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| The following birds have been spotted from our boat trips or the Homer Spit. For a complete species list (updated April 2002) see Checklist, Birds of Kachemak Bay, Alaska | ||
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| The following birds have been spotted from our boat trips or the Homer Spit. For a complete species list (updated April 2002) see Checklist, Birds of Kachemak Bay, Alaska | ||
| Species | Comments |
| Common Loon | almost certainly |
| Yellow Billed Loon | not as likely in summer, winter resident |
| Pacific Loon | possibly |
| Red-throated Loon | possibly |
| Horned Grebe | not as likely in summer, winter resident |
| Red-necked Grebe | possibly, breed on Beluga Lake |
| Northern Fulmar | possibly in late summer |
| Sooty Shearwater | possibly in late summer |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | possibly in late summer |
| Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel | possibly in late summer |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | not likely |
| Double-crested Cormorant | possibly |
| Pelagic Cormorant | almost certainly, nests at Gull Island |
| Red-faced Cormorant | almost certainly, nests at Gull Island |
| Great Blue Heron | not likely |
| Greater Flamingo | pink plastic only |
| Trumpeter Swan | almost certainly, nests on Beluga Lake |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | not likely |
| Brant | possibly |
| Canada Goose | possibly during spring and fall migration |
| Green-winged Teal | possibly |
| Mallard | possibly |
| Northern Pintail | possibly |
| Northern Shoveler | possibly |
| Gadwall | not likely |
| Eurasian Wigeon | not likely, though often seen during spring migration |
| American Wigeon | possibly |
| Greater Scaup | possibly |
| Common Eider | possibly |
| King Eider | not as likely in summer, winter resident |
| Steller's Eider | not as likely in summer, winter resident |
| Harlequin Duck | almost certainly |
| Oldsquaw | not as likely in summer, winter resident |
| Black Scoter | almost certainly |
| Surf Scoter | almost certainly |
| White-winged Scoter | almost certainly |
| Common Goldeneye | possibly |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | possibly |
| Bufflehead | possibly |
| Common Merganser | possibly |
| Red-breasted Merganser | possibly |
| Osprey | not likely |
| Bald Eagle | difficult to miss |
| Sandhill Crane | possibly, found near base of Homer Spit |
| Black-bellied Plover | possibly |
| Lesser Golden Plover | possibly |
| Semipalmated Plover | possibly, breeds on local beaches |
| Black Oystercatcher | possibly, breeds on local beaches |
| Greater Yellowlegs | possibly, breeds on local beaches |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | possibly |
| Solitary Sandpiper | possibly |
| Wandering Tattler | possibly |
| Spotted Sandpiper | possibly, breeds on local beaches |
| Whimbrel | possibly |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | not as likely, best chance in May |
| Hudsonian Godwit | not as likely, best chance in May |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | not as likely, best chance in May |
| Marbled Godwit | not as likely, best chance in May |
| Ruddy Turnstone | possibly, best chance in May |
| Black Turnstone | possibly, best chance in May |
| Surfbird | possibly, during migration |
| Red Knot | not as likely, best chance in May |
| Sanderling | not as likely, best chance in May |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | possibly, best chance in May |
| Western Sandpiper | possibly |
| Least Sandpiper | possibly, best chance in May |
| Baird's Sandpiper | not as likely, best chance in May |
| Rock Sandpiper | not as likely in summer, winter resident |
| Dunlin | possibly, best chance in May |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | possibly, best chance in May |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | possibly, best chance in May |
| Common Snipe | possibly, breeds in my backyard |
| Red-necked Phalarope | possibly, during migration |
| Red Phalarope | not likely |
| Pomarine Jaeger | possibly, during migration in May and August |
| Parasitic Jaeger | possibly, breeds NE of Kachemak Bay |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | not likely, best chance during spring & fall migration |
| Bonaparte's Gull | possibly |
| Mew Gull | possibly |
| Herring Gull | possibly |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | almost certainly, nests on Gull Island |
| Glaucous Gull | possibly |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | almost certainly, nests on Gull Island |
| Sabine's Gull | not likely |
| Arctic Tern | almost certainly |
| Aleutian Tern | almost certainly |
| Caspian Tern | not likely |
| Common Murre | almost certainly, nests on Gull Island |
| Pigeon Guillemot | almost certainly, nests on Gull Island |
| Marbled Murrelet | almost certainly |
| Kittlitz's Murrelet | almost certainly, from May thourgh August |
| Ancient Murrelet | possibly |
| Cassin's Auklet | not likely |
| Parakeet Auklet | not likely |
| Rhinoceros Auklet | not likely |
| Tufted Puffin | almost certainly, nests on Gull Island |
| Horned Puffin | almost certainly, nests on Gull Island |
| Rock Dove | possibly, on Homer Spit |
| Belted Kingfisher | possibly, near shore |
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