. Birds of the Kilbuck and Ahklun mountain region, Alaska. Birds Alaska Bristol Bay Region. 88 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA 76 Rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monoceratd). VRv. A single alternate plumaged bird was seen near Round Island on 4 July 1977 (Ameson 1977). Although seen in the Aleutian Islands (Ameri- can Ornithologists' Union 1983), most records of rhinoceros auklets in Alaska are south of the Alaska Peninsula (Gabrielson and Lincoln 1959). Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata). Asr (11 May-8 September). Specimen: WFB686. Tufted puffins (Fig. 20) nested in burrows (MHD photo; MRP photo) or crev
. Birds of the Kilbuck and Ahklun mountain region, Alaska. Birds Alaska Bristol Bay Region. 88 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA 76 Rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monoceratd). VRv. A single alternate plumaged bird was seen near Round Island on 4 July 1977 (Ameson 1977). Although seen in the Aleutian Islands (Ameri- can Ornithologists' Union 1983), most records of rhinoceros auklets in Alaska are south of the Alaska Peninsula (Gabrielson and Lincoln 1959). Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata). Asr (11 May-8 September). Specimen: WFB686. Tufted puffins (Fig. 20) nested in burrows (MHD photo; MRP photo) or crevices in cliffs along the coast and on offshore islands in areas generally inaccessible to foxes. Estimates as reported in Sowls et al. (1978) totaled 87,410 tufted puffins on the study area. Within the Walrus Islands, tufted puffins were most common on Twin Islands although found on each island (Ameson 1977). At Shaiak Island, 30 5 x 5-m plots averaged active burrows per square meter (SE = ; range, ). The first young in 1976 was found there on 17 July, and most eggs had hatched by 4 August. D. R. Herter and D. Lloyd (personal communication) found newly hatched chicks there on 13 and 25 July 1981. Of the 62 puffin nests that we monitored from the. Fig. 20. Tufted puffin; Shaiak Island, July 1976. Photo by M. R. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Petersen, Margaret R; Weir, Douglas N; Dick, Matthew H; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [Washington, D. C. ] : U. S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
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