Bird Viewing
Local Bird Checklists and Other Resources

Alaska Bird Checklists

• Official checklist of Alaska birds (PDF file 54 K)
• Bird checklists from areas around the state, including many parks and refuges

Local Bird Checklists

• Anchorage (8.5x11) (PDF 184 kB)
  • Anchorage (High Resolution, 16x9) (PDF 2,077 kB)
• Anchorage Coastal (8.5x11) (PDF 567 kB)
  • Anchorage Coastal (High Resolution, 16x9) (PDF 1,816 kB)
• Palmer Hay Flats (8.5x11) (PDF 526 kB)
  • Palmer Hay Flats (High Resolution, 16x9) (PDF 1,809 kB)
• Fort Wainwright (PDF file 603 K)
• Kachemak Bay (2011) (PDF 251 kB)
• Juneau (2007) (PDF file 336 K)
• Ketchikan (2009) (PDF file 761 K)
• Kodiak
• Nome (PDF 365 kB)
• Skagway (2007) (PDF file 238 K)
• Yakutat (PDF 379 kB)
• Yukon Delta (PDF 2,080 kB)

Other Resources

• Audubon Alaska
  • Anchorage Audubon
  • Arctic Audubon
  • Juneau Audubon
• Alaska ebird (record bird sightings and contribute to avian monitoring and conservation)
• The Alaska 200 Club
• Mat-Su Birders
• KeenEye Birders (Kenai Peninsula)
• Yukon Bird Club (Yukon, Canada)
• The Searchable Ornithological Research Archive (SORA)
  Maintained by the University of New Mexico, SORA is a great place to find articles from major ornithological journals.
• Oriental Bird Club Image Database
  A large collection of photographs of birds from Asia and the Far East, which can be useful in identifying Asian vagrants in Alaska.
• National Weather Service, Alaska Regional Headquarters
• All About Birds - Collection of Ornithology resources
• Bird Watching Guide

Internet Birding Discussions and Listservs

• AKBirding:
  A Yahoo discussion group on birding in Alaska.
• Beringia Birders:
  A Yahoo discussion group on birding in far western and northern Alaska.
• Boreal Birders
  A Yahoo discussion group on birding in interior Alaska.
• Eagle Chat:
  A Yahoo discussion group on birding in Southeast Alaska.
• Kodiak Birding:
  A Yahoo discussion group on birding the Kodiak Island Archipelago.
• Sitka Birds:
  A discussion group on birding in the Sitka area.
• Kachemak Bay (Homer area):
  A discussion board for birding in and around Kachemak Bay (Homer, Seldovia, Halibut Cove, Anchor Point)
• Kenai/Soldotna area:
  An area sightings board hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Bird Festival.

Rare Bird Alerts (RBAs)

• Internet
  • Alaska RBA (moderated) Posted Sightings of birds listed as 'rare', 'casual' or 'accidental' on the Alaska checklist. Click here to subscribe or read recent reports.
• Telephone
  • Fairbanks area: (907) 451-9213
  • Homer area: (907) 235-7337
  • Kenai NWR: (907) 262-2300

Blogs

• Birding Alaska
  Homer birder Aaron Lang posts photos and sighting from around the state.
• Birds of Shishmaref
  Birder and high school teacher Ken Stenek's birding reports and photos from this northern Seward Peninsula community.
• Adak Birding Blog
  A birding blog from the Aleutians by Adak birder Isaac Helmricks