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Flags included with species are: UH - Unusually High Number US - Unusual Species CW - Reported in the area during Count Week, but not reported during the count. 		 
Sitka [AKSI]
57.0667 degrees North x -135.3667 degrees West
Alaska Region
Christmas Bird Count
Count Years: 75 - 106
Species/Year 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06
Greater White-fronted Goose
(Anser albifrons) 		1 1 1
Brant
(Branta bernicla) 		25
Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis) 		1 CW 13 11 4 60 19 12 6 13 CW 87 15 44 5 17 24 89 27 98
Trumpeter Swan
(Cygnus buccinator) 		7 1 4 CW 3 CW 3 63 3 4 2 5
Tundra Swan
(Cygnus columbianus) 		1 2
Gadwall
(Anas strepera) 		CW 6 2 CW CW CW 1 1
Eurasian Wigeon
(Anas penelope) 		3 2 1 3
American Wigeon
(Anas americana) 		2 1 1 4 9 17 8 CW 6 6 7 5 3 2 4 CW 8
Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos) 		61 92 97 69 55 45 81 173 142 218 77 89 72 170 174 213 81 102 103 175 239 195 221 139 242 243 208 286 276 455
Northern Shoveler
(Anas clypeata) 		1 CW
Northern Pintail
(Anas acuta) 		CW 4 7 1 13 CW 8 1 2 1 5 1 CW 1 1
Green-winged Teal
(Anas crecca) 		1 2
American Green-winged Teal
(Anas crecca) 		2 1 CW CW CW 2 2 1 1 4 2
duck sp.
(Anatinae) 		40 3 8 30 4 23 236 68 8 24 15 24 38 6 20 35 26 35
Canvasback
(Aythya valisineria) 		1 CW CW
Redhead
(Aythya americana) 		5 CW 3 2 1 CW 2 2 3
Ring-necked Duck
(Aythya collaris) 		2 CW 1 CW CW 19 7 CW 1 19 34
Greater Scaup
(Aythya marila) 		170 147 178 106 103 26 16 90 27 40 4 6 2 88 70 75 39 193 247 54 41 200 216 192 156 128 109 110
Lesser Scaup
(Aythya affinis) 		4 1 17 6 5 2 8 2 CW 4
scaup sp.
(Aythya) 		84 99 66 33 95 131 35 56 49 18 12 56 12 6 15 52 23 9 3 5 6 8 43
Steller's Eider
(Polysticta stelleri) 		CW
Harlequin Duck
(Histrionicus histrionicus) 		13 21 76 106 158 75 87 38 44 74 93 49 52 78 56 124 106 90 374 248 155 162 189 321 143 163 60 138 119 85
Surf Scoter
(Melanitta perspicillata) 		38 31 116 22 275 99 102 37 52 47 93 54 243 91 134 154 133 55 177 142 189 115 124 86 116 89 104 45 29 32
White-winged Scoter
(Melanitta fusca) 		17 15 107 16 118 19 80 1 73 4 72 12 36 33 52 87 87 41 54 407 134 187 119 390 149 97 95 40 5 37
Black Scoter
(Melanitta nigra) 		26 33 44 72 53 8 19 14 8 6 27 17 3 3 8 15 34 30 7 48 24 13 42 CW 42
scoter sp.
(Melanitta) 		55 15 12 4 10 1 102 18 73 3 17 5 43 25 14 6
Long-tailed Duck
(Clangula hyemalis) 		5 21 110 301 83 52 69 51 12 10 50 65 82 56 13 45 93 91 8 82 130 124 309 272 320129162161149186
Bufflehead
(Bucephala albeola) 		81 112 137 171 226 75 117 60 98 161 80 61 58 195 42 115 93 70 119 103 78 80 79 71 105 84 98 115 110 142
Common Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula) 		5 6 7 7 2 12 5 5 8 2 3 5 5 13 11 10 7 6 12 27 42 13 8 13 18 9 12 58 20
Barrow's Goldeneye
(Bucephala islandica) 		176 82 271 152 382 112 129 205 150 252 286 129 257 525 146 253 296 182 220 249 154 252 158 205 256 250 268 159 176 213
goldeneye sp.
(Bucephala) 		13 4 92 17 12 78 19 11 3 28 87
Hooded Merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus) 		3 5 4 6 5 5 4 CW 4 3 8 7 8 10 1 CW 4 2 11 5 4 3 1 CW 2 5 10
Common Merganser
(Mergus merganser) 		116 18 60 40 109 73 166 432 183 253 118 96 226 167 203 234 301 197 314 553 489 232 252 349 280 462 402 151 260 327
Red-breasted Merganser
(Mergus serrator) 		1 4 25 2 5 5 5 27 18 7 8 24 20 23 15 36 33 16 26 22 24 29 68 27 18 15 15
merganser sp.
(Anatinae) 		7 31 9 8 11 15 3 2 95 10 13 6
Willow Ptarmigan
(Lagopus lagopus) 		1
White-tailed Ptarmigan
(Lagopus leucurus) 		1
Blue Grouse
(Dendragapus obscurus) 		CW
Red-throated Loon
(Gavia stellata) 		2 2 2 13 14 2 7 5 2 6 3 3 2 5 2 2 6 3 5
Pacific Loon
(Gavia pacifica) 		CW 7 88 9 11 4 4 19 38 12 24 5 4 5 4 34 55 24 195 141 36 46 16 30 45 110 36 46 16 12
Common Loon
(Gavia immer) 		15 19 53 21 83 14 12 14 27 110 8 9 16 43 17 45 55 32 71 56 28 20 36 46 54 55 8 26 25 19
Yellow-billed Loon
(Gavia adamsii) 		CW 2 3 8 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 CW 1 2 4 2 1
loon sp.
(Gavia) 		2 12 11 40 4 7 36 7 20 22 13 17 4 30 15 24 21 23 8 37 35 25 4 12 5
Pied-billed Grebe
(Podilymbus podiceps) 		CW
Horned Grebe
(Podiceps auritus) 		3 4 4 2 19 10 11 1 2 15 15 3 1 5 16 8 3 12 32 16 17 19 10 18 43 17 9 27 92
Red-necked Grebe
(Podiceps grisegena) 		131 3 36 8 62 6 3 8 4 4 19 9 6 5 11 35 26 59 56 28 47 31 15 10 56 8 6 21 20
Western Grebe
(Aechmophorus occidentalis) 		2 1 2 CW 5 3 4
grebe sp.
(Podicipedidae) 		1 4 4 3 3 1 2 7 4 7 7 2 5 6 1 6 7 10
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
(Oceanodroma furcata) 		CW 1
Double-crested Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax auritus) 		11 26 116 30 68 32 23 15 40 39 120 37 102 56 11 131 108 58 108 106 53 40 56 75 53 127 53 128 41 74
Red-faced Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax urile) 		1
Pelagic Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax pelagicus) 		11 7 51 25 65 82 8 39 84 10 20 18 20 51 40 48 148 80 126 141 136 168 68 163 187 157 134 41 117 176
cormorant sp.
(Phalacrocorax) 		166 1 19 32 38 37 1 116 46 17 40 63 93 57 56 77 86 30 69 58 189 53 19 40 36 41
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
(Ardea herodias) 		3 2 1 8 2 CW 2 2 2 5 7 2 8 5 16 10 14 4 14 2 8 9 9 17 9 3 8 14 19
Cattle Egret
(Bubulcus ibis) 		1
Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 		30 14 77 42 146 62 125 131 50 87 75 100 135 112 121 105 248 149 227 150 144 264 108 229 158 127 179 123 254
Sharp-shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus) 		1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 CW CW 1 4 1 CW 1
Northern Goshawk
(Accipiter gentilis) 		2 1 1 1
Accipiter sp.
(Accipiter) 		1 1
Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis) 		1 CW CW 1 CW 1 1
Rough-legged Hawk
(Buteo lagopus) 		7
hawk sp.
(Accipitridae) 		1 2 1 1
American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius) 		CW 1
Merlin
(Falco columbarius) 		1 1 CW 1
Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus) 		CW
falcon sp.
(Falco) 		1
American Coot
(Fulica americana) 		7 1 2 CW 2 2 2 3 CW 1 12 4 2 CW CW
Sandhill Crane
(Grus canadensis) 		1
Black-bellied Plover
(Pluvialis squatarola) 		CW
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus) 		2
Black Oystercatcher
(Haematopus bachmani) 		CW 14 16 2 17 CW CW 3 12
Spotted Sandpiper
(Actitis macularia) 		1 4 CW 1
Black Turnstone
(Arenaria melanocephala) 		12 17 69 CW 38 13 115 34 50 425 37 238 120 478 16 219 123 136 65 90 29 117 97 159 21 41 57 76 56
Surfbird
(Aphriza virgata) 		31 CW 99 10 232 4 308 7 126 8 2 50 30 23 20 30 11 81 1
Sanderling
(Calidris alba) 		2
Western Sandpiper
(Calidris mauri) 		4 4 3
Rock Sandpiper
(Calidris ptilocnemis) 		7 CW 34 115 45 3 6 1 1 2 1
Dunlin
(Calidris alpina) 		6
sandpiper sp.
(Scolopacidae) 		7 1 50 28 6 15 1 16 4 5
Wilson's Snipe
(Gallinago delicata) 		1 3 1 CW 2 2 CW CW 2 CW 1 2 3 2 2 2
Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus) 		1
Bonaparte's Gull
(Larus philadelphia) 		1 1
Mew Gull
(Larus canus) 		20 5 28 363 97 230 78 22 31 21 7 22 47 21 13 74 65 464 65 56 89 14 110 54 28 87 59 52 25 9
Ring-billed Gull
(Larus delawarensis) 		1 1
California Gull
(Larus californicus) 		1
Herring Gull
(Larus argentatus) 		305 183 149 143 313 38 36 107 56 34 755 417 158 439 22 1284 25 77 534 118 5 157 96 72 23 22 27 40 222 122
Thayer's Gull
(Larus thayeri) 		10 1 1 1 121 119 4 391 31 60 77 21 42 7 4 29 7 24 46 14 8 49
Glaucous-winged Gull
(Larus glaucescens) 		1069 834 2059 3221 765 285 212 304 239 668 220 309 468 273 61 628 122 266 256 243 159 244 20 198 175 127 207 268 485 328
Glaucous Gull
(Larus hyperboreus) 		2 7 2 3 4 2 2 6 15 1 1 1 1
Black-legged Kittiwake
(Rissa tridactyla) 		CW 2 4 1 3 2 1 8 1
gull sp.
(Larus) 		61 735 777 1037 490 176 265 400 529 353 1552 1476 435 768 1172 453 906 1637 505 459 492 641 420 1815 610
Common Murre
(Uria aalge) 		7 1 171 223 110 44 257 46 48 85 15 7 28 27 6 48 127 470 77 192 38 12 707 75 62 151 25 142 347 36
Thick-billed Murre
(Uria lomvia) 		8 11 8 1 3 3 2 3 1 1 32
Pigeon Guillemot
(Cepphus columba) 		50 2 1 CW 6 12 1 1 3 5 3
Marbled Murrelet
(Brachyramphus marmoratus) 		1 2 141 339 8 25 31 4 1 16 6 3 3 2 1 13 26 10 77 76 53 86 73 54 34 10 94 29 35
Kittlitz's Murrelet
(Brachyramphus brevirostris) 		2
Ancient Murrelet
(Synthliboramphus antiquus) 		1
Cassin's Auklet
(Ptychoramphus aleuticus) 		1
Rhinoceros Auklet
(Cerorhinca monocerata) 		1 11
Horned Puffin
(Fratercula corniculata) 		1 1
Tufted Puffin
(Fratercula cirrhata) 		1 1 1
Rock Pigeon
(Columba livia) 		17 7 15 6 3 32 66 1 2 48 28 2 39 20 33 66 52 26 59 57 12 9 92 8 40 28 4 116 297 174
Western Screech-Owl
(Otus kennicottii) 		CW 1 CW
Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus) 		CW 1
Snowy Owl
(Nyctea scandiaca) 		CW 1 1
Northern Pygmy-Owl
(Glaucidium gnoma) 		1
Short-eared Owl
(Asio flammeus) 		1
Boreal Owl
(Aegolius funereus) 		1
Northern Saw-whet Owl
(Aegolius acadicus) 		CW
owl sp.
(Strigiformes) 		1 1
Anna's Hummingbird
(Calypte anna) 		1 1 1
Rufous Hummingbird
(Selasphorus rufus) 		2
hummingbird sp.
(Trochilidae) 		CW
Belted Kingfisher
(Ceryle alcyon) 		4 CW 7 5 8 8 8 6 4 10 5 2 3 1 5 18 22 20 6 9 5 16 9 14 12 7 17 11 26
Red-breasted Sapsucker
(Sphyrapicus ruber) 		CW CW 1 1 4 4
Downy Woodpecker
(Picoides pubescens) 		2 1 1 1 1 CW 1
Hairy Woodpecker
(Picoides villosus) 		1 2 1 1 1 4
Three-toed Woodpecker
(Picoides tridactylus) 		1
Northern Flicker
(Colaptes auratus) 		CW
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker
(Colaptes auratus) 		1 CW CW 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 CW 1 1 1 1 CW 1 1 9
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker
(Colaptes auratus) 		1
woodpecker sp.
(Picinae) 		1
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
(Empidonax difficilis) 		1
Say's Phoebe
(Sayornis saya) 		1
Northern Shrike
(Lanius excubitor) 		1 CW 1
Steller's Jay
(Cyanocitta stelleri) 		2 4 1 CW CW 22 CW 2 6 1 10 6 2 3 2 2 5 12 13 14 CW 9 9 5 2 12
Black-billed Magpie
(Pica pica) 		1 2
Northwestern Crow
(Corvus caurinus) 		436 346 963 633 1653 752 626 466 449 299 173 420 555 436 783 672 420 664 769 1273 680 999 521 390 622 511 706 738 663 563
Common Raven
(Corvus corax) 		126 69 108 180 357 204 43 98 255 131 42 110 170 165 151 208 201 221 159 370 327 383 325 234 333 329 225 308 246 574
Black-capped Chickadee
(Poecile atricapillus) 		1 11 4 2 1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
(Poecile rufescens) 		11 29 22 10 19 62 20 28 80 22 22 31 29 39 94 79 34 65 21 111 73 171 67 118 40 40 25 20 104
Red-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta canadensis) 		1 2 6 CW 3 1 2 CW 3
Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana) 		3 4 3 2 2 4 CW 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 10 2 4 CW 5 3 CW 1 8 3 CW
Winter Wren
(Troglodytes troglodytes) 		1 1 1 7 5 5 1 3 2 1 9 3 3 15 12 19 38 9 2 10 12 23 6 13 18 1 19 10 10
American Dipper
(Cinclus mexicanus) 		2 8 4 1 8 2 CW 9 2 3 1 1 1 2 11 4 5 3 2 3 14 3 3 15 12 6 21 20 13
Golden-crowned Kinglet
(Regulus satrapa) 		29 21 18 3 26 1 5 5 14 20 29 31 41 53 58 51 25 43 15 3 66 22 34 40 100 158
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
(Regulus calendula) 		1 CW 1 2 1 1 4 1 7 2 3 CW
kinglet sp.
(Regulus) 		50
Hermit Thrush
(Catharus guttatus) 		1 1 2
Catharus sp.
(Catharus) 		1
American Robin
(Turdus migratorius) 		5 1 24 35 22 CW CW 6 2 2 4 1 CW 26 2 6 106 1 2 4 73 3 1 37 2 18 5 1
Varied Thrush
(Ixoreus naevius) 		36 1 108 1 70 1 34 111 13 35 15 7 CW 179 6 49 9 16 28 39 174 91 10 58 110 76 9 107 82
Northern Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos) 		CW
European Starling
(Sturnus vulgaris) 		23 45 37 CW 15 67 45 58 6 11 66 109 75 20 11 66 69 32 98 96 12 95 144 65 39 114 78 299 298 441
American Pipit
(Anthus rubescens) 		2 CW
Bohemian Waxwing
(Bombycilla garrulus) 		CW 1 3 4 3 59 CW 22 CW CW 1
Cedar Waxwing
(Bombycilla cedrorum) 		13
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
(Dendroica coronata) 		1
American Tree Sparrow
(Spizella arborea) 		1 3 1
Chipping Sparrow
(Spizella passerina) 		2
Savannah Sparrow
(Passerculus sandwichensis) 		1 2 CW
Fox Sparrow
(Passerella iliaca) 		CW 4 6 1 1 2 3 9 1 16 12 12 1 2 2 3 10 5 3 8 1 1 4
Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia) 		2 7 9 23 15 2 2 6 6 10 6 14 11 12 11 8 8 8 8 18 31 18 19 70 18 33 24 25
Lincoln's Sparrow
(Melospiza lincolnii) 		1 1 1
White-throated Sparrow
(Zonotrichia albicollis) 		1 1
Harris's Sparrow
(Zonotrichia querula) 		CW CW CW
White-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia leucophrys) 		2 CW 1 4 CW CW 1 CW 2 CW 6 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia atricapilla) 		3 CW 1 1 2 1 1 1
sparrow sp.
(Emberizinae) 		6 10 2 20 4 2 1 3
Dark-eyed Junco
(Junco hyemalis) 		35
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco
(Junco hyemalis) 		22 54 57 294 67 216 44 125 262 117 166 173 99 598 470 291 542 513 180 361 589 548 114 279 380 422 150 409 458
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco
(Junco hyemalis) 		2 13 1 3 3 47 95 50 34 40 26 19 33 53 38 11 19 25 17 18 9 73
junco sp.
(Junco) 		90 84
Lapland Longspur
(Calcarius lapponicus) 		5
Snow Bunting
(Plectrophenax nivalis) 		8 1
McKay's Bunting
(Plectrophenax hyperboreus) 		1
Brewer's Blackbird
(Euphagus cyanocephalus) 		1
Brambling
(Fringilla montifringilla) 		1 CW
Pine Grosbeak
(Pinicola enucleator) 		1 115 33 17 48 21 6 1 97 2 41 15 3 30 5 11 10 8 46 CW
Red Crossbill
(Loxia curvirostra) 		257 10 4 14 50 CW 79 37 1 1
White-winged Crossbill
(Loxia leucoptera) 		1 30 CW 16 CW 20 3
crossbill sp.
(Loxia) 		3 130 3
Common Redpoll
(Carduelis flammea) 		20 53 CW 20
Hoary Redpoll
(Carduelis hornemanni) 		4 6
redpoll sp.
(Carduelis) 		82 12
Pine Siskin
(Carduelis pinus) 		165 97 7 77 43 107 280 CW 59 29 2 10 11 52 58 205 305 30 171 150 19 662 434 496 225 1194 21
Count Years 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106

Weather & Effort

Count Date: Dec 21, 1974 Jan 01, 1976 Jan 02, 1977 Dec 18, 1977 Dec 16, 1978 Dec 27, 1981 Dec 26, 1982 Jan 01, 1984 Dec 30, 1984 Dec 29, 1985 Dec 21, 1986 Dec 20, 1987 Jan 01, 1989 Dec 17, 1989 Dec 25, 1990 Dec 25, 1991 Dec 25, 1992 Dec 25, 1993 Dec 25, 1994 Dec 25, 1995 Dec 25, 1996 Dec 25, 1997 Dec 27, 1998 Dec 19, 1999 Dec 17, 2000 Dec 16, 2001 Dec 15, 2002 Dec 14, 2003 Dec 18, 2004 Dec 17, 2005
Number of Participants: 8 10 30 20 23 0 0 16 16 19 20 9 13 10 10 10 20 17 18 24 18 17 22 24 34 14 16 26 27 21 54 32
Number of Party Hours: 12.0  16.5  40.0  30.0  63.0      49.0  22.0  30.0  42.0  25.0  30.0  29.0  30.0  35.5  85.0  35.0  41.3  45.5  53.5  45.5  42.0  44.3  47.75  35.25  44.0  45.0  37.75  22.5  65.0  63.0 
Species Reported: 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  73  52  64  65  60  60  59  68 
Low Temperature: 22 30 28 21 28 30 40 32
High Temperature: 34 40 35 30 44 37 42 48
AM Weather: Clear
Rain: None
Snow: None  		Cloudy
Rain: Heavy
Snow: None  		Cloudy
Rain: Light
Snow: None  		Partly cloudy
Rain: None
Snow: None / Heavy  		Cloudy
Rain: Light
Snow: None  		Clear
Rain: None
Snow: None  		Cloudy
Rain: Heavy
Snow: None  		Partly cloudy
Rain: None
Snow: None 
PM Weather: Cloudy
Rain: Heavy
Snow: None  		Cloudy
Rain: None
Snow: None  		Partly cloudy
Rain: None
  		Cloudy
Rain: Light
Snow: None  		Clear
Rain: None
Snow: None  		Cloudy
Rain: Heavy
Snow: None  		Partly cloudy
Rain: None
Snow: None