Birding.

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The willow ptarmigan was named Alaska's state bird in 1955, but Alaska has a fantastic variety of birds, many of which reside in Alaska year-round. Throughout Alaska, communities have festivals to celebrate birds as they gather or return for the summer, including the Bald Eagle Festival in Haines, the Hummingbird Festival in Sitka, the Stikine River Birding Festival in Wrangell, a Spring Migration celebration in Fairbanks, the Kenai Birding Festival, and the Yakutat Tern Festival.

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