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 ...

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 ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska bird watchers conducted their annual bird count amid recent research that found 15 percent of the state’s bird species are declining or depressed. The state’s Audubon ...

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 ...

The Yakutat Nature Society will host the 12th Annual Yakutat Tern Festival in Yakutat, from June 1 through June 4 — with a more robust schedule of events compared to recent years. The boost of ...

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 ...

I seem to have struck a chord with last week’s column about feeding birds. It surprised me. Birding is obviously a big, big hobby and feeding birds is the easiest way to be a birder. Ah, still, ...