Arrived at Homer and at 9am took a 3 hour boat trip around the bay to Gull Island. In the afternoon we walked Homer spit finding a few migrant Sparrows at the tip and seeing a Killer Whale in the bay.
Pacific Diver 5
Great Northern Diver 50
White-billed Diver 1 ex.
Red-necked Grebe 6
Pelagic Cormorant 25
Red-faced Cormorant 5
Alaskan Eider 30 ex.
Harlequin Duck 30 ex.
Long-tailed Duck 15
Black Scoter 20
Surf Scoter 50
American White-winged Scoter 150
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Bald Eagle 15
Least Sandpiper 3 ex.
Rock Sandpiper 1 ex.
Red-necked Phalarope 100
American Herring Gull 2
Glaucous-winged Gull 150
Kittiwake 2,000
Mew Gull 5
Guillemot 5,000 ex.
Pigeon Guillemot 5
Marbled Murrelet 6
Tufted Puffin 3
Feral Pigeon 2
Raven 2
Northwestern Crow 10
Savannah Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 4 ex.
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1 ex.
Song Sparrow 4
Scenery at Homer
Sea Otters proved plentiful
Red-necked Phalaropes at Homer
Red-necked Grebe and drake Surf Scoter at Homer
Surf Scoters at Homer
Great Northern Diver at Homer
Alaskan Eiders at Homer
Harlequin Ducks at Homer
Adult Glaucous-winged Gull at Homer
White-billed Diver at Homer
Guillemots at Homer
Gull Island off Homer
Red-faced Cormorants at Homer
Tuften Puffin and Guillemot in the Kittiwake Colony at Gull Island
Tufted Puffin at Homer
So which way is County Cork?
Bald Eagles at Homer Spit
Least Sandpiper at Homer Spit
Northwestern Crow at Homer Spit
Fox Sparrow at Homer Spit
Song Sparrow at Homer Spit
Golden-crowned Sparrow at Homer Spit
MS Statendam at Homer
Scenery departing Homer
