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Alaska Birding Trip -- June 2018

Seward birding
Seward: travel to the coast with several birding stops

Birding Trip Days 12-14: Seward and Offshore

June 19, 2018. Birding Trip Day 12. Anchorage to Seward.

Today begins the second leg of the "road trip" portion of our Alaska Expedition. We birded around Anchorage at Potter's Marsh where we saw nesting Lesser Yellowlegs chasing Mew Gulls away, Arctic Terns nesting, Rusty Blackbird, and others. Then we visited Hillside Park and we saw four species of thrush: Varied Thrush, American Robin, Hermit Thrush, and Swainson's Thrush. We also saw Boreal Chickadee, Golden Crowned Kinglet, Red Squirrels, and Snowshoe Hare.

After lunch at a sandwich shop in Anchorage, we drove to Seward through the mountainous scenery of the Kenai Peninsula and saw two glaciers. We stopped at a house in Seward and birded the feeders. Pine Grosbeak, Red Crossbill, Downy Woodpecker, and Sooty Fox Sparrows were the highlights.

Night in Seward (Breeze Hotel) and fresh seafood dinner in downtown Seward.

Trip Map.

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