Cassin's Auklet

Cassin's Auklet: for more photos, see Sitka Nature Photo Gallery for Ptychoramphus aleuticus

Locale	Sp	Su	F	W	Br
SE Alaska (edit)	U	U	U	U	Y
Yakutat (edit)	-	-	-	-	-
Skagway (edit)	-	-	-	-	-
Haines (edit)	-	-	-	-	-
Glacier Bay (edit)	U	R	U	-	-
Juneau (edit)	?	-	-	-	-
Sitka (edit)	-	VR	R	VR	-
Stikine (edit)
S Outer Islands (edit)
Ketchikan (edit)	-	-	VR	VR	-
Offshore (edit)

Cassin's Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus): Apparently most common offshore, but occasionally seen near shore and in inside waters.

Local Notes

• Glacier Bay/Cassin's Auklet: (edit)
• Haines/Cassin's Auklet: Not known to occur (edit)
• Juneau/Cassin's Auklet: Unsubstantiated (edit)
• Ketchikan/Cassin's Auklet: (edit)
• Sitka/Cassin's Auklet: Apparently they can be quite common offshore in the summer months, but infrequently seen in Sitka Sound, where they are most often found in the fall. (edit)
• Skagway/Cassin's Auklet: (edit)
• Yakutat/Cassin's Auklet: Not known to occur (edit)

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References

Weblinks

• All About Birds Page for Cassin's Auklet
• Search Arctos Database for Cassin's Auklet (Southeast only)
• Search Arctos Database for Cassin's Auklet (entire database)
• Encyclopedia of Life search for Ptychoramphus aleuticus
• iNaturalist Observations for Ptychoramphus aleuticus in Southeast Alaska

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webster=As observed, regularly seen in fall in lower Chatham Strait; by Bailey (1927) 9 and 24 October 1920; by Gabrielson 13 August 1940 and 11 August 1944 (Gabrielson and Lincoln 1959); by Me (Gabrielson and Lincoln 1959) 10 September 1940; by Gibson (1976a) 17 and 22 July 1975. Gabrielson (loc. cit.) saw a number in Salisbury Sound 12 August 1940 and some off Baranof Island 14 September 1941. In Sitka Sound, Gabrielson (loc. cit.) saw a few 21 August 1945; C. Johnstone saw many 5 August 1981 and two on 25 September 1981; R. A. Wood saw one on St. Lazaria Island 21 June 1983 (Nelson et al 1987); Hanson saw a few 23 and 24 August 1985; and the Christmas count group saw one 18 December 1977. Ward and Tedin (Tobish 1997) saw one 12 February 1997. Nelson and Lehnhausen (1983) found a number of adults with eggs and young and estimated 400 breeding pairs on Hazy Islands, 25 to 27 June 1982. Gordon saw a few off Chichagof Island 2-7 July 1969, but there are no certain breeding records from north of Hazy Islands.

M. Justa reported seeing hundreds while cruising (Uncruise ship) through Frederick Sound 19 September 2019.