Today we spent the morning and early afternoon on Karl Stozfus' Kachemak Bay birding trip (link). We had a great time and saw lots of cool stuff. We rode out to Gull Island to see the nesting bird colonies there, and toured around other parts of Kachemak Bay as well. Very nice trip, well worth it.
Dinner at El Pescador restaurant on the Homer Spit was pretty tasty. (location)
Dinner at El Pescador restaurant on the Homer Spit was pretty tasty. (location)
A Song Sparrow in the Homer Small Boat Harbor (the large "Kenai" subspecies)
Sleeping Sea Otter in the harbor
Juvenile Black-Legged Kittiwake
distant view of Homer Spit
A view of glaciers across Kachemak Bay
Red-Necked Grebes (Kachemak Bay) - photos below are also from Kachemak Bay
Common Murre
Kachemak Bay Scenery
Marbled Murrelet
We saw a Bald Eagle sitting onshore
Flying Harlequin Duck
A group of Harlequin Ducks
Nice pair of Common Loons
A juvenile Pigeon Guillemot
Another nice Kachemak Bay view
Kittlitz' Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet 
Tufted Puffin
Pictures from Gull Island:
Common Murre breeding colony
More bay scenery
Red-Faced Cormorant (three above)
Black-Legged Kittiwake (above two)
A more distant view of Gull Island
Many Common Murres on the rocks
More Black-Legged Kittiwakes on nest
Above and Below: Pelagic Cormorants
A variety of seabirds resting on the island
A Pigeon Guillemot swimming near Gull Island
Common Murre
Sea Otter
Another mountain view across the bay
Double-Crested Cormorants (three Cormorant species here!)
A mother Sea otter with baby!
This Bald Eagle was resting on one of the islands
One of the rocky islands in the bay
Two Black Oystercatchers (parent-above, juvenile-2nd above)
Another Bald Eagle on one of the islands
More rocky scenery in Kachemak Bay
More Bald Eagles!
A Male Harlequin Duck still in breeding plumage
Tufted Puffin with fish
Homer Seafarer's Memorial (info)
Homer Spit would be very vulnerable to a tsunami
Northwestern Crow in Mud Bay
White-Winged Crossbill near Homer Airport
Juvenile Glacuous-Winged Gull
A 'Jelly' washed up ashore at Mud BayTHE AREA WE VISITED TODAY (KACHEMAK BAY SOUTH OF HOMER)
2 comments:
awesome pics.
I found a red and prickly orange plant that was covered with mud because of the rain. Before I was told that these leaves are very poisonous and can kill you so I didn't touch it just in case, even though my brother told me it was a lie. He said he wanted to look like he knew everything, but this one looked like a dangerous plant. It was harmless though as I found out when I thought of picking this because it looked very interesting to me and I never ever saw it before in my life. This was the first time so I told everybody. This leaf was with an other bunch of leaves with it in a cluster. I knew that it didn't have any poison in it because I knew it was fall!! It was the end of my search when I knew it was a normal leaf right under a tree! How stupid was I not to realize that before going through a lot of trouble?! I was going to tell you about something else, but I said "why should I go through another bunch of trouble to do it so I posted it (I think it is extra credit)...
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