Alaska Geographic is an award-winning series that presents the people, places, and wonders of Alaska to the world. Over the past 30 years, Alaska Geographic has earned its reputation as the publication for those who love Alaska. The series boasts more than 100 books to date, featuring communities from Barrow to Ketchikan, animals from bears to dinosaurs, history from the Russian explorers to today, and natural phenomena from the aurora to glaciers. Written by leading experts in their fields, these books are illustrated throughout with world-class photography and include colorful maps for reference.
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Through barren winters and abundant summers, from the Chilkat’s council of eagles in Southeast Alaska to Prudhoe Bay’s dump-dwelling ravens in the Arctic, birds earn a special place in our imaginations with their enchanting songs, fascinating antics, rich plumage, and mastery of the compelling phenomenon of flight.
Exploring Alaska’s Birds presents a colorful survey of the realm of birds in the forty-ninth state. An examination of avian evolution reveals their roots in toothy dinosaur ancestors. A scientist’s study of migration pathways probes the mysteries of the miraculous navigation system that guides them across continents and oceans.
Exploring Alaska’s Birds explains how species get their names, provides insight into bird talk, describes their adaptations to ferocious Alaska winters and considers the range of Alaska bird research from backyard feeder observers to the unique facilities of Middleton Island.
Avid birders pursuing the 200th species on their life list or backyard naturalists merely curious about the feathered denizens of the Great Land, and all those who’ve ever asked, "What bird is that?" will appreciate Exploring Alaska’s Birds’ authoritative presentation of useful information illustrated with a wealth of world-class photography.
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Science and history writer Richard P. Emanuel has contributed to a number of ALASKA GEOGRAPHIC® issues. He lives with his family in Anchorage, where they watch birds from their Hillside home.
Scientist and economist George Matz is the author of several articles on ecology and on the economic value of the environment. In addition, he wrote World Heritage Wilderness, Vol. 26, No. 2, of ALASKA GEOGRAPHIC. For the past several years he has been president of the Anchorage chapter of the National Audubon Society.
Rodney Griffiths is a freelance nature photographer who lives in Oxford, England and travels the globe in search of compelling images of birds and other animals. In addition to being published in previous issues of ALASKA GEOGRAPHIC, his work has also appeared in "Birdwatch", "Birdwatching", "Freelance Photographer", and others. The Discovery Channel’s program "Wild About Animals" has featured Griffith’s bald eagle photos.
Elizabeth Manning writes for the Anchorage Daily News, covering wildlife and conservation. In summer of 2000, she traveled to Middleton Island.
Colleen Handel is a biologist with the Alaska Biological Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage. She has researched landbirds and shorebirds for 25 years in Alaska, and since 1998, has studied the phenomenon of deformed beaks in chickadee populations here.
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Filled from cover to cover with gorgeous color photography,
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This review is from: Exploring Alaska's Birds (Alaska Geographic) (Paperback)
Exploring Alaska's Birds: Alaska Geographic, Volume 28, Number 1 is filled from cover to cover with gorgeous color photography of Alaska's wild birds, ranging from ospreys to three-toed woodpeckers. Packed with insightful articles on these colorful and diverse feathered friends, their migration patterns and navigation systems, adaptations to Alaskan winters, as well as their relationships to people, Exploring Alaska's Birds is a remarkable and highly recommended addition to personal, school, and community library ornithological reference collections.
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