{"id":316,"date":"2014-07-16T01:22:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T01:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/?page_id=316"},"modified":"2014-08-04T15:31:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T15:31:50","slug":"1117-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/tundras\/1117-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Coastal Mountain Icefields and Tundra (NA1117)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ecoregion mostly covers high-altitude tundra areas of the most northerly western mountains. In Alaska it starts in the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, and extends eastward in the mountains through Glacier Bay National Park and to the southern extremity of Alaska. It spills over slightly into adjacent areas of British Columbia in the Boundary Ranges. Finally, it also includes a very small southeastern corner of the Yukon Territory in part of Kluane National Park.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA1117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-581\" src=\"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA1117-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"NA1117\" width=\"625\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA1117-1024x664.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA1117-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA1117-624x404.jpg 624w, http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA1117.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Description of the Ecoregion<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A detailed description of the\u00a0ecoregion\u00a0can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/science\/wildfinder\/\">WWF&#8217;s site<\/a>\u00a0(the map\u00a0above\u00a0is a screen shot from\u00a0that Wildfinder site). There may also be additional information\u00a0to\u00a0be found on this ecoregion&#8217;s page at Wikipedia.<br \/>\n<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Briefly, the ecoregion is characterized by&#8230; [under construction]<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Birds of the Ecoregion<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The avifauna of the ecoregion&#8230; [under construction].<br \/>\n<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although no bird species are endemic to this ecoregion, the following are noteworthy as being\u00a0quite\u00a0characteristic of the ecoregion and relatively difficult to see in other ecoregions:<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[list under construction]<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Resources for the Ecoregion Birder<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Without any pretense to completeness, the following resources have caught my attention and would be of value to the birder traveling to this ecoregion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cannings, Russell and Richard Cannings, 2013. Bird finding in British Columbia. Greystone Books (see review at http:\/\/blog.aba.org\/2014\/07\/birding-british-columbia.html). This guide should have good information on the BC portion of the ecoregion.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10 spp. (August 1, 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ecoregion mostly covers high-altitude tundra areas of the most northerly western mountains. In Alaska it starts in the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, and extends eastward in the mountains through Glacier Bay National Park and to the southern extremity of Alaska. 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