Modified: June 30, 2010
Alaska Birding Resources and Other Links
ABO is happy to include links to other websites that highlight Alaska’s birds, birding in Alaska and the Yukon, conservation of northern ecosystems and wildlife, and other topics that relate directly to our mission.
The most comprehensive on-line resource for birds and birding in Alaska is Alaska e-bird sponsored by Audubon Alaska and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Alaska Birding Hotlines
For Interior Alaska, check the Arctic Audubon Birding Hotline – (907) 451-9213
Also, check ABO’s Recent Bird Sightings Board
Alaska Listserves and Yahoo Birding Groups
Links to Alaska Birding Resources, Guides and Services
As a convenience to web site visitors, Alaska Bird Observatory lists birding and guide services in Alaska. The listings here are a courtesy and not an endorsement or recommendation by ABO, its staff or its volunteers.
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| Anchorage |
| Anchorage Audubon Society |
The Anchorage Audubon Society has a nice introduction to birding in and around Alaska’s largest city. Visit the Upper Cook Inlet Report for recent bird sitings in their area. |
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| Denali National Park |
| Denali National Park Birds |
The goal of this web page is to introduce you to some of the birds and bird habitats in Denali. We hope that this information stirs your interest in Denali’s birds and fosters a strong stewardship for conserving Denali’s avifauna and their habitats. |
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| Fairbanks |
| Arctic Audubon Society |
Arctic Audubon’s website includes information on birding hotspots around Fairbanks, as well as good places to bird in northern and interior Alaska. |
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| Homer |
| Birding in Homer, Alaska |
This site is sponsored by the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival Steering Committee and is an excellent introduction to birding around Kachemak Bay. |
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| Juneau |
| Juneau Audubon Society |
The mission of Juneau Audubon Society is to conserve the natural ecosystems of Southeast Alaska, focusing on birds, other wildlife and their habitats for the benefit and enjoyment of current and future generations |
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| Pribilof Islands |
| St. Paul Island Tours |
Current bird alerts, checklists, video footage, general information, and tour packages designed to introduce you to a wide and colorful array of resident, migrant, and vagrant birds dwelling on cliffs and along the shores of beautiful St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands. |
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| Yukon Territory |
| Yukon Bird Club |
General information about birding in the Yukon Territory. The Gullery is particularly good. |
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| Alaska Birding Guides & Lodges |
| Wilderness Birding Adventures |
Guided trips in the heart of Alaska’s wilderness, including birding-focused and general wildlife-focused adventures. |
| Denali Highway Cabins |
Lodging, birding and wildlife float trips for birders along the Gulkana River in Paxson, Alaska. Located at the east entrance to the Denali Highway. |
| Maclaren River Lodge |
Lodging, birding and wildlife information, at Mile 42 of the Denali Highway, in the majestic Maclaren river valley near the base of the Maclaren Glacier. |
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| naturealaska.com |
Guided trips along the Dalton Highway between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay, and to Adak. The Guide is a skilled birder. |
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| Arctic Treks |
A Fairbanks-based guiding company that operates exclusively in Alaska’s far north (rafting, backpacking, base camp or custom trips) and is run by birders. |
| Arctic Wild |
Natural history adventures to remote northern Alaska. Rafting, canoeing, base-camping, custom trips, backpacking…and lots of birding! |
| Marlow’s on the Kenai |
This outfit on the Kenai Peninsula offers a range of birding opportunities, from float trips down the Kenai River to pelagic trips out of Seward. |
| Midnight Sun Bird Watching Tours |
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Links to other Alaska birding and related topics
Links to bird conservation and research
| American Bald Eagle Foundation – An educational foundation in Haines, Alaska dedicated to the protection and preservation of bald eagle habitat by sponsoring and facilitating research activities. Also hosts the annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival |
American Bird Conservancy
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| Arctic Audubon Society Audubon Society Club in Fairbanks |
Anchorage Audubon Society
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| Alaska Audubon Society – web site of the Alaska Chapter of National Audubon Society |
| Boreal Partners in Flight – a consortium of government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, educational institutions, and private individuals dedicated to the conservation of landbirds in Alaska and the Yukon Terrritory. This website includes a summary of recent andbird research projects, educational resources featuring birds, and BPIF annual meeting reports. |
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| Friends of Cooper Island - Studying seabirds north of Barrow, Alaska to monitor global warming |
| Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
| North American Breeding Bird Survey |
| Partners in Flight |
| Patuxent’s Bird Banding Laboratory (BBL) The North American Bird Banding Program |
| Western Bird Banding Association covers the western United States including Alaska, also Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Mexico. Publication: North American Bird Bander, published quarterly. |
| Pacific Coast Joint Venture The Pacific Coast Joint Venture works to protect and restore coastal wetland ecosystems to benefit birds, fish and other wildlife. |
Links to general bird topics
| Birding on the Web |
| Peter Losin’s Birding Links |
| The Boreal Songbird Initiative’s Interactive Guide to Boreal Birds – The Boreal Songbird Initiative (BSI), in partnership with the Ducks Unlimited and the National Wildlife Federation, has produced an interactive, on-line field guide to Boreal birds, providing a new tool to the millions of U.S. bird enthusiasts who track birds at their backyard birdfeeders and in their local communities. The guide is posted on BSI’s website |
| Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology has a nice All About Birds website that’s worth a visit. |
The State of the Birds Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the first ever comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States, showing that nearly a third of the nation’s 800 bird species are endangered, threatened or in significant decline due to habitat loss, invasive species, and other threats. At the same time, the report highlights examples, including many species of waterfowl, where habitat restoration and conservation have reversed previous declines, offering hope that it is not too late to take action to save declining populations. This report synthesizes data from three long-running bird censuses conducted by thousands of citizen scientists and professional biologists. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took the lead in creating this report through an unprecedented partnership involving the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State wildlife agencies, and nongovernmental organizations as a subcommittee of the U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI).
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Links to Alaska Bird-Related Art
Nancy Hausle Johnson’s beautiful tiles feature birds and fill an entire wall in ABO’s center for Science and Education
Ram Papish’s Artwork – cards, posters and open edition prints
Judi Gumm of Ester Alaska crafts beautiful and unique silver jewelry; many pieces feature birds.
George West produces many of the images that we use at ABO. His work is featured on our t-shirts and in many of our publications.
Birchside Studio’s Ellen West produces elegant silver jewelry using the lost-wax method. Many of her designs feature birds.
Karin Franzen Karin produces spectacular art-quilts that have been shown in galleries throughout the US.
