KILBUCK AND AHKLUN MOUNTAIN BIRDS 



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Table 3- Continued. 





Estimated^ 



Migration 



Estimated 



Migration 



Common 



population 



dates 



population 



dates 



name 



in spring 



(peak) 



in fall 



(peak) 



^liite-winged'' 











scoter 



hundreds 



IIUIIUJ wuo 



28 Apr.-4 June 

 (4-12 May) 



Iiinp— Tiilv 

 juiic juiy 



(11 July) 



hundreds 



15 Aug.-25 Sept. 



Common goldeneye 



less than one 

 hundred 



Apr.-June 







Red-breasted 











merganser 



hundreds 



28 Apr.- 17 June 







Sandhill crane 



hundreds 



1 May- 1 1 June 



hundreds 



14 Aug. -7 Sept. 



Black-bellied 











plover 



hundreds 



1 May-8June 



hundreds 



28 June-26 Sept. 

 (July) 



Pacific 











golden-plover 



less than one 

 hundred 



7-17 May 



hundreds 



1(i Ana -1 Ort 



(mid-Sept.) 



Spotted sandpiper 



less than one 

 hundred 



late May 



less than one 

 hundred 



lulv 



Whimbrel 







hundreds 



Iiinp— Spnf 



(Aug.) 



Bar-tailed godwit 









miH-Aiio — *\pnt 



(mid-Aue.) 



Sanderling 







hundreds 



5 July- Sept. 



Western sandpiper 



thousands 



1-17 May 



(\-^ Mav"! 



thousands 



25 June- Sept. 



\L\J Aug.; 



Rock sandpiper 



tens 01 



Ar>«. —in \An\T 



Apr. z / May 



tens of 



laie juiy uci. 





thousands 



(7-17 May) 



thousands 



(13-17 Sept.) 



niinlin 



hiinHrpH^ 



liUllUJ l^UiJ 



S-24 Mav 





miH-Ano — lafp ^pnt 

 iiiiu rvuti. laic v7CL/i. 



Snort-oiiled 











dowitcher 







hundreds 



late-July- Sept. 



Long-billed 











dowitcher 







hundreds 



late July-Sept, 

 (late Aug.) 



Red-necked 











phalarope 







hundreds 



mid-July-mid-Sept. 



* Estimates are order of magnitude numbers expected to be in the area during the peak migration {jeriod. 

 ^ Spring migration of pairs and molt migration of males in mid-summer. 



