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Aerial view of the Copper River Delta
Photo: U.S. Forest Service, Copper River Region of Alaska · Copper River Delta near Cordova, Alaska
Public Domain
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Photo: Walter Siegmund
CC BY-SA 3.0
American Dipper
Photo: Dave Menke / USFWS · Three Sisters Creek, Kodiak Island, Alaska
Public Domain
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Photo: Steve Maslowski / USFWS
CC BY 2.0
Ancient Murrelet
Photo: Eric Ellingson
CC BY 2.0
Arctic Tern
Photo: Donna A. Dewhurst / USFWS · Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, Potter Marsh, Alaska
Public Domain
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
Photo: OlgaC
CC BY-SA 3.0
Bald Eagle
Photo: Peter Pearsall/USFWS
Public Domain
Bald Eagle in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
Photo: Lori Stepansky / Federal Highway Administration · Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska
Public Domain
Bank Swallow Nest Colony
Photo: Michael Schramm / USFWS
Public Domain
Bar-tailed Godwit in Alaska
Photo: BLM Alaska · National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Public Domain
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Photo: Ian Kirk
CC BY 2.0
Barred Owl
Photo: Mael Glon, Ph.D. / USFWS
Public Domain
Barrow's Goldeneye
Photo: Dave Menke / USFWS
Public Domain
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Photo: Jac. Janssen
CC BY 2.0
Black Oystercatchers
Photo: Dave Menke/USFWS · Kodiak Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Public Domain
Black Turnstone
Photo: Peter Pearsall / USFWS
Public Domain
Black-billed Magpie
Photo: Steve Hillebrand / USFWS · Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Public Domain
Black-capped Chickadee
Photo: Lisa Hupp / USFWS · Anchorage, Alaska
Public Domain
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Photo: Ómar Runólfsson
CC BY 2.0
Blue glacier ice in Glacier Bay
Photo: Sean Neilson / NPS · Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Public Domain
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Photo: Dick Daniels
CC BY-SA 3.0
Brambling
Photo: Dirk-Jan van Roest
CC BY 2.0
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
Photo: Manjith Kainickara
CC BY-SA 2.0
Canada Goose
Photo: John Magera / USFWS
Public Domain
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
Photo: Minette Layne
CC BY-SA 2.0
Cliff Swallows at Nests
Photo: Jacob W. Frank / NPS
Public Domain
Coastal moon rise over Bering Land Bridge
Photo: NPS · Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Public Domain
Common Eider
Photo: Dave Menke / USFWS · Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Public Domain
Common Loon
Photo: Mike Budd / USFWS
Public Domain
Common Merganser
Photo: Steve Hillebrand / USFWS · Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Public Domain
Common Murre
Photo: Robin Corcoran / USFWS · Eastern Bering Sea, Alaska
Public Domain
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Photo: Ken Thomas
CC0 1.0
Common Redpoll
Photo: Kristine Sowl / USFWS · Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Public Domain
Common Sandpiper
Photo: Ganesh Mohan T
CC BY-SA 4.0
Creamer's Field in Fairbanks
Photo: RadioKAOS · Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Fairbanks, Alaska
CC BY-SA 3.0
Crested Auklet on St. George Island
Photo: Art Sowls/USFWS · St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Public Domain
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Photo: Wolfgang Wander
CC BY-SA 3.0
Denali reflected near Wonder Lake
Photo: NPS · Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Public Domain
Double-crested Cormorant in the Shumagin Islands
Photo: Steve Hillebrand/USFWS · Shumagin Islands, Alaska
Public Domain
Downy Woodpecker
Photo: Randy Streufert
Public Domain
Dunlin
Photo: Lisa Hupp / USFWS · Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Public Domain
Eared Grebe
Photo: Lynn Scarlett
Public Domain
Emperor Goose
Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS · Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Public Domain
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Photo: JohnnyCigar
CC BY 3.0
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Photo: Carla Stanley · Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Public Domain
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Photo: Cephas
CC BY-SA 3.0
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
Photo: Dick Daniels
CC BY-SA 3.0
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
Photo: Mdf
CC BY-SA 2.5
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Photo: Lee Karney / USFWS
Public Domain
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Photo: Me in ME
CC BY-SA 4.0
Great Horned Owl
Photo: Jake Bonello / USFWS
Public Domain
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Photo: Shanthanu Bhardwaj
CC BY-SA 2.0
Green-winged Teal
Photo: USFWS
Public Domain
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
Photo: Minette Layne
CC BY-SA 2.0
Harlequin Duck
Photo: Laura L. Whitehouse/USFWS · Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Public Domain
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Photo: Mdf
CC BY-SA 2.5
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Photo: Caleb Putnam
CC BY-SA 2.5
Horned Grebe with chick at Potter Marsh
Photo: Donna A. Dewhurst/USFWS · Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska
Public Domain
Horned Puffins
Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS · Alaska
Public Domain
Juneau and Gastineau Channel from Mount Roberts
Photo: Sonny SideUp · Juneau, Alaska
CC BY 2.0
Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk
Photo: Sandra Uecker/USFWS
Public Domain
Kachemak Bay from Homer
Photo: Hobig · Homer and Kachemak Bay, Alaska
Public Domain
Kenai Fjords from the Harding Icefield
Photo: S. Rainone / NPS · Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
Public Domain
Least Auklet
Photo: Greg Thompson/USFWS · Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Public Domain
Least Sandpiper
Photo: USFWS
Public Domain
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
Photo: Dominic Sherony
CC BY-SA 2.0
Long-tailed Duck
Photo: J. Mills / NPS · Telaquana River, Alaska
Public Domain
Mallard
Photo: Gary Kramer/USFWS
Public Domain
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Photo: USFWS Pacific Region
CC BY 2.0
McKay's Bunting
Photo: Anne Morkill · Hall Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Public Domain
Merlin
Photo: Karen Laubenstein / USFWS · Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska
Public Domain
Northern Flicker
Photo: Lee Karney / USFWS
Public Domain
Northern Fulmar near Chagulak Island
Photo: Steve Hillebrand/USFWS · Chagulak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Public Domain
Northern Harrier
Photo: Amanda Boyd / USFWS
Public Domain
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Photo: Dave Darney
Public Domain
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
Photo: Becky Matsubara
CC BY 2.0
Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
Photo: Becky Matsubara
CC BY 2.0
Pacific Loon
Photo: USFWS
Public Domain
Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
Photo: Becky Matsubara
CC BY 2.0
Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Photo: Becky Matsubara
CC BY 2.0
Parakeet Auklet
Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS
Public Domain
Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
Photo: Sandy Cole
CC BY 2.0
Peregrine Falcon
Photo: Roy W. Lowe / USFWS
Public Domain
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
Photo: Mike Baird
CC BY 2.0
Pine Grosbeak
Photo: Gary Stolz / USFWS
Public Domain
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
Photo: Becky Matsubara
CC BY 2.0
Potter Marsh in Anchorage
Photo: Enrico Blasutto · Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska
CC BY-SA 4.0
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Photo: Ron Knight
CC BY 2.0
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
Photo: Becky Matsubara
CC BY 2.0
Red-faced Cormorant
Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS · Alaska
Public Domain
Red-legged Kittiwake
Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS · Alaska
Public Domain
Red-necked Grebe on nest in Anchorage
Photo: Tamara Zeller/USFWS · Anchorage, Alaska
Public Domain
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Photo: Alan D. Wilson
CC BY-SA 2.5
Red-throated Loon
Photo: Lisa Hupp / USFWS · Northern Alaska tundra pond
Public Domain
Rhinoceros Auklet
Photo: D. Lambert/USFWS
Public Domain
Rock Sandpipers
Photo: Donna A. Dewhurst/USFWS · Alaska
Public Domain
Rough-legged Hawk
Photo: USFWS
Public Domain
Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Campbell Tract
Photo: Donna A. Dewhurst/USFWS · BLM Campbell Tract, Anchorage, Alaska
Public Domain
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Photo: Manjith Kainickara
CC BY-SA 2.0
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Photo: Cephas
CC BY-SA 3.0
Scenic view of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Photo: Lisa Hupp / USFWS · Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Public Domain
Sea stacks along the Kenai Fjords coast
Photo: NPS · Kenai Fjords National Park near Seward, Alaska
Public Domain
Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki
CC BY-SA 3.0
Short-eared Owl
Photo: Tom Koerner / USFWS
Public Domain
Short-tailed Albatross
Photo: Robin Corcoran/USFWS · Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Public Domain
Short-tailed Shearwater
Photo: Michael L. Baird
CC BY 2.0
Sitka and Japonski Island
Photo: James Crippen · Sitka, Alaska
Public Domain
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Photo: Ron Knight
CC BY 2.0
Spectacled Eider
Photo: Laura L. Whitehouse/USFWS · Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Public Domain
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Photo: JMHullot
CC BY-SA 3.0
St. George Island cliffs
Photo: Vernon Byrd / USFWS · St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Public Domain
Steller's Eider
Photo: Laura L. Whitehouse/USFWS · Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
Public Domain
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
Photo: S. Taheri
CC BY-SA 4.0
Surf Scoter
Photo: Lee Karney / USFWS
Public Domain
Surfbird
Photo: Peter Pearsall / USFWS
Public Domain
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Photo: Mdf
CC BY-SA 2.5
Thick-billed Murres
Photo: Art Sowls/USFWS
Public Domain
Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
Photo: VJAnderson
CC BY-SA 4.0
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Photo: Cephas
CC BY-SA 3.0
Tufted Puffin at Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS · Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Public Domain
Utqiaġvik skyline across a tundra pond
Photo: Lisa Hupp/USFWS · Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Public Domain
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
Photo: Becky Matsubara
CC BY 2.0
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
Photo: Becky Matsubara
CC BY 2.0
Violet-green Swallow
Photo: Wolfgang Wander
CC BY-SA 3.0
Wandering Tattler
Photo: Dave Menke / USFWS · Mary Island, Kodiak Island, Alaska
Public Domain
Western Grebe on nest
Photo: Addison Mohler/USFWS
Public Domain
Western Sandpiper
Photo: USFWS · Western Alaska breeding range
Public Domain
Whiskered Auklet in the Aleutian Islands
Photo: USGS · Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Public Domain
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
Photo: Cephas
CC BY-SA 3.0
White-winged Scoter
Photo: Dave Menke / USFWS
Public Domain
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Photo: Mdf
CC BY-SA 2.5
Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
Photo: Len Blumin
CC BY 2.0
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
Photo: Mdf
CC BY-SA 2.5
Yellow-billed Loons in Alaska
Photo: Ed Mallek/USFWS · Alaska
Public Domain
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Photo: Jac. Janssen
CC BY 2.0