1. Birds and people -- 2. Alaska's state bird -- 3. Back to the wild -- 4. Alaska's auklets -- 5. Past to present: Alaska's bird people -- 6. What bird is that?: Alaska's "First" bird -- 7. Origins -- 8. Bald eagle: National bird, state icon -- 9. Snowy owls of the Arctic -- 10. Roosting on a radar tower -- 11. Secrets of survival: Chickadee bill deformities: An epidemic -- 12. Migration pathways -- 13. Checklist of Alaska birds.