KILBUCK AND AHKLUN MOUNTAIN BIRDS 



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Marbled murrelets were also found about 64 km south of Hagemeister 

 Island in Bristol Bay on 10 August 1969 (Bartonek and Gibson 1972). 



Kittlitz's murrelet {Brachyramphtis hrevirostris). VRv. 



An altemate-plumaged female was taken by Bull (in Friedmann 1934) 

 near Goodnews Bay on 21 June 1933- 



Parakeet auklet (Cyclorrhynchus psittaculd). Csr (6 May-2 Sep- 

 tember). Specimens: WFB870, WFB871, and YDNWR(CRNWR 357). 



Parakeet auklets were found along coastal portions of the study area. 

 Birds nested at Round, Crooked, Twin, High, and Hagemeister islands 

 but were most common at Round and High islands (Ameson 1977). They 

 probably nested at Cape Newenham, Cape Peirce, and Shaiak Island 

 (Sowls et al. 1978). They were seen near Bird Rock by J. L. Hout (personal 

 communication), and P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald (f>crsonal 

 communication) suspected that they nested at Black Rock. These auklets 

 were at Cape Peirce on 5 July 1964 (J. G. King, unpublished), and all 

 subsequent observers have found them there. We found auklets display- 

 ing on the water and in the air near cliffs at Cape Peirce beginning 1 1 May 

 1973 and 6 May 1976; flying into and from crevices beginning 28 May 

 1 970 and 1 2 June 1 976; and gone from the cliffs by 1 2 August 1 976. Adults 

 with brood patches were collected near Shaiak Island on 14 July 1976. 

 We recorded birds at Cape Peirce until 15 July 1970, 15 August 1973, and 

 2 September 1976. D. R. Herter and D. Lloyd (personal communication) 

 reported birds present until 2 August 1981. Adults and young were on 

 the water at Round Island on 14-23 July 1974 (T. J. Eley, unpublished). 



Least anklet (Aethia pusilla). VRsr? 



T. J. Eley (unpublished) saw three adults and two fledged young in 

 the water near Round Island on 17 July 1974. This species was not seen 

 there in 1962 by DNW, nor were colonies recorded elsewhere in the 

 study area (Sowls et al. 1978). 



Crested anklet {Aethia cristatella), Rsr. 



The population on the study area is estimated to be about 100 birds, 

 all on Round Island (P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald in Sowls et al. 

 1978). No birds were seen there on 9 July 1962 by DNW. One bird was 

 seen by E. H. Miller (unpublished) on 11 June 1972; adults with young 

 were at the island on 14-23 July 1974 (T. J. Eley, unpublished); and one 

 bird was seen in the water next to the island on 27 June 1976 (R. Macin- 

 tosh, unpublished). 



