Bird surveys at Klondike Gold Rush NHP: 2016 summary
Surdyk S and Evans S. 2018. Bird surveys at Klondike Gold Rush NHP: 2016 summary. Natural Resource Report. NPS/KLGO/NRR—2018/1590. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Coastal Waterbird Surveys (loons, grebes, cormorants, herons, ducks, and geese, plovers and sandpipers, gulls, alcids, and kingfishers) were conducted at Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park in 2016. The surveys serve to document coastal waterbird distribution and abundance throughout the park. Seventeen surveys were conducted from April 27th to September 28th and 48 waterbird species were detected. The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) and Alaska Landbird Monitoring Survey (ALMS) were conducted as part of a continuous monitoring program to document the diversity and abundance of avian species breeding in the area. Conducted in mid-June, BBS surveyors detected 42 species and ALMS surveyors detected 31 species. Bald eagle nest monitoring continued at five historically active nests, none of which were observed to successfully produce a fledgling. In addition to the results of systematic surveys, this report documents opportunistic bird nest and brood sightings from Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Surdyk, Shelby; Evans, Stacie
- Date of Issue
- 2018-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KLGO , NRSS
- Keywords
- Alaska, Alder Flycatcher, American Redstart, American Robin, American Tree Sparrow, American Wigeon, Arctic Tern, Bald Eagle, Barn Swallow, Barrow's Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, birds, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Blue-winged Teal, Bonaparte's Gull, Bufflehead, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow, Common Goldeneye, Common Loon, Common Merganser, Common Raven, Common Yellowthroat, Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon), Eurasian Wigeon, Fox Sparrow, Glaucous Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Great Blue Heron, Greater Scaup, Greater Yellowlegs, Green-winged Teal, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Harlequin Duck, Hermit Thrush, Herring Gull, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, KLGO, Klondike Gold Rush, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Long-tailed Duck, Mallard, Marbled Murrelet, Merlin, Mew Gull, Northern Harrier, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Northern Waterthrush, Northwestern Crow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Osprey, Pacific Loon, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pigeon Guillemot, Pine Siskin, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-throated Loon, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Rufous Hummingbird, Savannah Sparrow, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Snow Goose, Sooty Grouse, Spotted Sandpiper, Steller’s Jay, Surf Scoter, Swainson's Thrush, Thayer’s Gull, Townsend's Warbler, Tree Swallow, Trumpeter Swan, Varied Thrush, Violet-green Swallow, Wandering Tattler, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, White-winged Scoter, Wilson's Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds