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<\/a><\/p>\nWillow Grouse – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n
Willow Grouse – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n American Golden Plover – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Hudsonian Whimbrel – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Lapland Bunting – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Bristle-thighed Curlew (female) – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Bristle-thighed Curlew (female to the left) – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Bristle-thighed Curlew (female to the right) – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Bristle-thighed Curlew (female to the rear) – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Bristle-thighed Curlew (female) – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Bristle-thighed Curlew (male) – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n Bristle-thighed Curlew (female) – Coffee Dome, Nome<\/p>\n A few stops on the way back to Nome produced Golden-crowned Sparrow and Red Fox Sparrow while Arctic Warbler and Bluethroat were both new for the trip and both near to Salmon Lake Campground at Mile Post 39, these species are amazing occurences as breeding birds in Alaska as presumably these birds winter in Asia and migrate across the Bering Sea to reach their breeding grounds.<\/p>\n Golden-crowned Sparrow – Salmon Lake Campground, Nome<\/p>\n Red Fox Sparrow – Salmon Lake Campground, Nome<\/p>\n Arctic Warbler – Salmon Lake Campground, Nome<\/p>\n American Robin – Salmon Lake Campground, Nome<\/p>\n American Tree Sparrow – Salmon Lake Campground, Nome<\/p>\n Bluethroat of red-spotted race svevica which breeds from Scandinavia east to Alaska and NW Canada – Salmon Lake Campground, Nome<\/p>\n Bluethroat of red-spotted race svevica which breeds from Scandinavia east to Alaska and NW Canada – Salmon Lake Campground, Nome<\/p>\n Moose with calves crossing river- Kougarok Road, Nome<\/p>\n Moose with calves crossing river- Kougarok Road, Nome<\/p>\n Canada Goose of race parvipes – Kougarok Road, Nome<\/p>\n After a siesta we birded Council Road once more hoping for Emperor Goose on Safety Sound but it was not to be. One of the highlights of the afternoon was spending almost an hour with a mixed flock of Dunlin, Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper which also contained a single, stunning summer plumaged Red-necked Stint, the first time that I have seen this species in summer plumage. The birding here was now familiar but nonetheless fantastic and we spent from around 19:00 until 02:00 in the field. The highlights of the afternoon and evening are shown below and we rounded up the day with a fantastic flock of 13 S abine’s Gull which we watched until gone one in the morning!<\/p>\n Red-necked Phalarope on the sewage pools near the harbour, Nome<\/p>\n Arctic Tern – Nome Harbour<\/p>\n Arctic Tern – Nome Harbour<\/p>\n Arctic Tern (1st summer) – Nome Harbour<\/p>\n Arctic Tern (1st summer) – Nome Harbour<\/p>\n Arctic Tern (1st summer) – Nome Harbour<\/p>\n Arctic Tern (1st summer) – Nome Harbour<\/p>\n Aleutian Tern Tern (1st summer) – Nome Harbour<\/p>\n Aleutian Tern Tern (1st summer) – Nome Harbour<\/p>\n Red-throated Diver – On the eastern outskirts of Nome<\/p>\n Bar-tailed Godwit of race baueri – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Bar-tailed Godwit of race baueri – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Western and Semipalmated Sandpiper – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Dunlin, Western and Semipalmated Sandpiper – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Red-necked Stint, Dunlin, Western and Semipalmated Sandpiper – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Red-necked Stint – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Red-necked Stint – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Red-necked Stint – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Red-necked Stint – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Western Sandpiper – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Western Sandpiper – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Western Sandpiper – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Western Sandpiper – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Semipalmated Sandpiper – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Mew Gull of race brachyrhynchus (Short-billed Gull) an adult and a worn first winter – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Tundra Swan – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Tundra Swan – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Sabine’s Gull – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Sabine’s Gull – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Sabine’s Gull – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Sabine’s Gull – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Sabine’s Gull – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n Sabine’s Gull – Council Road, Nome<\/p>\n