Following our enjoyment at this time of year birding in Churchill, MB we decided that as we are in Alaska, visiting Nome would be the equivalent.
Reality is that it blew us away. The scenery was more snow capped mountains than we could dream of and the wildlife……..
Well here is a list of our 6 days of viewing and shooting
- Aleutian Tern *
- American Robin
- American Tree Sparrow *
- American Wigeon
- Arctic Tern
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Bar-tailed Godwit *
- Barn Swallow
- Black Scoter
- Bluethroat *
- Brandt
- Common Eider
- Common Redpoll *
- Common Ringed Plover *
- Fox Sparrow *
- Golden-crowned Sparrow *
- Green-winged Teal
- Gray-cheeked Thrush *
- Harlequin Duck
- Hoary Redpoll *
- Lapland Longspur – male & female gathering nest building material
- Long-tailed Duck
- Long-tailed Jaeger *
- Marbled Godwit
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Waterthrush *
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Pacific Golden Plover *
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pomerine Jaeger *
- Pintail Duck
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red-necked Stint *
- Red-throated Loon
- Rock Ptarmigan *
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Savannah Sparrow
- Say’s Phoebe
- Semi-palmated Plover
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Surfbird
- Swainson’s Thrush *
- Tree Swallow
- Trumpeter Swans
- Wandering Tattler *
- Western Sandpiper
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Willow Ptarmigan male & female
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Yellow-bellied Marmot *
- Yellow Warbler
- Arctic Ground Squirrel
- Moose, Cows with calves
- Muskox *
* means first sighting for us.
Pictures will follow
That is amazing! I never would’ve thought that Nome Alaska would have so much wildlife, but I don’t know whether I’m more impressed with the amount of wildlife or the fact that you could identify them! Wishing you more such adventures this year.
All I can say is WOW! That is quite a list. Keep enjoying.