Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
This annual celebration of the gathering of eagles along the Chilkat River at Haines is held in mid November.

Alaska Bird Observatory
An excellent resource for learning about birds and birding in the state.

Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center
Located in Sitka, this volunteer-run facility's mission is to heal injured or sick birds and return them to the wild if possible.

Alaska's Modern Extinct Species
In the past 200 years, the Spectacled Cormorant and Steller's Sea Cow have both been hunted to extinction on our coasts.

Arctic Peregrine Falcon
From The Peregrine Fund, information on conservation programs in Greenland for this endangered bird, Falco peregrinus tundrius.

Bald Eagles
Forty small close-up photographs, from a screen saver by Wilderness Inspirations.

Bald Eagle Information
A huge resource with everything you can think of, from eagle biology to eagle screensavers.

Bald Eagle Viewing
An illustrated guide to some hot spots for viewing one of Nature's most majestic birds..

Bird Checklist - Alaska
Compiled by Dan Gibson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, this list includes 445 documented species and an additional 35 unsubstantiated species.

Bird Checklist - NWT & Nunavut
Designed as a report form to submit, this comprehensive list is also handy to print out.

Bird Checklist - Yukon
Designed as a report form to submit, this comprehensive list is also handy to print out.

Bird Collection at the University of Alaska
This database is searchable by genus or quad. There are skin, skeleton, tissue, and stomach samples from 9,000 birds.

Birding in Alaska
From the Audubon Society's Alaska chapters, listings of Alaska birds, the chances of seeing each of them, and the best viewing locations by region.

Birds of Alaska
The journals of ornithologist Louis Agassiz Fuertes during his trip with the 1899 Harriman Expedition to Alaska.

Birds of Alaska
From the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, notes on 27 species of birds.

Birds of Fort McMurray
Robert McDonald has posted dozens of excellent photos of the birds that are seen in northern Alberta, from Bohemian Waxwings to grey owls and ptarmigan.

Birds of Gull Island
Several video cameras were set up in Kachemak Bay, Alaska to record gulls, puffins, kittiwakes and eagles, and narrated clips are online.

Birds of Northern Canada
A guide to the best resources for exploring the world of birds who spend time in the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

From Alaska to Our Backyards
A beautiful site which shows the importance of Alaska's North Slope to millions of migratory birds.

Loon
The loon, a symbol of the wilderness, was featured on this Canadian postage stamp issued in 2000.

Raven
The facts and the legends about Raven, one of the North's most respected characters. An well-illustrated guide.

Seaducks.org
A compilation of information on the endangered ducks of the tribe Mergini in Alaska.

Siberian White Crane
From Yamal, a photojournal describing efforts to save this beautiful bird and its nesting areas.

The Spiritual Swan
The beautiful and majestic Trumpeter and Tundra swans have been inspiring Northern peoples for untold centuries.

Steller's Eider
From the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, information on this endangered Alaska duck, Polysticta stelleri.

Wings
This company offers birding tours around the world, including many in the north, from Alaska to Greenland and Finland. The site also has some great regional birding lists.

Yukon Bird Club
Four excellent articles on birding from Whitehorse to the Arctic Ocean, and a checklist of the 274 species known to occur in the territory.

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