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Adak Island, Alaska

for Asian Strays
12 September 2010 - 19 September 2010, 6 days & 5 nights

Located in the Aleutian Islands 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage and only 400 miles east of Attu is Adak, a 280-square mile island. It is the westernmost outpost in the Aleutians and in the entire ABA area that is accessible by commercial flights.  Until very recently, Adak was the site of a naval base and access was restricted.  Now the Navy has left the island, opening it to birders and leaving behind an infrastructure and modern facilities not found at other western Alaska birding hotspots. We'll stay in two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath apartments (one double or twin bed per room) with cable TV, telephone, a kitchen with a microwave, and a washer and dryer. We'll travel in vans for some of the most comfortable birding that you can experience in the Aleutians. A great bird that we may see is Whiskered Auklet, a species that you cannot see at Gambell or St. Paul.  We will make every attempt to arrange a boat trip to look for Whiskered Auklet and additional pelagic species.  Birding coverage of Adak has been sparse through the years due to the former restricted access, so its birding potential is still largely unknown. But based on recent reports from other islands in the Bering Sea region and our own trips to Adak, we know that Adak gets its share of Asian vagrants.  Our scouting trip in September 2004 had some great birds: Arctic and Yellow-billed Loons, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, six Gyrfalcons, Pacific Golden-Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover, Common Snipe, the THIRD North American record of Marsh Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, the east Asian race of Common Tern (a potential split), Common Cuckoo, several sightings of Fork-tailed Swift including a flock of at least 23 individuals, Gray Wagtail, 2 probable Olive-backed Pipits, and Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Some of the regular species that we expect to see include Red-faced Cormorant, "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Oystercatcher, Rock Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled and Ancient Murrelets, Parakeet Auklet, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, and the Aleutian races of Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. John Puschock will lead these tours.

Price: $3575.00 from Adak, Alaska    

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Adak Island, Alaska

for Asian Strays
19 September 2010 - 26 September 2010, 8 days & 7 nights

Located in the Aleutian Islands 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage and only 400 miles east of Attu is Adak, a 280-square mile island. It is the westernmost outpost in the Aleutians and in the entire ABA area that is accessible by commercial flights.  Until very recently, Adak was the site of a naval base and access was restricted.  Now the Navy has left the island, opening it to birders and leaving behind an infrastructure and modern facilities not found at other western Alaska birding hotspots. We'll stay in two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath apartments (one double or twin bed per room) with cable TV, telephone, a kitchen with a microwave, and a washer and dryer. We'll travel in vans for some of the most comfortable birding that you can experience in the Aleutians. A great bird that we may see is Whiskered Auklet, a species that you cannot see at Gambell or St. Paul.  We will make every attempt to arrange a boat trip to look for Whiskered Auklet and additional pelagic species.  Birding coverage of Adak has been sparse through the years due to the former restricted access, so its birding potential is still largely unknown. But based on recent reports from other islands in the Bering Sea region and our own trips to Adak, we know that Adak gets its share of Asian vagrants.  Our scouting trip in September 2004 had some great birds: Arctic and Yellow-billed Loons, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, six Gyrfalcons, Pacific Golden-Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover, Common Snipe, the THIRD North American record of Marsh Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, the east Asian race of Common Tern (a potential split), Common Cuckoo, several sightings of Fork-tailed Swift including a flock of at least 23 individuals, Gray Wagtail, 2 probable Olive-backed Pipits, and Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Some of the regular species that we expect to see include Red-faced Cormorant, "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Oystercatcher, Rock Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled and Ancient Murrelets, Parakeet Auklet, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, and the Aleutian races of Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. John Puschock will lead these tours.

Price: $3575.00 from Adak, Alaska    

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Adak Island, Alaska

for Asian Strays
26 September 2010 - 3 October 2010, 8 days & 7 nights

Located in the Aleutian Islands 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage and only 400 miles east of Attu is Adak, a 280-square mile island. It is the westernmost outpost in the Aleutians and in the entire ABA area that is accessible by commercial flights.  Until very recently, Adak was the site of a naval base and access was restricted.  Now the Navy has left the island, opening it to birders and leaving behind an infrastructure and modern facilities not found at other western Alaska birding hotspots. We'll stay in two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath apartments (one double or twin bed per room) with cable TV, telephone, a kitchen with a microwave, and a washer and dryer. We'll travel in vans for some of the most comfortable birding that you can experience in the Aleutians. A great bird that we may see is Whiskered Auklet, a species that you cannot see at Gambell or St. Paul.  We will make every attempt to arrange a boat trip to look for Whiskered Auklet and additional pelagic species.  Birding coverage of Adak has been sparse through the years due to the former restricted access, so its birding potential is still largely unknown. But based on recent reports from other islands in the Bering Sea region and our own trips to Adak, we know that Adak gets its share of Asian vagrants.  Our scouting trip in September 2004 had some great birds: Arctic and Yellow-billed Loons, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, six Gyrfalcons, Pacific Golden-Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover, Common Snipe, the THIRD North American record of Marsh Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, the east Asian race of Common Tern (a potential split), Common Cuckoo, several sightings of Fork-tailed Swift including a flock of at least 23 individuals, Gray Wagtail, 2 probable Olive-backed Pipits, and Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Some of the regular species that we expect to see include Red-faced Cormorant, "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Oystercatcher, Rock Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled and Ancient Murrelets, Parakeet Auklet, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, and the Aleutian races of Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. John Puschock will lead these tours.

Price: $3575.00 from Adak, Alaska    

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Adak Island, Alaska

Auklet, Migrants & Asian Strays
8 May 2011 - 15 May 2011, 8 days & 7 nights

Located in the Aleutian Islands 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage and only 400 miles east of Attu is Adak, a 280-square mile island. It is the westernmost outpost in the Aleutians that is accessible by commercial flights in the entire ABA area. Until very recently, Adak was the site of a naval base, and access was restricted.  Now the Navy has left the island, opening it to birders and leaving behind an infrastructure and modern facilities not found at other western Alaska birding hotspots. We'll stay in two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath apartments (one double or twin bed per room) with cable TV, telephone, a kitchen with a microwave, and a washer and dryer. We'll travel in vans for some of the most comfortable birding that you can experience in the Aleutians. Birding coverage of Adak has been sparse through the years due to the former restricted access, so its birding potential is still largely unknown. But based upon recent reports from other islands in the Bering Sea region and our own Adak trips, we know that Adak gets its share of Asian vagrants.  A great bird that we certainly hope to see is Whiskered Auklet, a species that you cannot see at Gambell or St. Paul.  There's a chance for a view from shore, along with other alcids, Laysan Albatross, Short-tailed Shearwater, and other seabirds. But we make every attempt to arrange a boat trip to look for these species during the week of 9-16 May.  We can't make any predictions about what vagrants we'll see, though we'll have an excellent chance for Wood Sandpiper and maybe Lesser Sand-Plover, Gray-tailed Tattler, Olive-backed Pipit, Siberian Rubythroat, Hawfinch, and additional Asian species. Our spring 2006 tours also yielded Eyebrowed Thrush, Long-billed Murrelet, Greenshank, Brambling, and Eastern Yellow Wagtail. Some of the regular birds that we expect to find include Red-faced Cormorant, "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Gyrfalcon, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Oystercatcher, Rock Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Aleutian Tern, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled, Kittlitz's, and Ancient Murrelets, Parakeet Auklet, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, and the Aleutian races of Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. The Adak birding adventures will be led by John Puschock and/or Bob Schutsky.

Price: $0.00 from Adak, Alaska    

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Adak Island, Alaska

Auklet, Migrants & Asian Strays
15 May 2011 - 22 May 2011, 8 days & 7 nights

Located in the Aleutian Islands 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage and only 400 miles east of Attu is Adak, a 280-square mile island. It is the westernmost outpost in the Aleutians that is accessible by commercial flights in the entire ABA area. Until very recently, Adak was the site of a naval base, and access was restricted.  Now the Navy has left the island, opening it to birders and leaving behind an infrastructure and modern facilities not found at other western Alaska birding hotspots. We'll stay in two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath apartments (one double or twin bed per room) with cable TV, telephone, a kitchen with a microwave, and a washer and dryer. We'll travel in vans for some of the most comfortable birding that you can experience in the Aleutians. Birding coverage of Adak has been sparse through the years due to the former restricted access, so its birding potential is still largely unknown. But based upon recent reports from other islands in the Bering Sea region and our own Adak trips, we know that Adak gets its share of Asian vagrants.  A great bird that we certainly hope to see is Whiskered Auklet, a species that you cannot see at Gambell or St. Paul.  There's a chance for a view from shore, along with other alcids, Laysan Albatross, Short-tailed Shearwater, and other seabirds. But we make every attempt to arrange a boat trip to look for these species during the week of 9-16 May.  We can't make any predictions about what vagrants we'll see, though we'll have an excellent chance for Wood Sandpiper and maybe Lesser Sand-Plover, Gray-tailed Tattler, Olive-backed Pipit, Siberian Rubythroat, Hawfinch, and additional Asian species. Our spring 2006 tours also yielded Eyebrowed Thrush, Long-billed Murrelet, Greenshank, Brambling, and Eastern Yellow Wagtail. Some of the regular birds that we expect to find include Red-faced Cormorant, "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Gyrfalcon, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Oystercatcher, Rock Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Aleutian Tern, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled, Kittlitz's, and Ancient Murrelets, Parakeet Auklet, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, and the Aleutian races of Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. The Adak birding adventures will be led by John Puschock and/or Bob Schutsky.

Price: $0.00 from Adak, Alaska    

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ATTU, ALASKA

We’re Going Back
16 May 2011 - 30 May 2011, 15 days & 14 nights

Attu.  A legendary place that needs little introduction to birders. Closer to Russia than mainland Alaska and located in the Eastern Hemisphere, it's been the site of many first North American records. The island has been seldom visited by birders since the last Attour trip in 2000.

We will travel to the island aboard the M/V Pukuk, a 72-foot boat custom built for Alaska charter cruises, giving us ample opportunity for pelagic birding.  We should see almost all of Alaska's alcid species including Whiskered Auklet.  Short-tailed Albatross, Red-legged Kittiwake, and Mottled Petrel are possible.

Price: $8695.00 from Adak Island, Alaska    

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Adak Island, Alaska

Auklet, Migrants & Asian Strays
22 May 2011 - 29 May 2011, 8 days & 7 nights

Located in the Aleutian Islands 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage and only 400 miles east of Attu is Adak, a 280-square mile island. It is the westernmost outpost in the Aleutians that is accessible by commercial flights in the entire ABA area. Until very recently, Adak was the site of a naval base, and access was restricted.  Now the Navy has left the island, opening it to birders and leaving behind an infrastructure and modern facilities not found at other western Alaska birding hotspots. We'll stay in two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath apartments (one double or twin bed per room) with cable TV, telephone, a kitchen with a microwave, and a washer and dryer. We'll travel in vans for some of the most comfortable birding that you can experience in the Aleutians. Birding coverage of Adak has been sparse through the years due to the former restricted access, so its birding potential is still largely unknown. But based upon recent reports from other islands in the Bering Sea region and our own Adak trips, we know that Adak gets its share of Asian vagrants.  A great bird that we certainly hope to see is Whiskered Auklet, a species that you cannot see at Gambell or St. Paul.  There's a chance for a view from shore, along with other alcids, Laysan Albatross, Short-tailed Shearwater, and other seabirds. But we make every attempt to arrange a boat trip to look for these species during the week of 9-16 May.  We can't make any predictions about what vagrants we'll see, though we'll have an excellent chance for Wood Sandpiper and maybe Lesser Sand-Plover, Gray-tailed Tattler, Olive-backed Pipit, Siberian Rubythroat, Hawfinch, and additional Asian species. Our spring 2006 tours also yielded Eyebrowed Thrush, Long-billed Murrelet, Greenshank, Brambling, and Eastern Yellow Wagtail. Some of the regular birds that we expect to find include Red-faced Cormorant,  "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Gyrfalcon, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Oystercatcher, Rock Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Aleutian Tern, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled, Kittlitz's, and Ancient Murrelets, Parakeet Auklet, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, and the Aleutian races of Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. The Adak birding adventures will be led by John Puschock and/or Bob Schutsky.

Price: $0.00 from Adak, Alaska    

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St. Paul Island, Alaska

Breeding Alcids & Red-legged Kittiwake
31 May 2011 - 4 June 2011, 5 days & 4 nights

St. Paul, one of the Pribilof Islands, is THE place to see Red-legged Kittiwake, an endemic of the Bering Sea region that breeds at only four locations in the world. Nesting alcids such as Parakeet, Crested, and Least Auklets, Horned and Tufted Puffins, plus Red-faced Cormorant and Northern Fulmar are another major attraction. We'll get close looks at them on their nesting cliffs, sometimes from only a few feet away. Additional interesting breeders include Rock Sandpiper (Pribilof subspecies), Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Snow Bunting, and perhaps McKay's Bunting, another Bering Sea endemic. We'll be on the island for five days to increase our chances of encountering Asian strays. Recent early June sightings include Bewick's Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Lesser Sand-Plover, Common and Wood Sandpipers, Red-necked Stint, Black-headed and Slaty-backed Gulls, east Asian race of Common Tern, Common Cuckoo, Snowy Owl, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Olive-backed Pipit, Eyebrowed Thrush, and Gray-streaked and Siberian Flycatchers. Also, Arctic Foxes are common and Northern Fur Seals will be present. John Puschock will be your leader.

Price: $0.00 from Anchorage, Alaska    

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Alaska's Kenai Peninsula & the Denali Highway

Birds, Mammals & GREAT Scenery
5 June 2011 - 13 June 2011, 9 days & 8 nights

This trip will take you from the tidewater glaciers of Kenai Fjords National Park to the taiga and alpine tundra of the Denali Highway. Starting in Anchorage, we bird our way to Seward, looking for Trumpeter Swan, Barrow's Goldeneye, Spruce Grouse, American Three-toed Woodpecker, American Dipper, White-winged Crossbill, plus Beluga Whale and Dall's Sheep. We'll take an offshore boat trip from Seward for Alaskan specialties such as Red-faced Cormorant, Kittlitz's Murrelet, and Horned and Tufted Puffins, along with other pelagics and alcids. Sea Otter, Orca, and additional marine mammals are commonly seen from the boat. After more exploration of the Kenai Peninsula, the next stop will be the Denali Highway where some of the targets include Willow and Rock Ptarmigan, Long-tailed Jaeger, Great Gray and Northern Hawk Owls, Bohemian Waxwing, and Lapland and Smith's Longspurs. We should also see some of the mammals for which Alaska is famous, species such as Moose and Mountain Goat, and perhaps even Brown Bear. And the scenery is simply amazing! John Puschock will lead this tour.

Price: $0.00 from Anchorage, Alaska    

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Adak Island, Alaska

Alcids, Migrants & Asian Strays, Best Time for Marsh Sandpiper
11 September 2011 - 18 September 2011, 8 days & 7 nights

Located in the Aleutian Islands 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage and only 400 miles east of Attu is Adak, a 280-square mile island. It is the westernmost outpost in the Aleutians and in the entire ABA area that is accessible by commercial flights.  Until very recently, Adak was the site of a naval base and access was restricted.  Now the Navy has left the island, opening it to birders and leaving behind an infrastructure and modern facilities not found at other western Alaska birding hotspots. We'll stay in two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath apartments (one double or twin bed per room) with cable TV, telephone, a kitchen with a microwave, and a washer and dryer. We'll travel in vans for some of the most comfortable birding that you can experience in the Aleutians. A great bird that we may see is Whiskered Auklet, a species that you cannot see at Gambell or St. Paul.  We will make every attempt to arrange a boat trip to look for Whiskered Auklet and additional pelagic species.  Birding coverage of Adak has been sparse through the years due to the former restricted access, so its birding potential is still largely unknown. But based on recent reports from other islands in the Bering Sea region and our own trips to Adak, we know that Adak gets its share of Asian vagrants.  Our scouting trip in September 2004 had some great birds: Arctic and Yellow-billed Loons, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, six Gyrfalcons, Pacific Golden-Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover, Common Snipe, the THIRD North American record of Marsh Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, the east Asian race of Common Tern (a potential split), Common Cuckoo, several sightings of Fork-tailed Swift including a flock of at least 23 individuals, Gray Wagtail, 2 probable Olive-backed Pipits, and Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Some of the regular species that we expect to see include Red-faced Cormorant, "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Oystercatcher, Rock Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled and Ancient Murrelets, Parakeet Auklet, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, and the Aleutian races of Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. John Puschock will lead these tours.

Price: $0.00 from Adak, Alaska    

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Adak Island, Alaska

Alcids, Migrants & Asian Strays, Best Time for Marsh Sandpiper
18 September 2011 - 25 September 2011, 8 days & 7 nights

Located in the Aleutian Islands 1200 miles southwest of Anchorage and only 400 miles east of Attu is Adak, a 280-square mile island. It is the westernmost outpost in the Aleutians and in the entire ABA area that is accessible by commercial flights.  Until very recently, Adak was the site of a naval base and access was restricted.  Now the Navy has left the island, opening it to birders and leaving behind an infrastructure and modern facilities not found at other western Alaska birding hotspots. We'll stay in two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath apartments (one double or twin bed per room) with cable TV, telephone, a kitchen with a microwave, and a washer and dryer. We'll travel in vans for some of the most comfortable birding that you can experience in the Aleutians. A great bird that we may see is Whiskered Auklet, a species that you cannot see at Gambell or St. Paul.  We will make every attempt to arrange a boat trip to look for Whiskered Auklet and additional pelagic species.  Birding coverage of Adak has been sparse through the years due to the former restricted access, so its birding potential is still largely unknown. But based on recent reports from other islands in the Bering Sea region and our own trips to Adak, we know that Adak gets its share of Asian vagrants.  Our scouting trip in September 2004 had some great birds: Arctic and Yellow-billed Loons, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, six Gyrfalcons, Pacific Golden-Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover, Common Snipe, the THIRD North American record of Marsh Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, the east Asian race of Common Tern (a potential split), Common Cuckoo, several sightings of Fork-tailed Swift including a flock of at least 23 individuals, Gray Wagtail, 2 probable Olive-backed Pipits, and Gray-streaked Flycatcher. Some of the regular species that we expect to see include Red-faced Cormorant, "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Rock Ptarmigan, Black Oystercatcher, Rock Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled and Ancient Murrelets, Parakeet Auklet, Horned and Tufted Puffins, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, and the Aleutian races of Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, and Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. John Puschock will lead these tours.

Price: $0.00 from Adak, Alaska    

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