Alaska: the Pribilof Islands (St. Paul)

Click on the small picture to see a larger, more detailed version. I toured Alaska, visiting Anchorage, St. Lawrence Island (Gambell), Seward, St. Paul Island, Nome, and the Denali area. The trip was led by Jan Hansen (dba Otus Asio Tours otusasiotours@bellsouth.net). He leads a variety of trips, all of which I would recommend. On this trip, the co-leader was John O'Donnell who has led a number of trips for the Sierra Club.

This page is devoted to photos from St. Paul Island, mostly taken May 30, 2002 with a few taken the day before.

St. Paul - non-avian wildlife

Arctic Fox, "blue" phase.

Fur Seal - beachmasters; small beetle.

St. Paul - summer-resident (at least) birds

Northern Fulmar.

Red-legged Kittiwake (left and center) and Red-faced Cormorant.

Common (left) and Thick-billed (right) Murres.

Thick-billed Murre.

Least Auklet - center with Parakeet Auklet.

Parakeet Auklet.

Crested Auklet - left with Thick-billed Murre.

Horned Puffin.

Tufted Puffin.

Snowy Owl.

Grey-crowned Rosy Finch - large Aleutian race.

Long-tailed Jaeger (left) and McKay's Bunting (center and right).

St. Paul - Asian shorebirds

Bar-tailed Godwit.

Common Greenshank (left) and Common Sandpiper.

Terek Sandpiper (from too far away).

Wood Sandpiper - there is light still at 10 pm!

Eric W. Greisen
egreisen@nrao.edu