) with a single outlier summer record from mid-July that is likely to be of a failed breeding bird. It is a nearly annual migrant in the fall from late August through mid-October. It is […]
Wood Thrush
An extremely unexpected species to be found on St. Paul Island (or in Alaska for that matter), this single record is enough of an outlier that it is unlikely to be duplicated and unreasonable to state when other records are to occur. There are no other known records of this species within 2,500 miles of […]
Eyebrowed Thrush
A semi-annual migrant/vagrant on the Pribilofs during the spring season, this species has been noted between mid-May and mid-June with the peak of occurrence from May 25th to June 5th. There is only a single summer record from late June and early July during a large movement of failed breeding birds and no fall records […]
Dusky Thrush
The first two out of six records of this species from the Pribilofs occurred during the spring, while rest that followed have been during the fall. In the spring it is most likely found during late May, while in the fall this late migrant should not be looked for until late September and could be […]
American Robin
An annual, late fall vagrant in the Pribilofs, this species is most often recorded between September 25th and October 10th with additional records from mid-September through late October. This hardy species could likely be found even later into the fall/winter during some years. There are only a few spring records from which coincide with the […]
Varied Thrush
A rare vagrant that is as likely to be found in the spring as the fall, this species is not to be expected at any time though the best periods to look are mid-late May and September 25th-October 10th when a majority of records have occurred. This a cold-hardy species that migrates early in the […]