Submissions

Author Guidelines

Western Birds solicits papers that are useful to and understandable by amateur field ornithologists and that contribute significantly to the scientific literature. The journal welcomes contributions from both professionals and amateurs. Appropriate topics include distribution, migration, status, identification, geographic variation, conservation, behavior, ecology, population dynamics, habitat requirements, the effects of pollution, and techniques for censusing, sound recording, and photographing birds in the field. Papers of general interest will be considered regardless of their geographic origin, but particularly desired are reports of studies done in or bearing on the Rocky Mountain and Pacific states and provinces, including Alaska and Hawai'i, western Texas, northwestern Mexico, and the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

To submit a manuscript, send an electronic file to:

Assistant Editor
Daniel D. Gibson
PO Box 155
Ester, Alaska 99725
avesalaska@gmail.com

Before preparing your manuscript, please read the Suggestions to Contributors to Western Birds in full.

Are authors expected to pay for publication costs in Western Birds? It depends. Click here for information on publication costs and charges for PDFs.