Alaska field notes typed, v4498
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Lagopus lagopus. Willow Ptarmigan. An adult and two half grown young shot and others seen on one of the Beardslee Islands. Accipiter valox. Sharp shinned Hawk. Rare. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tailed Hawk. Hasselborg shot one at Coppermine Cove. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. American Rough legged Hawk. Adult and young taken at Coppermine Cove. Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus. Northern Bald Eagle. Common along the Salmon creek, occasional elsewhere. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. Osprey. Seen occasionally. Sphyrapicus ruber notkensis. Northern Red breasted Sapsucker. Hasselborg shot one at Coppermine Cove. Selasphorus rufus. Rufous Hummingbird. Rare. Seen at all the camps. Empidonax difficilis. Western Flycatcher. Dixon found it breeding at Copper mine Cove. Corvus corax principalis. Northern Raven. Saw several. Corvus caurinus. Northwest Crow. Saw several. Pinicola enucleator alascanis. Alaskan Pine Grosbeak. Common at Coppermine Cove. Passerolius sandwichensis alaudinus. Western Savanna Sparrow. Seen frequent- ly in grass. Junco oragonus. Oregon Junco. Rather common. Well grown young taken. Melospiza cinerea rufina. Sooty Song Sparrow. Saw several on the Beardslee Islands. Passerella iliaca unalaschensis. Townsend Sparrow. Abundant, mostly young birds, on one of the outer Beardslee Islands. Hirundo erythrozastra palmeri. Western Barn Swallow. Seen occasionally. Dendroica townsendi. Townsend Warbler. Hasselborg brought a male from the lake. Olbiorehilus hiemalis pacificus. Western Winter Wren. Rare. Saw two. Certhia familiaris occidentalis. California Creeper. Shot one and saw mate.