Surfbird
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
| Locale | Sp | Su | F | W | Br |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Alaska (edit) | U | R | U | R | - |
| Yakutat (edit) | U | R | U | - | ? |
| Skagway (edit) | - | - | + | - | - |
| Haines (edit) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glacier Bay (edit) | U | U | U | - | - |
| Juneau (edit) | C | FC | FC | O | - |
| Sitka (edit) | C | R | FC | U | - |
| Stikine (edit) | |||||
| S Outer Islands (edit) | |||||
| Ketchikan (edit) | FC | R | FC | U | - |
| Offshore (edit) |
Local Notes
- Glacier Bay/Surfbird: (edit)
- Haines/Surfbird: Not known to occur (edit)
- Juneau/Surfbird: (edit)
- Ketchikan/Surfbird: (edit)
- Sitka/Surfbird: Common spring migrant. Rare in summer as early fall migrants return. Fairly Common in fall and Uncommon through winter, with numbers variable from year to year. Easily found along rocky shorelines and tideflats, often in mixed flocks with Black Turnstone. (edit)
- Skagway/Surfbird: (edit)
- Yakutat/Surfbird: (edit)
References
Weblinks
- All About Birds Page for Surfbird
- Search Arctos Database for Surfbird (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Surfbird (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Calidris virgata
- iNaturalist Observations for Calidris virgata in Southeast Alaska
Other References
Related Files
Plot of Surfbird observations in Sitka
