We stayed two nights at Land's End in Homer. This was right at the end of Homer Spit, which was a really cool place to stay!
We had a great lunch at Boardwalk Fish and Chips, on the Spit... and dinner at Fat Olive's in Homer on the Mainland.
Two other very cool places to visit in Homer:
Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center
Pratt Museum
Fly-by Bonaparte's Gulls on Kasilof Beach
Greater Yellowlegs - Kasilof Beach
Comparison of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs - Kasilof beach
Long-Billed Dowitchers
Mt. Iliana across from Anchor Point (across Cook Inlet)
Northwestern Crow (Anchor Point)
Glaucous-Winged Gull (Anchor Point)
Mt. Iliana across from Anchor Point (across Cook Inlet)
Black-Legged Kittiwake (Anchor Point)
Now we are in the Homer area -
Behind the Island and Ocean visitor center, there was lots of Fireweed!
The Homer area did a great job of posting birding locations
A Common Loon flew over on the Homer Spit
This Glaucous Winged Gull on the Homer Spit was stealing bait from a fisherman's truck!
A view of Homer Spit
Fishing gear being hauled into Homer Spit Harbor
There were lots of 'jellies' on the harbor here
The Small Boat Harbor at Homer
A storm gathers over the harbor
Someone's catch of Halibut! (Very tasty fish!)
The Crab fishing boat 'Time Bandit' that is featured on the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch"
Local fish of Kachemak Bay
This map shows the extent of the 1988 Exxon Valdez Oil spill disaster
Above four: Some of the museum's avian mount collection
Kachemak Bay Crabs
Pacific Golden Plover
Flying Common Murres
A swimming sea otter
Surfbird
Black Turnstone
Flying Black-Legged Kittiwakes
A Common Loon came very close to shore
A juvenile Herring of Glacuous Winged Gull
Crab pots for fishing boats!
Above five: A VERY cooperative Bald Eagle
A view across Kachemak Bay
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