[alaskabirds-l] Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) at Shemya
Subject: [alaskabirds-l] Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) at Shemya
From: alaskabirds-l
Date: Tue, Jun 5, 2007, 12:48 AM
Region: Southwest; Aleutian Islands; Near Island Group; Shemya Island
Date: 1 June 2007
Species: A single, alternate plumaged, Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Location: The single bird was discovered preening and feeding on Antone Lake on the south side of Shemya Island.
Contact: Contact Ed Clark (akbirder AT eagle.ptialaska.net) for more information about this sighting. Thanks also to Mike and Connie Schwitters.
History: After 11 days of searching diligently for this species in selected locations we were rewarded with the sighting of this full alternate plumaged bird.
Black-headed Gull is listed as rare in the Checklist of Alaska Birds by Daniel D. Gibson, Steve C. Heinl, and Theodore G. Tobish. It is available at: www.uaf.edu/museum/bird/products/checklist.pdf A printed version is available from the Alaska Bird Observatory at: www.alaskabird.org
"Rare migrant in the western and central Aleutian Islands the Bering sea Islands (Pribilof and St. Lawrence Island) the Bering sea coast (Nome), Bristol Bay, Chukchi Sea coast( Kukpowruk River Mouth) and casual in Southcoastal Alaska (Cordova, Seward, Homer, Kenai)." From A Birder's Guide to Alaska by Dr. George C. West, 2002. It is available from the American Birding Association.
Special Considerations: A Special site permit is required to visit Shemya Island. This permit is rarely granted and is only for mission critical work on the island sanctioned by the Air Force.
Ed Clark
AlaskaBirds-L Moderator
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Nicholas Hajdukovich Ed Clark
452-5026 (home) 457-1526 (home)
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