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young in August 1952 at the Tuluksak River and in July 1979 at the 

 Kisaralik River. 



Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus), Rsr, Rfm. 



Owls migrated in fall and probably nested along the coast in most 

 years. At Cape Peirce, a flightless young was found on 2 July 1981 

 (D. Lloyd and D. R. Herter, personal communication). Nesting birds were 

 reported by Platinum miners at Goodnews and Chagvan bays in 1973 

 during a lemming population high, and we found a family with three 

 newly fledged young there on 2-5 August 1988, also during a lemming 

 high. Single birds and a territorial bird were in Chagvan Bay in May 1987 

 (D. F. Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee, unpublished). J. L. Hout (personal 

 communication) found a bird at Goodnews Spit on 28 July and two at 

 Cape Peirce in June 1969. Owls were in nesting habitat at Cape Peirce 

 from 28 April to 6 June 1973; an owl was flushed from tall grass 0.5 km 

 inland from Nanvak Bay on 10 July. No nest was found, but there were 

 pellets in the area and the birds seemed territorial. Owls were seen almost 

 daily during summer 1981 near Nanvak Bay (D. R. Herter and D. Lloyd, 

 personal communication), but only sporadically (3 days) between 

 12 June and 15 July 1984 (D. R. Herter et al., personal communication). 

 Inland, J. L. Hout (personal communication) found a bird on 4 August 

 1973 at the Kanektok River. In fall, we found birds at the Togiak River 

 from 3 to 9 August 1973 and at Cape Newenham and Cape Peirce from 

 3 to 31 August. 



Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus). Rpr. 



Boreal owls nested in the Kilbuck Mountains and occurred on the 

 coast. We found owls throughout the year at the Tuluksak River (J. Durst, 

 photo). Young fledged there at three locations in early July at riparian 

 spruce-cottonwood habitats and spruce forest on terraces. They were 

 also reported at the Salmon River (C. Awe and J. Bloomquist, personal 

 communication). Along the coast, one was collected by Bull (in Fried- 

 mann 1933) at Goodnews Bay on 26 January 1933- 



Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus). VRv. 



Hummingbirds were observed five times, both inland and on the 

 coast. In late June I96I , a male rufous hummingbird was seen in a riparian 

 secondary woodland clearing near the Tuluksak River (C. Clark, Sr., 

 personal communication). On 30 July 1981 and 20 July 1983, single 

 hummingbirds were reported in a clearing in secondary woodland near 

 the Tuluksak River (C. Awe, personal communication). Mindell (1983) 

 also reported a hummingbird near Nyac on 1 5 July 1 980. D. R. Herter and 

 D. Lloyd (personal communication) saw a female rufous hummingbird at 



