Summary: Uncommon in mirgration and winter. Rare in summer. Best seen at Swan Lake when it is ice free.

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

J Dan Webster
Scarce resident, but there are no confirmed breeding records. Wosnessensky collected one at Sitka 11 June 1842 (Gabrielson and Lincoln 1959). Recorded on 9 of the 28 Christmas counts. Also, C. Johnstone saw one 6 to 8 May 1975 (Gibson 1975) and a pair 4 April 1985. There were several June observations on the Sitka Breeding Bird Survey, 1993-97.