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Shorebirds

Bar-tailed Godwit
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red Knot
Rock Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Bar-tailed Godwits
Bar-tailed Godwits flying
Bar-tailed Godwits Roosting - photo by Robert E. Gill, U.S. Geological Survey
Bar-tailed Godwit Flock
Bar-tailed Godwits flying
Bar-tailed Godwits roosting
Bar-tailed Godwit and Dunlin (mostly) flock
Bar-tailed Godwits Flying Towards Egegik, Alaska  - photo by Robert E. Gill Jr., U.S. Geological Survey
Bar-tailed Godwits Roosting and Flying - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr. U.S. Geological Survey
Bar-tailed Godwits and Marbled Godwits in September, Egegik Bay, Alaska
Bar-tailed Godwits juveniles roosting and flying

 

Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Buff-breasted Sandpiper on a log - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper on a log
 
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Dunlin
Dunlin near Egegik, Alaska - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Dunlin flock at Nelson Lagoon - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Dunlin on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Dunlin near Egegik, Alaska
Dunlin flock at Nelson Lagoon
Dunlin calling an alarm on the Yukon Delta
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Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher juvenile on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Long-billed Dowitcher juveniles on the Yukon Delta
 
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Pacific Golden-Plover

 

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper close up - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Pectoral Sandpipers - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Pectoral Sandpiper close up
Pectoral Sandpipers
 
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Red Knot
Juvenile Red Knot in Egegik Bay, Alaska - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Red Knot juvenile in Egegik Bay, Alaska
 
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Rock Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper in Egegik Bay, Alaska - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Pair of Rock Sandpipers at St. Paul, Alaska - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Rock Sandpiper adult on the Yukon Delta - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Rock Sandpiper in Egegik Bay, Alaska
Rock Sandpiper pair at St. Paul, Alaska
Rock Sandpiper adult on the Yukon Delta
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Ruddy Turnstone
Ruddy Turnstone on the Yukon Delta - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Ruddy Turnstone - photo by Tim Bowman, USFWS
Ruddy Turnstone on the Yukon Delta
Ruddy Turnstone
 
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper juvenile on the Yukon Delta - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper juvenile on the Yukon Delta - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Sharp-tailed Sandpipers on the Yukon Delta - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper juvenile on the Yukon Delta
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper juvenile
Sharp-tailed Sandpipers on the Yukon Delta
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 Landbirds

Arctic Warbler
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Lesser Sandhill Crane
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

 

Arctic Warbler
Arctic Warbler along the Denali Highway - photo by the Alaska Bird Observatory
Arctic Warbler on the Denali Highway - photo by the Alaska Bird Observatory
Arctic Warbler along the Denali Highway
Arctic Warbler along the Denali Highway
 
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Gray-cheeked Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush - photo by Colleen Handel, USGS
   
Gray-Cheeked Thrush
   
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Lesser Sandhill Crane
Sandhill Cranes in a slough - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Sandhill Crane in the grass - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Sandhill Crane on the tundra - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Sandhill Cranes in a slough
Sandhill Crane in the grass
Sandhill Crane on the tundra
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Sandhill crane pair - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Sandhill crane takeoff - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
 
Sandhill Crane pair
Sandhill Crane taking off
 
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Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail - photo by Brian McCaffery, USFWS
Yellow Wagtail - photo by Brian McCaffery, USFWS
Yellow Wagtail near the Kukpuk River - photo by Margaret Petersen, USGS
Yellow Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail near the Kukpuk River
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Yellow Wagtail - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
   
Yellow Wagtail
   
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 Gulls & Terns

Aleutian Tern
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull

 

Aleutian Tern
Aleutian Tern on a log - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Aleutian Tern pair nesting - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Aleutian Terns nesting - photo by Robert E. Gill, Jr., USGS
Aleutian Tern on a log
Aleutian Tern pair nesting
Aleutian Terns nesting
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Glaucous Gull
Glaucous Gull in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta -photo by Tim Bowman, USFWS
Glaucous Gull and chicks - photo by Tim Bowman, USFWS
Glaucous Gull - photo by Tim Bowman, USFWS
Glaucous Gull in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Glaucous Gull and chicks
Glaucous Gull
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Glaucous Gull - photo by Tim Bowman, USFWS
   
Glaucous Gull
   
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Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull in Atka - photo by Marc Romano, USGS
Glaucous-winged Gull flying at Atka - photo by Marc Romano, USGS
Glaucous-winged Gull - photo by John Reed, USGS
Glaucous-winged Gull at Atka
Glaucous-winged Gull flying at Atka
Glaucous-winged Gull
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 Waterfowl

Aleutian Cackling Goose
Black Brant
Pacific Common Eider
Emperor Goose
King Eider
Lesser Snow Goose
Long-tailed Duck
Northern Pintail
Spectacled Eider
Steller's Eider
Tundra Swan

 

Aleutian Cackling Goose
Aleutian Cackling Canada Goose - photo by Donna Dewhurst, USFWS
Aleutian Cackling Canada Geese - photo by Donna Dewhurst, USFWS
Aleutian Cackling Goose
Aleutian Cackling Geese
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Black Brant
Black Brant family - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Black Brant nesting - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Black Brant pair flying - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Black Brant family
Black Brant nesting
Black Brant pair flying
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Black Brant pair swimming - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
   
Black Brant pair swimming
   
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Pacific Common Eider
Common Eider close up - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Common Eider drake flying - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Common Eider hen flying - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Common Eider close up
Common Eider drake flying
Common Eider hen flying
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Common Eider pair - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
   
Common Eider pair
   
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Emperor Goose
Emperor Geese flock on the rocks - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Emperor Goose flying - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Emperor Goose on nest - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Emperor Geese on the rocks
Emperor Goose flying
Emperor Goose on nest
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Emperor Geese on the rocks - photo by Jeff Pelayo, USGS
Emperor Geese pair on the rocks - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Emperor Geese and Steller's Eiders - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Emperor Geese on the rocks
Emperor Goose pair on a rock
Emperor Geese and Steller's Eiders
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Emperor Goose at Dutch Harbor - photo by John Reed, USGS
Emperor Goose at Dutch Harbor
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King Eider
King Eider pair - photo by John Reed, USGS
King Eider - photo by Donna Dewhurst, USFWS
King Eider drake - photo by John Reed, USGS
King Eider pair on the North Slope, Alaska
King Eider
King Eider drake
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King Eider drake on the North Slope - photo by John Reed, USGS
King Eider drake on the North Slope, Alaska
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Lesser Snow Goose
Lesser Snow Geese flock - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Snow Geese flying - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Snow Geese foraging - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Snow Geese flock
Snow Geese flying
Snow Geese foraging
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Snow Goose pair flying - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Snow Geese over the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
 
Snow Goose pair
Snow Geese over the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta
 
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Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed duck drake - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Long-tailed duck hens on Kigigak Island - photo by Margaret Petersen, USGS
Long-tailed duck hen - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Long-tailed Duck drake
Long-tailed Duck hens on Kigigak Island
Long-tailed Duck hen
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Long-tailed duck - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Long-tailed duck mob on Kigigak Island - photo by Margaret Petersen, USGS
Long-tailed duck pair and brood - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Duck mob on Kigigak Island
Long-tailed Duck pair and brood
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Long-tailed duck pair - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Long-tailed duck pair on land - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Bunch of Long-tailed Ducks ready for banding - photo by John Reed, USGS
Long-tailed duck pair
Long-tailed Duck pair on land
Long-tailed Ducks ready for banding
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Northern Pintail
Northern Pintail - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Northern Pintail in a flock - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Northern Pintail post fledging on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Northern Pintail flying
Northern Pintail in a flock
Northern Pintail post fledging on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta
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Spectacled Eider
Spectacled Eider close up - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Spectacled Eider hen - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Spectacled Eider hen in the water - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Spectacled Eider close up
Spectacled Eider hen
Spectacled Eider hen in the water
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Spectacled Eider drake flying - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Spectacled Eider drake - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Wintering Spectacled Eiders in the Bering Sea between St. Lawrence and St. Matthew islands. Note fecal material accumulated on ice adjacent to the flocked birds - photo by William Larned, USFWS
Spectacled Eider drake flying
Spectacled Eider drake
Wintering Spectacled Eiders in the Bering Sea between St. Lawrence and St. Matthew islands. Note fecal material accumulated on ice adjacent to the flocked birds
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Spectacled Eider hen on a nest - photo by John Reed, USGS
Spectacled Eider hen on a nest
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Steller's Eider
Steller's Eider flock - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Steller's Eider - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Steller's Eiders near Dutch Harbor - photo by John Reed, USGS
Steller's Eider flock
Steller's Eider
Steller's Eiders near Dutch Harbor
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Steller's Eiders, Emperor Geese and Glaucous-winged Gulls near Dutch Harbor - photo by John Reed, USGS
Steller's Eider hen near Dutch Harbor - photo by John Reed, USGS
Steller's Eider drake head close up - photo by John Pearce, USGS
Steller's Eiders, Emperor Geese and Glaucous-winged Gulls near Dutch Harbor
Steller's Eider hen near Dutch Harbor
Steller's Eider drake head close up
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Tundra Swan
Tundra Swan and Canada Geese on the ice - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Collared Tundra Swam flying - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Tundra Swan flying - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Tundra Swan and Canada Geese on the ice
collared Tundra Swan flying
Tundra Swan flying
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Tundra Swan closeup of head, note yellow patch on bill to identify the species - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Tundra Swan in the fog - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Tundra Swan in the grass - photo by Jeff Wasley, USGS
Tundra Swan close up - not yellow patch on bill to identify species
Tundra Swan in the fog
Tundra Swan in the grass
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Tundra Swan pair flying - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Tundra Swan cygnet on nest - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Tundra Swan cygnets after hatching - photo by Craig Ely, USGS
Tundra Swan pair flying
Tundra Swan cygnet on nest
Tundra Swan cygnets after hatching
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