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SCH, JHL, ph. KM), where they are casual. An- 
other Red Fox Sparrow report came in from St. 
Paul I., where 2 hung around 20-23 & 21 Sep 
(St. Paul Tour), and one was at Gambell (ear- 
ly) 30 Aug-1 Sep (Wings, Inc., vt. PEL). Arriv- 
ing winter Fox Sparrow numbers built to un- 
precedented early peaks in downtown Kodiak, 
with easily 56 in residence at just three feeders 
20 & 25 Nov (RAM, CH, JP) and numerous 
others scattered in thickets along the road sys- 
tem. Macintosh indicated these were his high- 
est totals in his 36 winter seasons at Kodiak. 
Fourteen Lincolns Sparrows around Kodiak 
21 Nov (RAM) was the season’s best late count. 
Also late for the Interior was a single at a 
Chena Ridge feeder near Fairbanks through 30 
Oct (SZ, fide ND). Still casual in the Region, 
with mostly fall records in Southeast, this fall’s 
Swamp Sparrow reports included singles in 
Juneau 28-29 Oct (PMS, RJG) and in 
Ketchikan 20 Oct-30 Nov (AWP, SCH, ph. 
JHL), the location of the majority of Alaska’s 
records. Eleven White-throated Sparrows scat- 
tered around Southeast towns early Oct-27 
Nov (m.ob.) was an above-average season 
maximum. Three Harris’s Sparrows, casual fall 
visitors out of w. Canada, was more than usu- 
al, including one in Ketchikan 1-4 Oct QFK) 
and 2 in Juneau 7 Oct (ph. MWS). Two Dark- 
eyed Juncos reached offshore in the Bering Sea 
to Gambell 5-9 Sep and 29 Oct (vt. PEL, 
Wilderness Tours, Wings, Inc., ph. HI), bring- 
ing to 12 the number of fall records for St. 
Lawrence Island. Strong numbers of Dark-eyed 
Juncos were otherwise noted from most North 
Gulf Coast towns into late Nov. Another 
Smith’s Longspur made news again in Juneau 
24 Aug (PMS, BAA, ph. PAR et al), marking 
only the 4th record from Southeast. 
The first Rusty Blackbird for the Pribilof Is. 
in over a decade involved a bird at St. Paul 
photographed 27 Sep (St. Paul Tour, ph. SS), 
the season’s only notable extralimital. Even 
more significant and casual in the Bering Sea 
was the Pribilofs’ first Brown-headed Cowbird, 
at St. Paul the same day (St. Paul Tour). Cow- 
birds were also well represented in Southeast, 
with at least 3 around Ketchikan 28 Aug-15 
Sep (AWP, ph. SCH) and 4 in Juneau 27 Aug 
(RJG, PAR). A Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch at 
Gambell 25-26 Oct (ph. HI, ph. GK), the first 
recorded in fall on St. Lawrence 1., was nicely 
documented and late for the Region’s nw. sec- 
tion; the island has one prior spring sight 
record. Extralimital and rare for South-coastal 
Alaska was a female-plumaged Purple Finch at 
a productive Homer area feeder 9 Nov (MK), 
while at least 4 others found at Ketchikan area 
feeders for most of Nov, 3 of which lingered 
into Dec (KMR, KEM, ph. SCH, AWP). More 
surprising was a crisp male Purple Finch that 
showed up at a remote e. North Slope feeder 
30 Sep-6 Oct (]H ph.), a first for Northern 
Alaska. Overdue for Southeast, Cassin’s Finch j 
was finally documented at a feeder s. of 1 
Ketchikan 19-26 Oct (LK, ph. SCH, ph. AWP). 
There are now four substantiated Alaska 
records of this species, which normally ranges 
n. only into se. British Columbia. Like most 
previous fall records, another female Evening 
Grosbeak was calling and seen briefly in flight 
at Ketchikan 7 Nov (SCH). This nomadic 
fringillid remains casual, documented mostly 
from late fall reports. Three House Sparrows at ' 
Ketchikan feeder 25 Oct (ph. SCH) provided a 
6th local record and the 7th for Southeast Alas- 
ka, most of which have been in Oct. 
Contributors (subregional compilers in bold- 
face): B. A. Alger,]. B. Allen, R. Armstrong,]. j 
Bailey, G. Baluss, B. Renter, S. Berns, J. Boels- i 
ma, I. Bruce, G. V. Byrd, M. Cady, B. L. Carl- ) 
son, E. Clark, C. Corin, N. Cowles, L. Craig, i|| 
K. Davidson, J. Dearborn, D. E Delap, B. H. jl 
Demerjian, L. Devaney, N. DeWitt (Interior), 
J. DeWitt, B. Dittrick, W. E. Donaldson, N. K. j 
Drumheller, S. DuBois, N. Eagleson, L. Edfelt, | 
P. Eldridge, D. Erikson, T. Eskelin, T. Evans, j 
D. Fox, P.& C. Fritz, C. A. & 1. Fultz, F Glass, | 
D. D. Gibson, R. E. Gill, M. R. Goff, S. Golod- 
off, R. J. Gordon, T. L. Goucher, M. C. Harris, i 
K. Hart, C. Harwood, N. Haydukovich, S. C. I 
Heinl (Southeast), D. Helmericks, J.W. Helm- | 
ericks C. Hetman, E& T. Hunt,]. Huntington, I 
H. Irrigoo,J. Johnson, W. Keys, M. Kilcher, J. j 
F. Koerner, G. Koonooka, A. Lang, P. E. 
Lehman, J. Levison, J. H. Levds, D. Lloyd, R. 
E. Lowell, M. & R. A. Macintosh, H. MacKen- I 
zie, D. MacPhail, C. Mannix, C. McIntyre, K. 
Mix, N. Mollett, E. Mount, L. j. Oakley, B. B. 
Paige, B. Pawuk, B. Peluso, S. Peschier, S. Pe- 
terson, A. W. Piston (Southeast),]. Pontii, B. 
Porter, D. & S. Porter, P. Pourchot, D. Prentki, 
J. Puschock, K. M. Ripley, P. Rose, G. H. ! 
Rosenberg, C. Ross, N. Rothman, D. Rudis, K. j 
Russell, J. E Sauer, L. Scharf, R. L. Scher, S. j 
Schuette, M. W. Schwan, M. T. Schwitters, D., 
E, & S. Senner, D. Shaw, G. Smith, D. W. Son- : 
neborn, K. Stenek, St. Paul Tour (G. Bieber, S. 
Schuette, Dylan Radin), S. Studebaker, P. M. j' 
Suchanek, A. Swingley, G. Tans, M. E. Tedin, jj 
C. Tessaglia-Hymes, C. Thompson, T. G. To- j' 
bish, L. Turacek, W. Tweit, T. S. Tynes, S. Ul- | 
man, G. B. Van Vliet, E Vanselow, V. Vosburg, 
M. L. Ward, Wilderness Tours (Wilderness 
Tours Birding Adventures; B. Dittrick, J. Hunt- 
ington, A. Lang et al), R. Winckler, Wings, i 
Inc.(R E. Lehman, G. Bieber et al), S. Waltz, J. ^ 
Wise, B. Wright, K. Zervos, S. Zimmerman. O ] 
Thide Tobish, 2510 Foraker Drive 
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