[alaskabirds-l] Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula ) at Unalaska
Subject: [alaskabirds-l] Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula ) at Unalaska
From: alaskabirds-l
Date: Sat, Feb 4, 2012, 5:46 PM
Region: Southwest; Aleutian Islands; Fox Island Group; Unalaska Island
Date: 29+ January 2012
Species: A single, drake, Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Location: This bird was observed at the mouth of Illiuliuk (Town) Creek
where it empties into Illiuliuk Bay close to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Contact: Thanks to Suzi Golodoff (sgolodoff AT gmail.com) for submitting
information about her observation.
History: Tufted Ducks have been observed at Unalaska this fall from 17
December 2011, and up to four birds during the Christmas Bird Count
(CBC) on 1 January 2012. They are usually discovered mixed in with the
Greater Scaup flocks.
Tufted Duck is listed as Rare 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. “
"Rare to locally uncommon spring and fall migrant and winter visitant in
the western and central Aleutians. Casual winter visitant to the eastern
Aleutians (Dutch Harbor) and spring migrant on Pribilof Islands. Casual
spring migrant and summer visitant further north in the Bering Sea on
St. Matthew Island, at Gambell, and at Nome and in the interior at
Fairbanks and Kenny Lake. Casual winter visitant to southcoastal
(Kodiak, Cordova) and southeast Alaska (Petersburg). Accidental in
northern Alaska (Barrow). " 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: There is limited parking near the boat ramp at
the mouth of Illiuliuk (Town) Creek. Do not park on the cannery property!
Ed Clark
AlaskaBirds-L Moderator
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