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Identify Alaska birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.

Make bird-watching in Alaska even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela’s famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There’s no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don’t live in your area. This handy book features 156 species of Alaska birds organized by color for ease of use. Full-page photographs present the species as you’ll see them in nature, and a “compare” feature helps you to decide between look-alikes.

Inside you’ll find:

  • 156 species: Only Alaska birds!
  • Simple color guide: See a yellow bird? Go to the yellow section
  • Stan’s Notes: Naturalist tidbits and facts
  • Professional photos: Crisp, stunning images

This second edition includes new species, updated photographs and range maps, expanded information, and even more of Stan’s expert insights. So grab the Birds of Alaska Field Guide for your next birding adventure—to help ensure that you positively identify the birds that you see.

ISBN-13: 9781647553661

Media Type: Paperback(Revised ed.)

Publisher: Adventure Publications, Incorporated

Publication Date: 05-09-2023

Pages: 416

Product Dimensions: 4.38(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.75(d)

Series: Bird Identification Guides

Naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer Stan Tekiela is the author of more than 190 field guides, nature books, children’s books, and playing cards, presenting many species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, trees, wildflowers and cacti in the United States. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural History from the Universityof Minnesota and as an active professional naturalist for more than 30 years, Stan studies and photographs wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various national and regional awards for his books and photographs. Also a well-known columnist and radio personality, his syndicated column appears in more than 25 newspapers and his wildlife programs are broadcast on a number of Midwest radio stations.

Read an Excerpt

American Robin
Turdus migratorius

Size: 9-11" (22.5-28 cm)

Male: A familiar gray bird with a rusty red breast and nearly black head and tail.

Female: similar to male, but with a gray head and a duller breast

Juvenile: similar to female, but has a speckled breast and brown back

Nest: cup; female builds with help from the male; 2-3 broods per year

Eggs: 4-7; pale blue without markings

Incubation: 12-14 days; female incubates

Fledging: 14-16 days; female and male feed young

Migration: complete, to western states, Mexico and Central America

Food: insects, fruit, berries, worms

Compare: Familiar bird to all.

Stan’s Notes: Can be heard singing all night long during spring. Most people don’t realize how easy it is to differentiate between the male and female robins. Compare the male’s dark, nearly black head and brick red breast with the female’s gray head and dull red breast. A robin is not listening for worms when cocking its head to one side. It is looking with eyes placed far back on the sides of its head. This is a very territorial bird, often seen fighting its own reflection in windows.

Table of Contents

Introduction

  • What’s New?
  • Why Watch Birds in Alaska?
  • Observation Strategies: Tips to Identify Birds
  • Bird Basics
  • Bird Color Variables
  • Bird Nests
  • Who Builds the Nest?
  • Fledging
  • Why Birds Migrate
  • How Do Birds Migrate?
  • How to Use This Guide
  • Range Maps

Sample Pages

The Birds

  • Black
  • Black and White
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Gray
  • Green
  • Orange
  • Red
  • White
  • Yellow

Birding on the Internet

Checklist/Index by Species

Observation Notes

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About the Author