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Table 1 
Species observed in the Prudhoe Bay region, 1971-72. 
Gavia adamsii 
G. arctica pacifica 
G. stellata 
Cygnus columbianus 
Branta canadensis minima 
Branta nigricans 
Anser albifrons frontalis 
Chen caerulescens caerulescens 
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos 
Anas acuta 
Anas americana 
Anas clypeata 
Aythya marila nearctica 
Clangula hyemalis 
Polysticta stelleri 
Somateria mollissima v-nigra 
Somateria spectabilis 
Somateria fischeri 
Melanitta perspicillata 
Mergus serrator serrator 
Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis 
Lagopus lagopus alascensis 
L. mutus nelsoni 
Grus canadensis canadensis 
Charadrius semipalmatus 
Pluvialis dominica dominica 
P. squatarola 
Arenaria interpres (subsp) 
Capella gallinago delicata 
Micropalama himantopus 
Limnodromus scolopaceus 
Calidris alpina sakhalina 
C. pusilla 
C. bairdii 
C. mauri 
C. melanotos 
C. alba 
Tryngites subruficollis 
Phalaropus fulicarius 
Lobipes lobatus 
Stercorarius pomarinus 
S. parasiticus 
S. longicaudus 
Larus hyperboreus barrovianus 
Xema sabini sabini 
Sterna paradisea 
Nyctea scandiaca 
Asio flammeus flammeus 
Corvus corax principalis 
Motacilla flava tschutschensis 
Acanthis (sp.) 
Calcarius lapponicus alascensis 
Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis 
KB — Known breeding in Prudhoe region 
SB — Suspected breeding 
Yellow-billed loon 
Arctic loon 
Red-throated loon 
Whistling swan 
Canada goose 
Black brant 
White-fronted goose 
Snow goose 
Mallard 
Pintail 
American wigeon 
Shoveler 
Greater scaup 
Oldsquaw 
Steller’s eider 
Common eider 
King eider 
Spectacled eider 
Surf scoter 
Red-breasted merganser 
Rough-legged hawk 
Willow ptarmigan 
Rock ptarmigan 
Sandhill crane 
Semipalmated plover 
American golden plover 
Black-bellied plover 
Ruddy turnstone 
Common snipe 
Stilt sandpiper 
Long-billed dowitcher 
Dunlin 
Semipalmated sandpiper 
Baird’s sandpiper 
Western sandpiper 
Pectoral sandpiper 
Sanderling 
Buff-breasted sandpiper 
Red phalarope 
Northern phalarope 
Pomarine jaeger 
Parasitic jaeger 
Long-tailed jaeger 
Glaucous gull 
Sabine’s gull 
Arctic tern 
Snowy owl 
Short-eared owl 
Common raven 
Yellow wagtail 
Redpoll 
Lapland longspur 
Snow bunting 
M  — Regular movement or migration through region 
C  — Casual movement or migration through region 
