Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska [Hardcover]

Brina Kessel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1989

Bird watchers, ornithologists, and wildlife managers will find in Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska virtually all the information available about Seward Peninsula birds - from rare visitants to overwinterers and regular summer residents.  The book is packed with details of distribution and abundance, habitats, nesting and feeding habits, and more, both for birds common to our continent and those that come from Asia.

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About the Author

Brina Kessel is Professor of Zoology and Curator of the Terrestrial Vertebrate Collections at the University of Alaska Museum.  She has authored a number of scientific papers and several regional monographs on Alaska birds, including Status and Distribution of Alaska Birds with Daniel D. Gibson.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 330 pages
• Publisher: University of Alaska Press; 1st Edition. edition (April 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912006293
• ISBN-13: 978-0912006291
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,295,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Birds of the Seward Peninsula, February 11, 2008

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Kenneth Stenek "kens" (Shishmaref, AK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska (Hardcover)

I live in Shishmaref on the northern part of the Seward Peninsula and have been wanting to document the birds here. I purchased this as a resource to find out what birds have been documented here. This is a very comprehensive guide that provides information for every species that have been identified in one form or another by many different explorations of ornithologists and locals over the years.

This is an excellent resource for any birders planning on a trip to the Seward Peninsula to visit Nome and the communities and areas surrounding.

This is not a field guide. There are no pictures to help you identify birds. If you are looking for a field guide consider Sibley's, National Geographic, etc.