Nature’s greatest flight: Migratory bird flies 13,560 km non-stop from Alaska to Australia without landing once for 11 days

A tiny bar-tailed godwit has astounded scientists with a 13,560 km non-stop flight from Alaska to Australia, lasting 11 days.
Alaska Public Media

Audubon Alaska launches virtual birdwatching trail for Southeast Alaska

The Southeast Alaska Birding Trail flags Petersburg’s Sandy Beach Park as a birdwatching hotspot. (Photo by Shelby Herbert/KFSK) Birdwatching is one of the fastest-growing nature-based tourism sectors ...
NPR

Researchers Fan Out to Find Bird Flu in Alaska

The first migratory birds from Asia are showing up in Alaska, where the federal government is spending millions to detect H5N1, the strain of avian influenza many fear could mutate into a deadly form ...
Alaska Public Media

Scientists found fewer positive cases of bird flu in Alaska this year

With migratory bird season coming to a close, state and federal officials are reporting that the number of bird flu cases, particularly the highly pathogenic kind, are continuing to trend downwards, ...
Post-Bulletin

Alaska considers hunt rules to protect rare bird

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A diminutive sea duck with a white head and a blue wing could bring restrictions to one of the last virtually unregulated hunting grounds in America. Inupiat Eskimos on Alaska’s ...
Juneau Empire

Alaska-Australia flight could place bird in record books

CANBERRA, Australia — A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska to the Australian ...
New York Post

Young bird may have set distance record by flying non-stop from Alaska to Tasmania

A bird has flown non-stop, apparently, from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania. And now this young bar-tailed godwit — a member of the sandpiper family — appears to have set a non-stop ...