Date: 5/9/25 10:48 pm From: Lani Raymond via groups.io <lanibirder...> Subject: [AKBirding] Shorebird Festival in Homer
So many wonderful birds today. I just did a final check of the eBird
reports and found a BAR-TAILED GODWIT had been seen on 60 Foot Rock! And
on the trip to Chinitna they found PARASITIC and POMARINE JAEGERS plus a
HORNED PUFFIN.
Also, today the first reported WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and SWAINSON’S THRUSH,
CANVASBACK, BOREAL OWL, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.
Last night a GREAT HORNED OWL was heard in the Slough. The OSPREY was seen
again today at the east end of Beluga Lake. I did not find any report of
the RED KNOT today, maybe tomorrow?
*2025 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: Species Tally*
*Species seen Friday, May 9th **(*new species in *BOLD, **italics for ease
of skimming)*
*Mud Bay:* *SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER,* BRANT,* MARBLED GODWIT, HUDSONIAN
GODWIT**,* WHIMBREL*, *BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, DUNLIN, LEAST SANDPIPER,
SHORT-BILLED and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER, AMERICAN PIPIT, NORTHERN HARRIER.
*Mariner Park:* *MARBLED GODWIT, HUDSONIAN GODWIT*, WESTERN SANDPIPERS,
DUNLIN, *SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER,* WESTERN and LEAST SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED
and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, *EURASIAN WIGEON*,
NORTHERN HARRIER.
*Green Timbers/Louie’s Lagoon:* *SANDERLING,* *PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER*,
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, DUNLIN,
LEAST SANDPIPER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, AMERICAN PIPIT, SAVANNAH SPARROW
*End of the Spit** (Fishing Hole south): *WANDERING TATTLER, SURFBIRD (end
of the Harbor jetty), BLACK TURNSTONE, BRANT, *DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT*,
COMMON MERGANSER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, AMERICAN PIPIT, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, HERRING
GULL
*Beluga Slough/Trail**: **ROCK SANDPIPER* (3), *PECTORAL SANDPIPER*, BLACK
TURNSTONE, *RUDDY TURNSTONE*, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, LEAST SANDPIPER,
WESTERN SANDPIPER, CANADA GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, BELTED KINGFISHER,
AMERICAN PIPIT, FOX SPARROW, MERLIN, BONAPARTE’S GULL, *GREAT HORNED OWL*
*Beluga Lake East/Platforms:* *RING-NECKED DUCK, **OSPREY, PECTORAL
SANDPIPER*, WILSON’S SNIPE, LEAST SANDPIPER, AMERICAN PIPIT, TREE and
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, BRANT, *EURASIAN WIGEON*, TRUMPETER SWAN, VARIED
THRUSH, HERMIT THRUSH, LINCOLN SPARROW, *CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE*,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, RED-TAILED HAWK, NORTHERN HARRIER
*Calvin and Coyle Trail**:* *SWAINSON’S THRUSH*, BROWN CREEPER, DOWNY
WOODPECKER, *AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER,* *SPRUCE GROUSE*, HERMIT
THRUSH, BROWN CREEPER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, VARIED THRUSH, PACIFIC WREN,
TREE and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, NORTHERN HARRIER
*Other Areas in Homer:* *Lampert Lake:** CANVASBACK, GADWALL. **Kachemak
Drive:* COMMON REDPOLL*, *MARBLED GODWIT*. **East End Rd on past Fritz
Creek*: *RED CROSSBILL*, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK*, *RED-TAILED HAWK
(Harlan’s?). *Wynn
Nature Center:* *BOREAL OWL*
*Anchor River:* *RUDDY TURNSTONE*, *SANDERLING*, *HUDSONIAN GODWIT*, BLACK
TURNSTONE, BLACK OYSTERCATCHER, *PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER*, WHIMBREL, WESTERN
and LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, LONG- and SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER, *OSPREY,* *ALEUTIAN TERN,* ARCTIC TERN, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
AMERICAN PIPIT, SAVANNAH SPARROW, NORTHERN HARRIER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER
(by campgrounds), *WILSON’S WARBLER* (by campgrounds). *AMERICAN DIPPER*
(south end of North Fork Rd at “Dipper Bridge” 2 miles in from
Highway). *Anchor
Point Old Sterling Hwy: WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.*
*Out on the Bay and beyond…*
*Seldovia:** GREAT BLUE HERON*, *CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, RING-NECKED
DUCK,* BELTED KINGFISHER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, PIGEON GUILLEMOT, YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER, PACIFIC WREN, MERLIN
