This includes many species of sea ducks, like the Harlequin & Golden Eye, the greater Pacific Loon, Arctic and Aleutian Terns, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels and Tufted and Horned Puffins. Red-faced Cormorants and thousands of Common Murres and Black-legged Kittiwakes are assembling near their nesting sites on Gull Island.
Common Eiders, Pigeon Guillemots, Marbled and perhaps Kittlitz’s Murrelets are out on the bay.
Spruce Grouse, Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers are resident in spruce woods, along with Warblers, Gyrfalcons and Swallows, and of course there are always many Bald Eagles!
Sandhill Cranes flock to Homer for the summer, so be sure to keep an eye out during your Alaska Culture Experience in Homer.
Shorebirds include over 25 species and flocks numbering several thousand.
While bird watching in our area, also look for...
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