The wild areas of Alaska make it a superb birdwatching destination. This video features both the birds and the locations likely to be seen on a typical visit to the area.
The locations covered include: -
- Homer Spit
- Kenai Peninsula forest
- Denali National Park
- Pribilof Islands (magnificent seabird colonies)
- Nome (arctic tundra)
- Barrow (arctic tundra) .
Birding highlights include Snowy Owls, Bristle-thighed Curlews, Spectacled Eiders, Asian vagrants and much, much more. A total of 108 different species.
Narrated by Bill Oddie
Format: DVD
Publisher: Bird Images
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
This video features a total of 108 species: -
Red-throated Loon
Diver
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Great Northern Diver
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Red-faced Cormorant
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Common Eider
King Eider
Spectacled Eider
Steller's Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Gyr Falcon
Willow Ptarmigan
Sandhill Crane
Pacific Golden Plover
American Golden Plover
Common Greenshank
Wandering Tattler
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Red / Grey Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Arctic Skua
Long-tailed Jaeger
Skua
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Arctic Tern
Aleutian Tern
Common Murre
Guillemot
Thick-billed Murre
Brunnich's Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Parakeet Auklet
Least Auklet
Crested Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Horned Puffin
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Short-eared Owl
Rufous Hummingbird
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Alder Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Black-billed Magpie
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Arctic Warbler
Northern Wheatear
Swainson's Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Yellow Wagtail
Olive-backed Pipit
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
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