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Field Guide to Bird Nests and Eggs of Alaska's Coastal Tundra:
Table of Contents
Introduction 2–6 OWLS
Photo Credits 7 Snowy Owl 46
LOONS   Short-eared Owl 47
Yellow-billed Loon 8 PTARMIGAN  
Common Loon 9Willow Ptarmigan 48
Red-throated Loon 10Rock Ptarmigan 49
Pacific Loon 11ALCIDS  
WATERFOWL and CRANE  Black Guillemot 50
Tundra Swan 12SHOREBIRDS  
Sandhill Crane 13Whimbrel 51
Geese  Bar-tailed Godwit 52
Parting Shots—Geese by Tail Patterns 14Marbled Godwit 53
Quick Reference for Dark Goose Nests 15Wilson's Snipe 54
Taverner's Canada Goose 16Long-billed Dowitcher 55
Snow Goose 17American Golden-Plover 56
Emperor Goose 18Pacific Golden-Plover 57
Greater White-fronted Goose 19Black-bellied Plover 58
Cackling Canada Goose 20White-rumped Sandpiper 59
Brant 21Ruddy Turnstone 60
Eiders  Black Turnstone 61
Common Eider 22Pectoral Sandpiper 62
Spectacled Eider 23Buff-breasted Sandpiper 63
King Eider 24Stilt Sandpiper 64
Steller's Eider 25Baird's Sandpiper 65
Ducks  Rock Sandpiper 66
Black Scoter 26Dunlin 67
White-winged Scoter 27Western Sandpiper 68
Canvasback 28Semipalmated Sandpiper 69
Red-breasted Merganser 29Least Sandpiper 70
Greater Scaup 30Semipalmated Plover 71
Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) 31Red Phalarope 72
Northern Shoveler 32Red-necked Phalarope 73
Mallard 33PASSERINES  
Northern Pintail 34Redpolls 74
Green-winged Teal 35Snow Bunting 75
American Wigeon 36Lapland Longspur 76
JAEGERS, GULLS, and TERNS  Savannah Sparrow 77
Pomarine Jaeger 37Golden-crowned Sparrow 78
Parasitic Jaeger 38Yellow Wagtail 79
Long-tailed Jaeger 39Sizing Chart for Unpatterned Eggs 80
Glaucous Gull 40Sizing Chart for Patterned Eggs 81
Glaucous-winged Gull 41   
Mew Gull 42   
Sabine's Gull 43   
Aleutian Tern 44   
Arctic Tern 45   

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