Last week's quiz bird a little confusing for me at first but after much deliberation decided that it could only be a Bonaparte's Gull. For this week we have a shorebird that had, up until the other day, proven to be a tough one for me to get. I made the image at the western end of Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge east of Tok, Alaska.

(It is worth noting that Tetlin NWR borders Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve on the north; this park is the largest in area of all the U.S. National Parks at over 13 million acres. These two huge areas border the Yukon Territory on their eastern edges and, in turn, adjoin Canada's Kluane National Park & Preserve. The 2 national parks combined with the refuge protect approximately 19 million acres and represent the largest protected area in the world!)