Summary: Common in migration, Very Rare to Rare in summer, and Rare to Uncommon in Winter. Most easily observed at Starrigavan, Swan Lake, or Totem Park. May be more common away from town in the summer.

	Spring	Summer	Fall	Winter
Sitka Road System	Common	Common	Very Rare	Rare
Sitka Area*
*Unless otherwise noted, occurrence in the Sitka Area is unknown or presumed similar to that on the road system

J Dan Webster
Common migrant; also a sparse resident. Winter attributions were by Merrill “less plentiful” (Willett 1914); a few seen on 12 of the 28 Christmas counts; a few at Hoonah in February 1982,1983, and 1984 (Trapp and King 1985); six 5 December 1999 through February 2000 by Ward and Tedin (Tobish 200). I saw a few in the summer of 1940 and Merrill reported to Willett that a few bred around fresh water lakes. C. Johnstone (Gibson 1977), reported seeing the Old World subspecies, A c. crecca—two 28 November 1976.