The Alaska Wilderness Birding Experience

The air is clean and alive with natural sounds. At times the night skies reveal unobscured aurora borealis and starry constellations and at other times the sun never sets. Raw stuff that energizes include spectacular surroundings and birding observation that offers unmatched opportunities for photography. Wildflowers dot the sunlit ground where songbirds and waterfowl make the most of the short northern summer.
Our Wilderness Programs seek to capture unusual, exciting wilderness experiences and interaction with the natural environment. Remote and natural settings include solitude as an important quality of the environment that invites a Reality Check, gaining a perspective on life and perhaps how life fits into the greater scheme of existence.

Birding Trips, Wildlife and Wildflowers Photo Opportunities
The Birding Adventure of a Lifetime! 2008 Birding Trips booking now.
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If touring another noisy, crowded, national park isn't your idea of a birding vacation, you've come to the right place! Your family or group can enjoy pristine wilderness, birding photo opportunities, sparkling rivers, and spectacular wildflowers in the quiet beauty of Alaska. Freedom Trips guides won't lead you over the same worn paths that have been trampled by other birding groups on ordinary tours. This birding trip is so remote, it's accessible only by bush plane. The usual park distractions won't disturb your birding pleasure. No matter whether you're experienced at birding or just getting started, this is the perfect birding vacation. Click here for the 2008 Birding Itinerary and get ready for the birding vacation of a lifetime!

A Birding Trip in a Site of International Importance
A comprehensive survey of breeding shorebirds in a region of the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has found that the number is easily large enough to qualify the area as a site of international importance. For example, more than 13 percent of North America's population of Pectoral Sandpipers breed in the area!

A Birding Bonanza!
A total of 133 species of birds have been observed in the park and preserve over the past 25-30 years. Nearly half of those recorded are normally associated with aquatic habitats.

Birding and a Threatened Species

Raptors inhabiting the park include species of eagles, hawks, falcons, and owls, three jaegers, and the northern shrike. Raptors are more susceptible to environmental disturbance and population fluctuations. Arctic peregrine falcons, a threatened species only recently removed from the endangered list, nest in the area.

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