[alaskabirds-l] Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) at Unalaska
Subject: [alaskabirds-l] Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) at Unalaska
From: alaskabirds-l
Date: Sat, Jan 21, 2012, 12:21 AM
Region: Southwest, Aleutian Islands, Fox Island Group; Unalaska Island;
Unalaska
Date: 20 January 2012
Species: A single, male, Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula casinii)
Location: This bird was observed in the vicinity of Illiuliuk (Town)
Creek near the foot bridge in Unalaska.
Contact: Thanks to Suzi Golodoff (sgolodoff AT gmail.com) for submitting
information and images about her discovery.
History: This is believed to be the first Eurasian Bullfinch recorder
for Unalaska, and in the eastern Aleutian Islands.
Eurasian Bullfinch is listed as Casual in the Checklist of Alaska Birds
by Daniel D. Gibson, Robert E. Gill, Steve C. Heinl, Theodore G. Tobish,
Aaron J. Lang, and Jack. J. Withrow. It is available online at:
www.uaf.edu/museum/bird/products/checklist.pdf. A printed version of the
checklist is available from the Alaska Bird Observatory at:
www.alaskabird.org. “
"Casual migrant on the Bering Sea Islands (St. Lawrence, Pribilofs, and
Nunivak Island), west and northwest Alaska (Nome, Cape Krusenstern), and
western Aleutian Islands. Accidental in central Alaska (Nulato,
Fairbanks, North Pole), in southcoastal Alaska (Anchorage), and
southeast Alaska (Petersburg). Offshore records are from spring (mostly)
and fall, whereas the mainland records are mostly from fall, winter, and
early spring." From A Birder's Guide to Alaska by Dr. George C. West,
July 2008 (second edition). It is available from the American Birding
Association.
Special Considerations: The area of the bridge over Illiuliuk Creek is
public property. There are private residential houses in the area. There
is plenty of public parking uphill at the Unalaska Town Offices or down
the road to the east, at the Recreation Center and the Unalaska High School.
Ed Clark
AlaskaBirds-L Moderator
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