PEEP Bird Hotline

Birding & Wildlife Watching on Kachemak Bay

The most recent PEEP Bird hotline entry is below. Help plan your wildlife watching trips in the Homer area by visiting the Birder's Guide to Kachemak Bay website email PEEP(at)islandsandocean.org, or call 235-7337 (PEEP) to report or get updates on bird sightings. Check out the the guide to Responsible Marine Wildlife Viewing in Alaska. You may also purchase a Birding Hotspots Map and Guide at the Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center.

Want to learn the etiquette and ethics of birding? Check out the ABA Birding Ethics.

The 17th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival is May 7-10, 2009 and the theme is Birds in Culture: Our Brothers and Sisters Return.

KACHEMAK BAY BIRD ALERT INFORMATION LINE

November 14, 2008

On the 13th a PURPLE FINCH was seen at Seaside Farms (first seen on the 9th). On the 11th a RUSTY BLACKBIRD was reported. What a fantastic place for birds! Also there are: Wilson’s Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Orange-crowned Warblers, Robins plus a group of many-hundred Bohemian Waxwings occasionally.

Thousands of Rock Sandpipers have arrived in Homer! Usually seen along the Spit, in the Harbor (on the rocks in the sun), and Mud Bay and on east of there toward Miller’s Landing and beyond.

In Mud Bay EURASIAN WIGEONS were reported in with some American Wigeon and hundreds of Mallards.

On the Spit itself, Snow Buntings are being seen, usually in the grassy area north of the Fishing Hole, and Gray-crowned Rosy Finches seen all over.

Hundreds of Bohemian Waxwings are being seen about 5 miles out East End Road. A Goshawk was seen on the 9th. A hundred Common Mergansers in the Bay were reported on the 13th.

Near Evaline State Park, Spruce Grouse, White-winged Crossbills, and Pine Grosbeaks were reported this week.

Visit the Refuge Website for information on getting to Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge or call 907-235-6546.