Margaret R. Petersen
Published: 2017-10-28
Total Pages: 176
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Excerpt from Birds of the Kilbuck and Ahklun Mountain Region, Alaska The avifauna of this area has received little attention. Early studies in southwestern Alaska did not extend much beyond the Alaska Peninsula (chapman 1904; Osgood 1904) and the eastern end of Bristol Bay (hurley 193 1 or they were restricted to the Yukon - Kuskokwim River Delta (dice 1920a, 1920b; Conover 1926; Brandt 1943; Walkinshaw 1948a, 1948b, 1949; Walkinshaw and Stophlet 1949; Cady et al. 1955; William son D. Bernard Bull (in Friedmann 1933, 1934, 1936; Bent 1938) collected and observed birds near Goodnews Bay in the 1930's. Sub sequent studies and surveys conducted by personnel of the us. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game extended into this area, but these were concentrated on coastal locations. Informa tion was generally restricted to estimates of numbers of migrants using estuaries and of breeding seabirds (ameson 1977; Sowls et al. Recently, personnel of the us. Fish and Wildlife Service, us. Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and others have made aerial surveys and float trips down some of the rivers during which they listed birds seen. Here, we present a detailed assessment of the relative abundance, seasonal occurrence, distribution, and habitat use of birds in the Kilbuck and Ahklun mountain region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.