Kenai Birds

Kenai peninsula forest birds:

Black-billed magpie, Pico hudsonia

stellar jay (I think)

Spruce grouse, Falcipennis canadensis

grouse

Seabird colony near Homer

seabird colony near Homer

Pelagic Cormorants, Phalacrocorax pelagicus

red-faced cormorants, breeding plumage immature red-faced cormorant red-faced cormorant on nest pelagic cormorants

Black-legged kittiwakes, Rissa tridactyla

black-legged kittiwake on nest black-legged kittiwakes black-legged kittiwakes on nests

Mew gulls, Larus canus

adult mew gull juvenile mew gull

Common murres, Uria aalge

common murres common murres common murres swimming

Puffins:

Horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata

horned puffin horned puffin horned puffin

Tufted puffin, Fratercula cirrhata

tufted puffin

Late-fall birds, 2019:

Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia, lives on marine beaches and is seldom found inland.

song sparrow

Black-billed magpie, Pica pica

magpie magpie

Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus

swans

Herring gull, Larus argentatus

gull in flight gull on water gull on rocks

Pelagic cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus

cormorant on water cormorants on dock cormorants taking off cormorant on buoy

Bald eagle, Haliacetus leucocephalus

juvenile bald eagle in flight juvenile bald eagle adult bald eagle in flight adult bald eagle adult bald eagle bald eagle fishing bald eagle fishing bald eagle fishing bald eagle fishing bald eagle with fish

Barrow's goldeneye, Bacephala islandica

duck ducks duck in flight

Common loon, Gavia immer

loon

Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica

loon

Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis

ducks ducks ducks male duck in flight female duck in flight

White-winged (velvet) scoter, Melamitta fusca

ducks in flight ducks on water

Black (common) scoter, Melamitta nigra

ducks ducks in flight

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