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Nome & Seward Peninsula/Alaska Hotspot Birding Tour

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Nome I Birding Focused
June 2-5 (ABA Endorsed)
3.5 Days - $1,550 Sorry - Full/Waitlist

Nome IIBirding Focused
June 6-9
3.5 Days - $1,550 Sorry - Full/Waitlist

Nome is a must-do Alaskan birding experience for any birder expanding their North American bird list, and an all-around awesome Alaskan experience for listers and non-listers alike.  Nome, along the western shore of Alaska just south of the Arctic Circle, gets many off-course Siberian migrants rare to North America and is perfectly situated for birding the breeding species of far northern Alaska.  Our birding tour in Nome explores the wide variety of habitats on the Seward Peninsula’s road system to locate an impressive abundance of birds and mammals. In addition, Nome’s gold mining history, Native cultures and its mesmerizing landscapes make for a rich experience. Rarities from Siberia, as well as wonderful residents on territory, keep us busy as we bird the road system, with one moderately strenuous half-day hike to the Bristle-thighed Curlew territory. This is one of the few places the Bristle-thighed Curlew is known to nest and the only place to reliably see them.  We’ve had clients visit Nome with us and go on to Denali and elsewhere, reporting back to us that Nome was by far the highlight of their trip for all the variety and abundance of habitats, birds and mammals it offers.  We stay in a B&B in Nome.

Note: Breakfasts and lunches are included; dinners are taken in local restaurants and are not included in the trip price. 

Possible birds: Arctic & Pacific Loons, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Common Sandpipers, Red-necked Stint, 3 species of jaegers, Yellow & White Wagtails, Gyrfalcon, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Rough-legged Hawk, Snowy Owl, Willow & Rock Ptarmigan, Arctic Warbler, Northern Wheatear, Bluethroat, & more. Possible mammals: grizzly bear, moose, musk ox, reindeer, wolf, red fox.

Combination Suggestions:

Gambell I + Nome I Combined Sorry - Full/Waitlist

Gambell II + Nome II Combined Sorry - Full/Waitlist

Nome II + Chevak Spectacled Eider Camp

Nome II + Wales + Barrow + Kenai Peninsula


Musk Ox while birding Nome, Alaska


Bristle-thighed Curlew,
a birding specialty at Nome, Alaska

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Arctic Warbler - Alaska


Gyrfalcon - Nome, Alaska

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Wilderness Birding Adventures
Nome I - May 31-June 3, 2007
Bird Species Observed
Wilderness Birding Adventures
Nome, Alaska
Cumulative Bird Species Observed

1.     Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
2.     Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica)
3.     Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
4.     Common Loon (Gavia immer)
5.     Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
6.     Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
7.     Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
8.     Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
9.     Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
10.   Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
11.   Emperor Goose (Chen canagica)
12.   Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
13.   Brant (Branta bernicla)
14.   Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
15.   American Wigeon (Anas americana)
16.   Gadwall (Anas strepera)
17.   Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
18.   Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
19.   Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
20.   Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
21.   Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
22.   Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
23.   Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
24.   Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
25.   Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
26.   Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
27.   Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
28.   Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
29.   White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
30.   Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
31.   Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
32.   Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
33.   Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
34.   Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
35.   Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
36.   Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
37.   Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
38.   Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
39.   Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
40.   Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
41.   American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
42.   Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
43.   Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
44.   Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
45.   Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
46.   Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
47.   Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
48.   Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
49.   Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
50.   Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
51.   Gray-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
52.   Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
53.   Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
54.   Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
55.   Sanderling (Calidris alba)
56.   Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
57.   Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
58.   Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
59.   Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
60.   Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
61.   Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
62.   Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
63.   Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
64.   Mew Gull (Larus canus)
65.   Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
66.   American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
67.   Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
68.   Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
69.   Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
70.   Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
71.   Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
72.   Aleutian Tern (Sterna aleutica)
73.   Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
74.   Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
75.   Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
76.   Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
77.   Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
78.   Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
79.   White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
80.   Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
81.   American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
82.   American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
83.   Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
84.   American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
85.   Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
86.   Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
87.   Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
88.   Common Raven (Corvus corax)
89.   Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
90.   Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)
91.   Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
92.   Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
93.   Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
94.   Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
95.   Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
96.   American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
97.   Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
98.   Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
99.   White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
100.Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
101.Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
102.Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
103.Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)

1.       Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
2.       Arctic Loon Gavia arctica
3.       Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
4.       Common Loon Gavia immer
5.       Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
6.       Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
7.       Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus
8.       Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
9.       Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
10.     Snow Goose Chen caerulescens
11.     Emperor Goose Chen canagica
12.     Canada Goose Branta canadensis
13.     Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
14.     Brant Branta bernicla
15.     Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
16.     American Wigeon Anas americana
17.     Gadwall Anas strepera
18.     Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (A.c.carolinensis and A.c.crecca)
19.     Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
20.     Northern Pintail Anas acuta
21.     Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
22.     Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
23.     Canvasback Aythya valisineria
24.     Redhead Aythya americana
25.     Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
26.     Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
27.     Greater Scaup Aythya marila
28.     Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
29.     Common Eider Somateria mollissima
30.     King Eider Somateria spectabilis
31.     Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri
32.     Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri
33.     Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
34.     Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
35.     Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
36.     Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
37.     White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca
38.     Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
39.     Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
40.     Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
41.     Common Merganser Mergus merganser
42.     Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
43.     Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
44.     Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
45.     Merlin Falco columbarius
46.     Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
47.     Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
48.     Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus
49.     Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
50.     Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
51.     Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
52.     American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
53.     Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
54.     Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
55.     Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
56.     Wilson’s Snipe Gallinago delicata
57.     Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
58.     Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
59.     Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
60.     Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
61.     Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
62.     Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
63.     Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
64.     Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
65.     Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
66.     Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
67.     Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
68.     Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
69.     Surfbird Aphriza virgata
70.     Red Knot Calidris canutus
71.     Sanderling Calidris alba
72.     Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
73.     Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
74.     Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
75.     Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
76.     Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
77.     Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
78.     Dunlin Calidris alpina
79.     Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
80.     Ruff Philomachus pugnax
81.     Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
82.     Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
83.     Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
84.     Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
85.     Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
86.     Mew Gull Larus canus
87.     Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
88.     Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
89.     Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus (L.s.smithsonianus and L.s.vegae)
90.     Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
91.     Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
92.     Bonaparte’s Gull Larus philadelphia
93.     Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
94.     Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea
95.     Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini
96.     Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
97.     Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
98.     Aleutian Tern Sterna aleutica
99.     Common Murre Uria aalge
100.  Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
101.  Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba
102.  Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
103.  Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
104.  Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
105.  Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula
106.  Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
107.  Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
108.  Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya
109.  Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
110.  Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
111.  Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
112.  Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
113.  Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
114.  Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
115.  White Wagtail Motacilla alba
116.  Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
117.  American Pipit Anthus rubescens
118.  American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
119.  Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
120.  American Robin Turdus migratorius
121.  Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
122.  Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
123.  Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
124.  Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
125.  Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
126.  Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
127.  Common Raven Corvus corax
128.  Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
129.  Hoary Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
130.  Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
131.  Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
132.  Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
133.  Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
134.  Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
135.  Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla
136.  American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
137.  Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
138.  Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
139.  White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
140.  Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
141.  Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
142.  Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
143.  Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
144.  Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus

Wilderness Birding Adventures
Nome II:  June 4-7, 2007
Bird Species Observed

1.     Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
2.     Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
3.     Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
4.     Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
5.     Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
6.     Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
7.     Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
8.     Emperor Goose (Chen canagica)
9.     Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
10.  Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
11.  Brant (Branta bernicla)
12.  Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
13.  American Wigeon (Anas americana)
14.  Gadwall (Anas strepera)
15.  Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
16.  Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
17.  Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
18.  Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
19.  Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
20.  Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
21.  Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
22.  Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
23.  Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
24.  Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
25.  Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
26.  White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
27.  Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
28.  Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
29.  Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
30.  Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
31.  Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
32.  Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
33.  Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
34.  Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
35.  Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
36.  American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
37.  Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
38.  Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
39.  Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
40.  Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
41.  Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
42.  Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
43.  Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
44.  Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
45.  Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
46.  Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala)
47.  Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
48.  Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
49.  Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
50.  Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
51.  Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
52.  Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
53.  Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
54.  Mew Gull (Larus canus)
55.  Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
56.  American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
57.  Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
58.  Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
59.  Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
60.  Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
61.  Aleutian Tern (Sterna aleutica)
62.  Common Murre (Uria aalge)
63.  Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
64.  Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
65.  Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
66.  Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
67.  Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
68.  Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
69.  Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
70.  American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
71.  Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
72.  Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
73.  Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
74.  Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
75.  Common Raven (Corvus corax)
76.  Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
77.  Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)
78.  Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
79.  Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
80.  Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
81.  Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
82.  Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
83.  American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
84.  Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
85.  Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
86.  White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
87.  Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
88.  Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
89.  Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)

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