Birding Factoids

442 species
in 45 families

28 of the 246 species 
endemic to 
North America are 
represented here. 
No state endemics
1 USA endemic present
20 speciality birds
    Alaska
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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- home to polar bears, caribou, and millions of migrating birds ­- is under attack. Big oil interests want to drill in the biological heart of this spectacular  wilderness. 
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Alaska Specialities
(Pause your cursor on the photo to see the species name. Click on the birds for more info... )
Willow Ptarmigan - Alaska State Bird - Photo by Bob O'Brien
Photo by Bob O'Brien
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Northern Wheatear - Photo by Terry Brashear
Photo by Terry Brashear
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Northern Fulmar - Photo by Erik Toorman
Photo copyright Erik Toorman
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Curlew Sandpiper - Photo copyright Eric Van Poppel
Photo copyright Eric Van Poppel
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Tufted Puffin - Photo by Don Baccus
Photo by Don Baccus
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Red-faced Cormorant - Photo by Marcus Martin
Photo copyright Marcus Martin
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Least Auklet - Photo by Marcus Martin
Photo copyright Marcus Martin
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Grey-headed Chickadee (Siberian Tit) - Photo copyright Jan Kåre Ness
Photo copyright Jan Kåre Ness
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American Golden-Plover - Photo copyright Paul Gale
Photo copyright Paul Gale
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Leach's Storm-Petrel - Photo copyright Frode Falkenberg
Photo copyright Frode Falkenberg
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Photo copyright Don DesJardin
Photo copyright Don DesJardin
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Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel - Photo copyright Don Roberson
Photo copyright Don Roberson
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Yellow Wagtail - Photo copyright Rudd Kampf
Photo copyright Rudd and Kitty Kampf
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Bristle-thighed Curlew - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright Jim Nestler
Photo copyright Jim Nestler
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Horned Puffin - Photo copyright Peter LaTourrette
Photo copyright Peter LaTourrette
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper - THREATENED - Photo copyright Paul Gale
Photo copyright Paul Gale
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Red-necked Phalarope - Photo copyright Ken Marlow
Photo copyright Ken Marlow
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Hudsonian Godwit - Photo copyright Robert Royse
Photo copyright Robert Royse
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    Key to Icons....Birding in St. Paul - "I discovered there wasn't much information 
      on the web about birding trips to St. Paul Island while planning my June '97 trip to the Pribilofs. I made this page to provide a bit more for birders contemplating a trip there." The Pribilof Islands of Alaska are a small cluster of four islands located about 250 mile north of the Aleutian Chain and are known for their rich bird life and fur seals. The only way to visit is on a "St. Paul Island Tour", put together by Reeve Aleutian Air and the local native corporation, Tanagadusix Corp.
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    Key to Icons....Birding in Nome - May 25 - 29, 2001. Your webmaster's visit to Nome!
      A lengthy trip report with detailed maps, a bird list and MANY photos.
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    Key to Icons....Birdwatching in Nome - Nome is a little know treasure for birders. 
      The city of Nome is bounded by tundra on three sides and the Bering Sea coast on the other. Small ponds on the edge of town attract migrants before larger bodies of water and ice free. Once the ice begins to break up, migration begins. Virtually the entire area of the Seward Peninsula that is accessible by road from Nome is comprised of extremely valuable nesting areas for many bird species including most North American waterfowl. 
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    Key to Icons....For a Wild Time, Call Nome - by Lana Creer-Harris. Known in Gold
      Rush days as one of the wildest towns in Alaska, Nome still lives up to its reputation. However, claim jumpers, crooked judges and          light-fingered saloon dollies are things of the past. Now the wild time is provided by real wildlife. 
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    Key to Icons....Trip Report, Nome and Gambell - by David Powell. Rod Norden 
      and I ventured north to the land of the midnight sun last week.  Actually, we were just south of the Arctic Circle, but it remained light for the entire duration of our visit to Alaska.
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    Key to Icons....Images of Gambell, Alaska - by Monte and Christopher Taylor. Follow
      us on an 'adventure' tour of the sights of Gambell. Although you may see many of the bird species found at Gambell in the accompanying galleries, we have left this gallery page as a scenic tour of a visit to this remote island in the Bering Sea.
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    Key to Icons....Alaska, The Last Frontier: Attu Island - by Sandy Komito. This article 
      extracts from Sandy Komito's latest book "I Came, I Saw, I Counted" chronicling his exhausting adventures during his North American Big Year quest in 1998. Sandy went on to shatter records in this year tallying a grand total of 745 species. The article can be found in the Features section of this website.
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    Key to Icons....Ned Hill's Attu Adventures: a 6-part series of excellent 
      trip reports on Attu and other Alaskan sites.
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    Key to Icons....Attu Island, Alaska - Images of the Island - A Birder's Paradise! 
      by Monte and Christopher Taylor. Attu - the name yields many special thoughts for those who have been there, and a mystery and a sense of anticipation for those who haven't! 
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    Key to Icons....Copper River Delta Hemispheric Migratory Bird Reserve
      (comprised of a large proportion of tidal and submerged lands in Orca Inlet, near Cordoba, Alaska and extensive intertidal and freshwater wetlands and the barrier islands near the mouth of the Copper River). Another site on the Delta.
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    Key to Icons....Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - located near Haines, Alaska
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    Key to Icons....Denali National Park & Preserve  - features North America's
      highest mountain, 20,320' Mount McKinley. The Park was designated an international biosphere reserve in 1976.
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    ....Alaska Birding Resources - 
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    ....Birding Sites in Anchorage - by the Anchorage Audubon Society.
      Anchorage is a surprisingly good birding area. We have a variety of habitats: coastal, forest and alpine, and the city is situated at the edge of three major flyways. Check out Anchorage Birding Tours for a great way to get to the best spots! See also Tina MacDonald's report on Potter's Marsh.
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    ....Birding in Alaska - lots of links to birding sites in Alaska.
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    ....Barrow Birding Center - Although the diversity of birds is somewhat
      small, the annual visitors are spectacular.  All four species of Eider ducks migrate along the coast and nest in the tundra around Barrow. Numerous other ducks and waterfowl also nest in the millions of small puddles and lakes across the tundra.  Barrow is also prime habitat for many shorebirds. Site includes a check list of birds found in Barrow.
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    ....Juneau's Birding Home Page - Juneau is one of Alaska's
      nicest places to go birding. The combination of mountains, forest, wetlands, intertidal, and marine habitats, all accessible from the Juneau road and trail system, provides for extensive and diverse birding opportunities. See also the Juneau Audubon website.
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    ....Birding Around Fairbanks - Some opportunities for
      birding around the Fairbanks, Alaska area.
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    ....Birding Hot Spots - from the Arctic Audubon Society. Want to do
      some bird watching, but you're not sure where the best spots are?  Here is a list of locations in the Fairbanks area that offer good opportunities for viewing local and migratory birds. 
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    ....Birding the Denali Highway, 1998 - illustrated trip report and site ....
    ....Kodiak Island Birding - by by the Kodiak Visitors Bureau.
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    ....Birding around Wrangell - Wrangell is the Gateway to the Stikine
      River. The City of Wrangell, located at the northern end of Wrangell Island, overlooks the mouth of the Stikine River and the Stikine River Delta. The Stikine River delta is a significant stopover on the Pacific Flyway for migrating birds. The delta is 11,000 hectares (27,200 acres), and 16 miles wide. 
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    ....Texas to Alaska, 1996 - a detailed, humorous and illustrated 
      trip report by Bert and Shari Frenz that describes their "trip of a lifetime". The itinerary chronicles their time in Alaska, British Columbia and Yukon territory. 
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    ....State of Alaska Refuges, Critical Habitat Areas and Sanctuaries -
      includes links to additional information on:
      • Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge
      • Creamer's Field
      • Mendenhall Wetlands
      • Dude Creek
      • Walrus Islands
      • McNeil River
      • Stan Price State Wildlife Sanctuary....
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    ....Katchremak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve -
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    ....Alaska National Wildlife Refuges - US Fish and Wildlife
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    ....Alaska National Wildlife Refuges: links to 16 National Wildlife
      Refuges in Alaska, including:
      • Alaska Maritime
      • Alaska Peninsula
      • Arctic
      • Becharof
      • Innoko
      • Izembek (RAMSAR information)
      • Kanuti 
      .....Key to Icons Kenai
      • Kodiak
      • Koyukuk
      • Nowitna
      • Selawik
      • Tetlin
      • Togiak
      • Yukon Delta
      • Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
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    ....Trip Report: Alaska, 24 May - 16 June 2004, by Mary Beth Stowe.
      This report covers Gambell, Nome, Anchorage. the Pribilofs, Denali, Seward and Kenai and Barrow.
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    ....Trip Report: Birding Alaska from a Cruise Ship, August 2002 - by 
      Helen Baines. The following is a write up of the birding opportunities possible while taking a cruise from Alaska, south along the Inside Passage to Vancouver. It also includes 2 days of birding in Anchorage prior to the beginning of the cruise. 
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    ....Trip Report - Aleutian Island Expedition (30 May - 14 June 1997) 
      with Society Expeditions aboard the "World Discoverer" - by Angus Wilson. This trip report covers a cruise of more than 2000 nautical miles through the Aleutian Island chain from Seward, Alaska to Petropavlosk on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Although a number of islands within the chain have been birded on a regular basis, the most notably being Attu, relatively few birders have had the good fortune to explore the length of the archipelago, and even fewer groups have been able to visit the Russian Commander Islands.
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    ....Alaska 1997, June 6 to July 7 - by Ruud and Kitty Kampf. Join Ruud
      and Kitty on their month-long expedition on a birding/camping trip through Northern Alaska. Places visited include:
      • Barrow
      • Atqasuk
      • Dalton Highway
      • Point Hope
      • Point Lay
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    ....Alaska: WFO Conference Trip Report May 30 – June 12, 1999 - by
      Robbie Fischer.
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    ....Trip Report: Western Canada and Alaska - Yukon Territory, British
      Columbia and Alaska - 2 - 13 July 1991 by Blake Maybank. During the first two weeks of July, 1991, I was fortunate to have a meeting scheduled in the S.W. Yukon, with an itinerary requiring a visit to all the national and historic parks in the area.  I managed to fit in as much birding as possible before and after each day's conclave, and while travelling between sites.  In addition, at the conclusion of the event, I took several days off to bird as intensively as possible.  In recounting my experiences, I hope to leave you with a better understanding of this rarely birded, but quite accessible, corner of Canada (and Alaska).
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    ....Alaska Trip Reports - a number (over 30 at last count) of Alaska trip
      reports are available from Blake Maybank's "Birding the Americas - Trip Report and Trip Planning Repository". 

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Local Events

Siberian Accentor - Photo by Bob O'Brien
Photo by Bob O'Brien
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Surfbird - Photo by Bert Frenz
Photo by Bert Frenz
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Bluethroat - Photo by Hannu Ekblom
Photo by Hannu Ekblom
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Bar-Tailed Godwit - Photo by Don Baccus
Photo by Don Baccus
    ....Anchorage Audubon Society - Field Trips
    ....Juneau Audubon Society - Calendar of Events
    ....Alaska Bird Observatory - Calendar of Events
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    ....Garnet Festival - held in the third week of May, Wrangell, Alaska
      Celebrate spring with the second largest spring time concentration of Bald Eagles in the world and flocks of shorebirds on Stikine Flats. Relish the roar of Stellar Sea Lions, watch for Harbor Seals and Orcas feeding near shore, and enjoy festivities such as birding workshops, a treasure hunt, native Alaskan artists, a street fair, golf tournament, and much more. Contact: Wrangell Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 49, Wrangell, AK 99929; 800-367-9745; fax 907-874-3905.
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    ....Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival, Cordova, Alaska -
      May 2 - 06, 2001. In early May, the tidal flats of the Copper River Delta shimmer with the activity of hundreds of shore birds. As many as 5 million shorebirds rest and feed here during spring migration. The Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival is the ideal opportunity for bird watchers to be part of this epic migration.
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    ....Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, Homer, AK - May 9 - 12, 2002.
      Over 100,000 shorebirds of 25 or more species utilize the tide flats within the city of Homer as a staging area during migration to their arctic breeding grounds.
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    ....Alaska Loon Festival - Late May, Anchorage
      See Common and Pacific Loons as they arrive to the beautiful lakes and rivers of Mat Su Valley, just north of Anchorage. Also enjoy Red-necked Grebes, many species of ducks, Sandhill Cranes, White-fronted and Snow Geese, Tundra Swans, and enough Bald Eagles to scare you! Contact: Anchorage Audubon Society, PO Box 101161, Anchorage, AK 99510; 907-345-3139.
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    ....Alaska Birder's Summer Rendevous - mid-June. Contact: 
      Lower Kuskokwim Economic Development Council, P.O. Box 2021, Bethel, Alaska, 99559; (907) 543-5967.
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    ....Alaska Bald Eagle Festival - Haines/Chilkat Valley.
      November 7 - 11, 2001, Haines, Alaska. Three-day celebration of the winter population peak of eagles: educational seminars, family and special events. For more information, call (800) 246-6268 or (907) 766-2202.

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Tours and Guides
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birdingpal.com...>> A Birding Pal is not a paid guide, but someone who likes to help out of town visitors. You can become a Birding Pal today! Help someone to enjoy your local birding spots and find a pal to help you when you travel. Click here for Alaska Birding Pals, or join to be a Birding Pal!
Crested Auklet - Photo by Marcus Martin
Photo by Marcus Martin
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Aleutian Tern - Photo by Bob O'Brien
Photo by Bob O'Brien
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Rock Ptarmigan - Photo copyright Jeremy Barker
Photo copyright Jeremy Barker
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Emperor Goose - Photo by Don Baccus
Photo by Don Baccus
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Red-Legged Kittiwake - Photo by Marcus Martin
Photo by Marcus Martin
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    ....Alaska Ferry Schedule - if you don't want to take a pelagic tour, 
      take a ferry!
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    **. Bird Watching Tours of Anchorage - Visit the Anchorage Birding
      Hotspots where over 150 species of birds have been sighted. You may see Bald Eagles, Arctic Terns, Yellow Rumped Warblers, Loons, Bonaparte Gulls, Red-Neck Grebes, Barrows Goldeneye, Red-Necked Phalaropes, and many many more birds living and nesting in the Anchorage Alaska area.
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    **. St. Paul Islands ToursKey to Icons - This website contains maps, species
      descriptions with photos, and much other information on St. Paul Island. Professional guides will show you the abundant and diverse wildlife of St. Paul Island, in the Alaskan Pribilofs. These tours are designed for wildlife enthusiasts, bird watchers, and photographers seeking a truly unique destination. 
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    **..Alaska Birding with Neotropical Journeys - The tours and programs
      offered by Neotropical Journeys are designed to visit destinations with rich avifaunas, outstanding wildlife, wilderness and cultural significance at their seasonal best. Neotropical Journeys is actively involved in regional and local conservation projects and organizes tours aimed to raise funds for bird and nature conservation. 
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    **..Bering Sea CruiseKey to Icons with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT).
      The opportunities for seabirds and landbirds on this cruise are fantastic. The Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, plus the Bering Sea and the Pribilof Islands are among the places you dream of in your wildest fantasies. Now with VENT and the advent of expedition cruise ships, you can enjoy the opportunity of witnessing one of the wildest, most spectacular places on our planet, and all from the comfort of a beautifully appointed ship, Society Expedition's World Discoverer. 
      • Bering Sea Cruise  May 24 - June 11, 2001 (19.0 days - Limit 59) with leaders Victor Emanuel, Robert Bateman, David Bishop, Lars Jonsson, Kenn Kaufman, Peter Kennerley, Peter Mathiessen, and Barry Zimmer. 
      VENT offers nearly 140 tours to over 100 land-based destinations each year and is the largest tour company in the world specializing in birding and natural history.
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    ....Gambell/Nome, Alaska with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours- 
      When spring arrives on the shores of Alaska and Siberia, and thousands of birds rush northward to claim their nesting territories, some of these small navigators make big mistakes. Every year a number of Asian migrants end up on North American soil. Birders have learned that they can intercept some of these strays by positioning themselves at strategic points in western Alaska.The Eskimo village of Gambell, on St. Lawrence Island, is one such strategic point. 
      • Gambell/Nome, Alaska  May 25 - June 01, 2002 (8.0 days - Limit 16) with leaders Kevin Zimmer & David Wolf. 
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    ....Alaska Mainland with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours - This tour,
      designed for birders with limited time, offers a surprisingly complete cross section of the birds. It focuses upon three very different areas: breathtaking Kenai Fjords National Park and the adjacent Kenai Peninsula; the sprawling wilderness in the shadow of majestic Denali (Mt. McKinley), North America's highest peak; and the rugged hills, tundra, and seacoast around the old gold-rush boomtown of Nome. 
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    ....Grand Alaska with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours - Gambell/Nome (see
      above), Grand Alaska, and the Barrow Extension may be taken separately or in combination. Taken in concert they comprise the most complete and exciting Alaska birding tour available. 
      • Grand Alaska May 31 - June 15, 2002(16.0 days - Limit 16) with leaders Kevin Zimmer & David Wolf. See also the Barrow Extension June 15 - June 17, 2002 (3 days - Limit 21) with leaders Kevin Zimmer & David Wolf.
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Birder's Bed & Breakfast

Little Bunting - Photo copyright Jan Kåre Ness
Photo copyright Jan Kåre Ness
    **.Marlows on the Kenai - Join Ken, Judy and Neil Marlow in their
      main lodge or riverside cabins for a great Alaska birding experience. Their birding trips by driftboat pass through remote stretches of the Alaskan wilderness providing great photographic opportunities. You may see 30 to 50 species of birds as well as a wide variety of wildlife. (I can vote highly for this one - it was super! - Tina)
    **.Tangle Lakes Lodge - The 135 mile long Denali Highway
      is arguably one of Alaska’s most scenic and wild highways and provides some of the best birdwatching in Alaska. Located near the east end of the highway, Tangle Lakes Lodge offers the birder excellent birding from one’s cabin. (see my trip report, it was educational, unexpected, and we had a great time! Tina)

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Rare Bird Alert

Pacific Loon - Photo copyright Don DesJardin
Photo copyright Don DesJardin
        Alaska (Statewide) Hotline: (907) 338-2473
        Kachemak Bay Hotline: (907) 235-7337
        Seward Hotline: (907) 224-2325
        Fairbanks Hotline: (907) 451-9213

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North American Specialities in Alaska

Information derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.5.
These counts will differ in minor ways from counts based on the ABA classification,
but an international checklist system was required to enable world-wide
country to country comparisons.These speciality birds may be uncommon, or extremely rare
at this location, or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of each species
noted below have been made in Alaska. Species highlighted in bold italic print have
ONLY been found in this state of the US.  Consult the Breeding Bird Survey or
Christmas Bird Count data on the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center website
to determine the "best" place to see each bird. Species printed in blue are endangered.
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USA Endemics in Alaska
___ McKay's Bunting
North American Endemic Specialities in Alaska
___ Black Oystercatcher
___ Brandt's Cormorant
___ California Gull
___ Cassin's Auklet
___ Cassin's Finch
___ Chestnut-backed Chickadee
___ Clark's Nutcracker
___ Costa's Hummingbird
___ Harris's Sparrow
___ Lawrence's Goldfinch		 ___ Mew Gull
___ Mountain Bluebird
___ Mountain Chickadee
___ Northwestern Crow
___ Red-breasted Sapsucker
___ Red-legged Kittiwake
___ Ruffed Grouse
___ Say's Phoebe
___ Sharp-tailed Grouse		 ___ Smith's Longspur
___ Spotted Towhee
___ Spruce Grouse
___ Townsend's Solitaire
___ Trumpeter Swan
___ Western Grebe
___ Western Gull
___ Western Screech-Owl
___ White-tailed Ptarmigan
Other Notable Alaska Birds
(some of these birds are accidental vagrants)
___ Aleutian Tern
___ Arctic Warbler
___ Bluethroat
___ Bristle-thighed Curlew
___ Broad-billed Sandpiper
___ Common Greenshank
___ Common Sandpiper
___ Curlew Sandpiper		 ___ Eurasian Bullfinch
___ Falcated Teal
___ Green Sandpiper
___ Grey-headed Chickadee
___ Oriental Cuckoo
___ Oriental Turtle-Dove
___ Red-faced Cormorant
___ Siberian Tit		 ___ Spectacled Eider
___ Spoonbill Sandpiper
___ Steller's Sea-Eagle
___ Terek Sandpiper
___ Whiskered Auklet
___ White-throated Needletail

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Print and Other Resources on Birds

and Birding in Alaska

(logos and links take you to on-line locations where you can order/purchase these resources)
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A small portion of your purchase price for any books purchased by following links from this site will go toward supporting the maintenance and development costs of this site.
Parakeet Auklet - Photo copyright US Fish and Wildlife
Photo copyright US Fish and Wildlife

King Eider - Photo copyright John Harrison

Photo copyright John Harrison

Spectacled Eider - THREATENED - Photo copyright US Fish and Wildlife

Photo copyright US Fish and Wildlife

Mongolian Plover - Photo copyright Porpol Nontapa

Photo copyright Porporl Nontapa

Steller's Eider - THREATENED - Photo copyright US Fish and Wildlife

Photo copyright US Fish and Wildlife
    ....Guide to the Birds of Alaska - by Robert H. Armstrong. Paperback -
      322 pages 4th edition (May 1995).  Wildlife biologist Robert Armstrong's classic is back in print, with new photos, a new design, and the latest, most accurate information on Alaska's resident birds, along with its casuals and accidentals. Updated to include all 443 species of Alaska's birds, its portable size and lie-flat binding make it easy to pack and durable for field use. 550 color photos. 1 color map. 
    ....Alaska's Birds : A Guide to Selected Species (Alaska Pocket Guide)
      by Robert H. Armstrong. Paperback - 124 pages (April 1994) 
    ....Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska : Their Biogeography, ....A Bird Finding Guide to Alaska - by Nick Letheby. Paperback (June
      1994). On our trip to Alaska, we used this book every day, and it led us to some wonderful places and some marvellous birds - Tina. 
    ....Birdwatching in Eastcentral Alaska - by M.I. Springer. Published
      1993; 76 pages; booklet. Covers the birding possibilities in Alaska’s Interior, from the eastern border near Tok up the Alaska Highway to Fairbanks. Also covers the Steese Highway to Eagle Summit, and the loop made by the Parks Highway to Denali Park, across the Denali Highway to Paxson, and back up the Glenn Highway. Has checklist and a habitat guide for birdfinding. Excellent maps. Scroll down the ABA page to find this item. 
    ....A Birder’s Guide to the Kenai Peninsula - George C. West
      Published 1994; 153 pages; plastic spiral binding. Birdfinding instructions and detailed maps take you from Anchorage south to Seward, including the Chiswell Island seabird colonies and Kenai Fjords National Park; then through Kenai NWR to Soldatna and Kenai on Cook Inlet; south to Homer, Gull Island, and on a cruise on lower Cook Inlet to the Barren Islands, site of the largest seabird colony in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Thorough, accurate coverage of an area with much to offer birders. Scroll down the ABA page to find this item. 
    ....Field Guide to Birding in Anchorage - R.L. Scher. Revised 1993; 
      78 pages; plastic spiral binding. Excellent sketch maps and birding directions to 15 sites in the Anchorage area, with some revisions from the first edition. Even if you have just a short time to spend birding in Anchorage, you’ll be able to use the guide to find some of the area’s specialties. Scroll down the ABA page to find this item. (A great little book - also can be purchased at the Eagle River Visitor Centre on the Glenn Highway - Tina)
    ....Shorebird Guide for Kachemak Bay and Homer, Alaska - by 
      George C. West. Published 1993; 32 pages; booklet. Species accounts of the region’s shorebird species are illustrated with fine line drawings showing standing postures and flight patterns as an aid to identification. Handy, pocket-size guide for a must-visit area at the tip of the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage. Scroll down the ABA page to find this item.
    ....Alaska Wildlife Viewing Guide - by Michelle Sydeman, 
      Annabell Lund, Annabel M. Lund. Paperback - 96 pages 1 edition (May 1996) The Alaska Wildlife Viewing Guide is your ticket to 68 of the best places to watch wildlife in the 49th state, from the rain forests of southeast Alaska to the coastal mountains to the fabled Interior to the northern tundra. The only statewide, comprehensive guide to watchable wildlife, the Alaska Wildlife Viewing Guide is perfect for Alaska residents out for the weekend or out-of-state visitors on the trip of a lifetime.
    ....Alaska : Adventures in Nature(1st Ed) - by Paul Otteson. Paperback
      400 pages 1 Ed edition (March 1998) Photographer, world traveler, and author Paul Otteson takes a region-by-region look at America's largest state, exploring its vast wilderness, rich wildlife, and inspiring natural wonders. Planning and preparation resources are also listed, as well as advice and information on when to go, packing, finding seasonal work, costs, and transportation options. Photos, many in color. Maps.
    ....See also US Print Resources

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