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The Selawik and Kobuk River deltas, located on the eastern shores of Selawik Lake and Hotham Inlet (Kobuk Lake), provide habitat for migratory bird species. The complex array of freshwater and brackish lakes, riparian areas, and wet meadows, provide habitat and large, undisturbed, tracts for a variety of wildlife species. The approximately ...
Three horned puffins on a cliff in Alaska. The total number of horned puffins is estimated at 1,200,000. 300,000 are located in Asia, [15] while the other 900,000 are located in North America, with a high concentration in the Alaska Peninsula numbering 760,000. [18] In Alaska, nearly 250,000 puffins [18] are distributed in 608 different ...
Alaska has two species of frogs. They are the Columbia spotted frog and wood frog. Alaska also is inhabited by two introduced frog species, the Pacific tree frog (also referenced as the Pacific chorus frog), and the red-legged frog. [1] The only species of toad in Alaska is the western toad. [30]
Every year millions of birds of various species nest on the refuge islands. Birds that nest on these islands include horned puffins , black-legged kittiwakes (which nest on the exposed rock face of cliffs), [ 1 ] tufted puffins and various auklets such as Cassin's auklet and the whiskered auklet .
The new hybrid likely came from breeding between two subspecies within the past 100 years, which scientists said coincides with the warming pattern.
The willow ptarmigan is the state bird of Alaska. The list of birds of Alaska includes every wild bird species recorded in the U.S. state of Alaska, based on the list published by the Alaska Checklist Committee. As of January 2022, there were 534 species on the official list. Of them, 55 are considered rare, 149 are casual, and 79 are accidental, all as defined below. Another 18 and a species ...
Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. Ruffed grouse, Bonasa umbellus (R) Spruce grouse, Canachites canadensis; Willow ptarmigan, Lagopus lagopus
Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video have both pre-bought “Puffins Impossible,” a spinoff of the animated short form series “Puffins” voiced by Johnny Depp, who is reprising his role as Johnny ...