Learn the birds of Alaska
72 birds in 13 short units, from your backyard to boreal forest, tundra, rocky coasts and salmon rivers. By sight, sound and story, with real photos and recordings.
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A few you’ll meet first
Willow PtarmiganPhoto: Dan Vickers · CC BY · iNaturalist 
Common RavenPhoto: emilyd47 · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
MallardPhoto: This picture was realized by Richard Bartz by using a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons 
American WigeonPhoto: unknown · CC0 · iNaturalist
The course
Each unit is a small group of birds, easiest first, with look-alikes kept apart. Meet them, learn them by sight, sound and story, then finish with a Field test. The units get harder as you go.
Alaska Essentials
- Unit 1: Gentle startWillow Ptarmigan, American Robin, Black-billed Magpie, Dark-eyed Junco and Sandhill Crane
- Unit 2: Gentle startCommon Raven, Common Merganser, Redpoll, Black-capped Chickadee and White-crowned Sparrow
- Unit 3: Gentle startMallard, Spruce Grouse, Canada Jay, American Dipper, Short-billed Gull and Common Murre
- Unit 4: Building upAmerican Wigeon, Steller’s Jay, Glaucous-winged Gull, Red-necked Grebe and Marbled Murrelet
- Unit 5: Building upTrumpeter Swan, American Crow, Bald Eagle, Arctic Tern and Pigeon Guillemot
- Unit 6: Building upBlack-legged Kittiwake, Pelagic Cormorant, Harlequin Duck, Savannah Sparrow and Tufted Puffin
- Unit 7: SteadyCommon Loon, Song Sparrow, Canada Goose, Glaucous Gull and Horned Puffin
Beyond the Basics
- Unit 8: SteadyVaried Thrush, Tree Swallow, Pine Grosbeak, Orange-crowned Warbler and Green-winged Teal
- Unit 9: SteadyPacific Loon, Lapland Longspur, Belted Kingfisher, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Greater Scaup, Black Oystercatcher and Red-necked Phalarope
- Unit 10: SteadySurf Scoter, Fox Sparrow, Bonaparte’s Gull, Hairy Woodpecker and Greater Yellowlegs
- Unit 11: HardestRed-breasted Nuthatch, Semipalmated Plover, Boreal Chickadee, Hermit Thrush, Western Sandpiper, Great Blue Heron, Greater White-fronted Goose and Common Goldeneye
- Unit 12: HardestNorthern Pintail, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Least Sandpiper, Red-throated Loon and Bufflehead
- Unit 13: HardestNorthern Shoveler, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Wilson’s Warbler, American Tree Sparrow, Lesser Yellowlegs and Long-tailed Duck