Alaska Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide To Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist Guide Series)

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The Last Frontier State is the permanent or migratory home of 493 species of birds, including the state bird – the willow ptarmigan and the bird with the longest migration route in the world, the artic tern, who winters in the Antarctic (2,200 miles each way). This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an ecoregion map featuring prominent bird-viewing areas. Laminated for durability, this lightweight, pocket-sized folding guide is an excellent source of portable information and ideal for field use by visitors and residents alike. Made in the USA.

Series: Pocket Naturalist Guide Series

Pamphlet: 1 pages

Publisher: Waterford Press; 1st edition (March 1, 2001)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1583551220

ISBN-13: 978-1583551226

Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 0.3 x 8.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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This is a decent field guide for quick reference. But there is only one example for each species and the birds are in their breeding plumage. Good if you are in Alaska during the spring time and only looking for one gender.

This field guide was very useful during our recent inspection of our Alaskan property. It's small size makes it easy to carry while hiking in the forest, and it contains all the most common birds you might see throughout the state. We were able to quickly identify and differentiate the birds we spotted using this guide. Now, if they could only come out with a bird song guide (on CD/DVD obviously) it would be even easier to identify the local birds!!

On a recent trip to Alaska, we went hiking in the rain and this little pamphlet was the only thing that surveyed the downpour unharmed- very brief by nature it helped me differentiate water fowl and other common birds in the mountains.

Like other guides of this nature, this bird guide is very handy for the amateur birder visiting Alaska. It is compact and lightweight, yet durable. It doesn't have all the birds, but it has the most common ones and the illustrations are excellent.

I really like these fold up pocket guides for traveling I just wish it contained a little more info about each bird.

I have collected these Folding Pocket Guide where ever I go across the country. I got and knew what I was getting.

Great little field manual excellent photographs great on breaking things down by region

Nicely illustrated. We will hopefully be using it a lot in our Alaskan travels.

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