Book brief -- "Exploring Alaska's Birds"

Originally published July 3, 2001

Alaska in its finest plumage

The willow ptarmigan uses its feathered legs and feet to scratch through snow to find twigs, buds and insects in the cold months. In summer its white feathers turn brown.

Alaska's state bird is just one of many flocking to the pages of "Exploring Alaska's Birds" (Alaska Geographic, Anchorage, $23.95). The quarterly from Alaska Geographic Society presents a variety of feathered friends as wide-ranging as the 49th state.

The Olympian Copyright 2001

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