Alaska's Backyard Birds — American Robin, Alaska Department of …
The varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius) is nicknamed the “winter” or “Alaskan” robin, and its size and shape closely resembles the American robin. Its song, a beautiful long buzzy one-note tone, is …
Robins Ready for Trip South, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Some of Alaska’s robins are short-distance migrants that winter along the West Coast. However, most robins travel further south. Large numbers of robins winter in America’s southernmost …
Southeast Alaska lies at the heart of the North American temperate rainforest — a forest that extends in a narrow 2,500-mile coastal strip from northern California, along coastal British …
American Dipper ( Cinclus mexicanus ) - Alaska Department of Fish …
A dipper averages 4,200 feathers per bird compared to a robin's average 3,000 feathers. Dippers tend to be socially monogamous; polygamy is rare. Dippers have the unusual habit of …
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Hairy Woodpeckers are closer to 10 inches long, the size of a robin and more than twice the weight of the Downy. The other major difference is their bills; a Hairy Woodpecker’s bill is long …
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From the ground, Red Knots are distinctive. They are about the size of a robin, they have a medium-length bill for a shorebird that ever so slightly droops downward, but really what’s so …
Alaska's Backyard Birds - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Redpolls. The common redpoll (Carduelis flammea) is a small brown and gray finch with a rosy chest and red cap that is abundant year round in open …
all Alaska Department of Fish and Game offices or at: http://hunt.alaska.gov. This publication is an interpretive summary of the Alaska Hunting Regulations and contains rules, which affect most …
Animal skulls are a great tool for teaching about the diversity of Alaska’s wildlife and the special role each animal plays in its natural environment. This
Cover: Commercial setnet ishing near Kenai Peninsula Alaska. Alaska Stock Images, photo credit 2008 © Steven . Kazlowski/AlaskaStock.com. Inside spread: Boats in harbor. Photo courtesy …