Least
Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) - Common summer resident
in wet meadow at the treeline, avoiding the semi-dry tundra near the coast
where the previous species is found.
White-rumped
Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) - Uncommon migrant.
Most often found along the Churchill River or coastal mudflats.
Baird's
Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) - Uncommon migrant. Most
often found along the Churchill River or coastal mudflats.
Stilt
Sandpiper (Caildris himantopus) - Fairly common summer
resident of the wet tundra.
Red-necked
Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) - Uncommon and local
summer resident of many lakes and ponds.
Red
Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) - This colourful migrant
is usually uncommon but sometimes occurs in numbers in early June.
Jaegers
- Parasitic Jaegers is an uncommon summer resident of the tundra. Long-tailed
Jaeger is a June migrant that usually occurs near the mouth of the river.
Pomarine is very rare.
Gulls
- Little Gull is a rare summer resident with immature sightings on record.
Mew Gull is a very rare June migrant but has attempted to nest near the
dump. Thayer's and Glaucous Gull are uncommon summer visitors, with Iceland
and Sabine's Gulls uncommonly migrants passing through in early June.
Ross's
Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) - Rare summer resident. Has
nested near Akudlik marsh and near Landing Lake. Ross's Gull oftern associates
with other northern gulls and Arctic Terns. Check feeding flocks of gulls
and terns carefully.
Arctic
Tern (Sterna paradisea) - Abundant summer resident.
Miss this one and you should turn in your binoculars.
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