Northern Pintail
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Locale | Sp | Su | F | W | Br |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SE Alaska (edit) | C | U | C | U | Y |
Yakutat (edit) | C | C | C | - | ? |
Skagway (edit) | U | R | U | - | - |
Haines (edit) | C | U | C | U | - |
Glacier Bay (edit) | C | U | C | U | Y |
Juneau (edit) | C | U | C | R | VR |
Sitka (edit) | FC | R | U | R | + |
Stikine (edit) | |||||
S Outer Islands (edit) | |||||
Ketchikan (edit) | FC | - | FC | R | - |
Offshore (edit) |
- Summer occurrence - absent elsewhere in the south? Or something particular about habitat available in KTN?
- Is apparent N-S summer abundance gradient real?
- Typical migration period end of March - late May?
- Wintering numbers small, as in KTN and SIT, or more elsewhere?
SEAK QBR Mentions
- Su2012: Present in larger-than-average numbers on the Mendenhall Wetlands with high count of 33 on 30 June 2012
- F2012: 400 at the Mendenhall Wetlands at the peak of migration 22 August was twice the previous high count for that location.
- W2012-13: 18 near JNU 27 February was a high winter count for Southeast.
- F2017: 400 was a nice high count at GUS 9 October
Local Notes
- Glacier Bay/Northern Pintail: (edit)
- Haines/Northern Pintail: (edit)
- Juneau/Northern Pintail: (edit)
- Ketchikan/Northern Pintail: (edit)
- Sitka/Northern Pintail: Uncommon in Fall and Fairly Common Spring migrant, Rare winter resident and Rare to Very Rare in summer. Most easily seen along the road system at Starrigavan, Totem Park, or Swan Lake. Juveniles reported from Kadashan Bay (near Tenakee Springs) on one occasion. (edit)
- Skagway/Northern Pintail: (edit)
- Yakutat/Northern Pintail: (edit)
References
Weblinks
- All About Birds Page for Northern Pintail
- Search Arctos Database for Northern Pintail (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Northern Pintail (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Anas acuta
- iNaturalist Observations for Anas acuta in Southeast Alaska
Other References