Bird surveys at Klondike Gold Rush NHP: 2017 summary
Surdyk S, Larsen JH, Waldo A. 2019. Bird surveys at Klondike Gold Rush NHP: 2017 summary. Natural Resource Report. NPS/KLGO/NRR—2019/1968. 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 2017. The surveys serve to document coastal waterbird distribution and abundance throughout the park. Fifteen surveys were conducted from April 15th to September 11th and 43 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 36 species and ALMS surveyors detected 36 species, for a combined total of 43 species. Bald eagle nest monitoring was conducted at six historically active nests, and one newly constructed nest, none of which were observed to successfully produce a fledgling.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Surdyk, Shelby; Larsen, Jennifer; Waldo, Andrew
- Date of Issue
- 2019-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KLGO , NRSS
- Keywords
- Alaska, American Robin, American Tree Sparrow, American Wigeon, Arctic Tern, Bald Eagle, Barrow's Goldeneye, Belted Kingfisher, Black Scoter, Black Turnstone, Blue-winged Teal, Bonaparte's Gull, Bufflehead, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Chilkoot Trail, Chipping Sparrow, Common Goldeneye, Common Loon, Common Merganser, Common Raven, Common Yellowthroat, Dark-eyed Junco, Dyea, Glaucous Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Great Blue Heron, Greater Scaup, Greater Yellowlegs, Green-winged Teal, Harlequin Duck, Hermit Thrush, Herring Gull, Hooded Merganser, Horned Grebe, KLGO, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Scaup, Lesser Yellowlegs, Lincoln's Sparrow, Long-tailed Duck, Mallard, Marbled Murrelet, Mew Gull, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Northwestern crow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Pacific Loon, Pacific Wren, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, Pigeon Guillemot, Pine Siskin, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Red-necked Grebe, Red-throated Loon, Ring-necked Duck, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Rufous Hummingbird, Savannah Sparrow, Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Skagway, Song Sparrow, Sooty Grouse, Spotted Sandpiper, Surf Scoter, Swainson's Thrush, Thayer’s Gull, Townsend's Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Tufted Puffin, Varied Thrush, Violet-green Swallow, Wandering Tattler, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, White-winged Crossbill, White-winged Scoter, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds