Birds of Fairbanks

Alaska’s interior offers a completely different birding experience from the Homer coastal areas.

Sandhill Crane: Spring arrives with the cranes.

Spruce Grouse: Nicknamed the “Fool Hen” because it lets hunters and predators get perilously close.

Tree Swallow: Photographing one in flight is much hardier than spotting one.

Violet-Green Swallow: One of Fairbanks’ flashiest aerial acrobats.

Boreal Owl: With eggs about to hatch, she wouldn’t leave the nest box, but she couldn’t resist peaking out to see what all the ruckus was about.

Common Raven: Bald Eagles may rule Homer, but Ravens rule Fairbanks.

All Birds I Photographed in Fairbanks

1. American Robin

2. American Wigeon

3. Boreal Owl

4. Canvasback

5. Common Raven

6. Common Redpoll

7. Dark-Eyed Junco

8. Horned Grebe

9. Northern Pintail

10. Northern Shoveler

11. Ruffed Grouse

12. Rusty Blackbird

13. Sandhill Crane

14. Savannah Sparrow

15. Spruce Grouse

16. Tree Swallow

17. Violet-Green Swallow

18. Yellow-Rumped Warbler