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===Birds=== No fewer than 319 species of birds have been recorded on the island. In spring (May through mid-June) and fall (August through October), many rare birds, including Siberian vagrants, may be spotted on the island. The cliffs of Saint Paul, Saint George and Otter Island support large numbers of breeding seabirds, including critical nesting habitat for the very range-restricted [[red-legged kittiwake]]. The auk family is well represented here, with [[Horned puffin|horned]] and [[tufted puffin|tufted]] puffin, [[Thick-billed murre|thick-billed]] and [[common murre|common]] murre, [[parakeet]], [[Crested auklet|crested]] and [[Least auklet|least]] auklets and [[ancient murrelet]] occurring as breeders, and several other species occurring as vagrants or seasonal visitors. Breeding ducks include [[long-tailed duck]], [[northern pintail]], and [[green-winged teal]]. Breeding shorebirds include [[semipalmated plover]], the Pribilof subspecies of [[rock sandpiper]], [[least sandpiper]] and [[red-necked phalarope]]. Breeding landbirds are few, but include insular subspecies of [[grey-crowned rosy finch|gray-crowned rosy finch]] and [[Pacific wren]], [[snow bunting]], [[Lapland longspur]], and the occasional [[hoary redpoll|hoary]] or [[common redpoll|common]] redpoll, or [[common raven]]. Saint Paul Island Tours (part of the TDX Corp.) runs a natural history tourist program to the island of Saint Paul from May through early October, offering interested visitors the chance to explore the avifauna of the island.
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