DVD Guide to Birdwatching in Alaska

Alaska is a superb birdwatching destination and this video features the birds and places likely to be seen on a typical trip. It covers Homer Spit and the forests of the Kenai Peninsula, Denali National Park, the magnificent seabird colonies on the Pribilof Islands and the arctic tundra at Nome and Barrow. Birding highlights include Snowy Owls, Bristle-thighed Curlews, Spectacled Eiders, Asian vagrants and much, much more.

114 species - running time 1 hour 30 minutes

Species included:

Red-throated Loon/Diver
Pacific Loon/Diver
Common Loon/Great Northern Diver
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Fulmar
Red-faced Cormorant
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Greater Scaup
Common Eider
King Eider
Spectacled Eider
Steller's Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Rough-legged Hawk
Gyr Falcon
Willow Ptarmigan
Sandhill Crane
Pacific Golden Plover
American Golden Plover
Common Greenshank
Wandering Tattler
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Least Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Dunlin
Long-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Grey Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger/Skua
Parasitic Jaeger/Arctic Skua
Long-tailed Jaeger/Skua
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Arctic Tern
Aleutian Tern
Common Murre/Guillemot
Thick-billed Murre/Brunnich's Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Parakeet Auklet
Least Auklet
Crested Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Horned Puffin
Snowy Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Short-eared Owl
Rufous Hummingbird
Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Alder Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Tree Swallow
Black-billed Magpie
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Arctic Warbler
Northern Wheatear
Swainson's Thrush
Gray-cheeked Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Yellow Wagtail
Olive-backed Pipit
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Rusty Blackbird
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll