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Gray-headed Chickadee Float / ANWR Rafting Adventure

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Gray-headed Chickadee Float / ANWR Rafting AdventureBirding Focused
8 Days – $ 3,950 from Fairbanks
 June 12-19

The purpose of this trip is to attempt to see the Gray-headed Chickadee, the most difficult resident North American bird to see. This chickadee lives its entire life in extremely remote and nearly inaccessible areas – areas where Wilderness Birding Adventures likes to go. We are the only birding tour company that has consistently been able to find these rare birds in recent years.  We will fly over the Brooks Range, the farthest north mountain range, into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and float down their north slope toward the Arctic Ocean.

Our schedule is early in the season for conducting a raft trip at this latitude. We always encounter ice on the northern rivers even in late summer. And we will surely find it on this trip, which possibly could mean some portaging depending on the conditions we encounter.  We will have about 1/4 mile portage from where the plane lands and drops off the gear to the river on the first day of the trip.  Anytime we lead trips into the wilderness, we have to be prepared to deal with unexpected challenges. After all, what would a true adventure be without some unknowns? If you are ready for some adventure and a good chance of seeing a very difficult bird, this is the trip for you!

We should see Dall sheep on the mountainsides and have a chance to see grizzly bears, moose and wolves anywhere.  Some other birds we should see include Smith’s Longspur, Upland Sandpiper, Arctic Warbler, Golden Eagle, Northern Shrike, and Wandering Tattler.


Success Birding Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)


Gray-headed Chickadee, Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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Smith's Longspur - Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)


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WILDERNESS BIRDING ADVENTURES
GRAY-HEADED CHICKADEE FLOAT – JUNE 12-19, 2012
BIRD & MAMMAL SPECIES OBSERVED		 WILDERNESS BIRDING ADVENTURES
GRAY-HEADED CHICKADEE FLOAT
CUMULATIVE BIRD & MAMMAL SPECIES OBSERVED

BIRDS:
1. American Wigeon
2. Mallard
3. Northern Shoveler
4. Northern Pintail
5. Green-winged Teal
6. Greater Scaup
7. Lesser Scaup
8. Harlequin Duck
9. Long-tailed Duck
10. Red-breasted Merganser
11. Rock Ptarmigan
12. Red-throated Loon
13. Northern Harrier
14. Golden Eagle
15. Merlin
16. Peregrine Falcon
17. American Golden-Plover
18. Semipalmated Plover
19. Spotted Sandpiper
20. Wandering Tattler
21. Lesser Yellowlegs
22. Upland Sandpiper
23. Ruddy Turnstone
24. Least Sandpiper
25. Baird's Sandpiper
26. Red-necked Phalarope
27. Mew Gull
28. Glaucous Gull
29. Arctic Tern
30. Say's Phoebe
31. Northern Shrike
32. Gray Jay
33. Common Raven
34. Horned Lark
35. Cliff Swallow
36. Gray-headed Chickadee
37. American Dipper
38. Arctic Warbler
39. Northern Wheatear
40. Gray-cheeked Thrush
41. American Robin
42. Varied Thrush
43. American Pipit
44. Smith's Longspur
45. Orange-crowned Warbler
46. Yellow Warbler
47. Yellow-rumped Warbler
48. American Tree Sparrow
49. Savannah Sparrow
50. Fox Sparrow
51. White-crowned Sparrow
52. Dark-eyed Junco
53. Common Redpoll
54. Hoary Redpoll

MAMMALS:
Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos)
Wolf (Canis lupus)
Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli)
Caribou Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum)
Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii)
Lemming (spp.)
BIRDS:
1. Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens
2. Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
3. Trumpeter Swan - Cygnus buccinator *
4. Tundra Swan - Cygnus columbianus
5. American Wigeon - Anas americana
6. Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
7. Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata
8. Northern Pintail - Anas acuta
9. Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
10. Canvasback - Aythya valisineria *
11. Ring-necked Duck - Aythya collaris
12. Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
13. Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
14. Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus
15. White-winged Scoter - Melanitta fusca
16. Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis
17. Common Merganser - Mergus merganser
18. Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator
19. Willow Ptarmigan - Lagopus lagopus
20. Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus mutus
21. Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata
22. Pacific Loon - Gavia pacifica *
23. Common Loon - Gavia immer *
24. Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
25. Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
26. Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus
27. Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
28. American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
29. Merlin - Falco columbarius
30. Gyrfalcon - Falco rusticolus
31. Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
32. American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica
33. Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus
34. Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularia
35. Wandering Tattler - Heterosceles incanus
36. Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes
37. Upland Sandpiper - Bartramia longicauda
38. Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
39. Surfbird - Aphriza virgata
40. Western Sandpiper - Calidris mauri
41. Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla
42. Baird's Sandpiper - Calidris bairdii
43. Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
44. Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus
45. Bonaparte's Gull - Larus Philadelphia *
46. Mew Gull - Larus canus
47. Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
48. Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus
49. Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea
50. Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus
51. Long-tailed Jaeger - Stercorarius longicaudus
52. Short-eared Owl - Asio flammeus
53. Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
54. Say's Phoebe - Sayornis saya
55. Northern Shrike - Lanius excubitor
56. Gray Jay - Perisoreus canadensis
57. Common Raven - Corvus corax
58. Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
59. Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia
60. Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor *
61. Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
62. Gray-headed Chickadee - Poecile cincta
63. American Dipper - Cinclus mexicanus
64. Arctic Warbler - Phylloscopus borealis
65. Northern Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
66. Gray-cheeked Thrush - Catharus minimus
67. American Robin - Turdus migratorius
68. Varied Thrush - Ixoreus naevius
69. Eastern Yellow Wagtail - Motacilla tschutschensis
70. American Pipit - Anthus rubescens
71. Bohemian Waxwing - Bombycilla garrulus
72. Lapland Longspur - Calcarius lapponicus
73. Smith's Longspur - Calcarius pictus
74. Orange-crowned Warbler - Vermivora celata
75. Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia
76. Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata
77. Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia pusilla
78. Western Tanager – Piranga ludoviciana
79. American Tree Sparrow - Spizella arborea
80. Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
81. Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca
82. White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
83. Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
84. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch - Leucosticte tephrocotis
85. White-winged Crossbill - Loxia leucoptera *
86. Common Redpoll - Carduelis flammea
87. Hoary Redpoll - Carduelis hornemanni


*Species seen only in Arctic Village.

MAMMALS:
Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos)
Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli)
Caribou Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
Moose (Alces alces)
Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii)

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