basser Posted October 8, 2018 #1 Share Posted October 8, 2018 has any one birdied the cruise ports on your own? Are there places to walk to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapleleaves Posted October 8, 2018 #2 Share Posted October 8, 2018 The Alaska Fish and Game site has info by area. http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=birdviewing.checklists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basser Posted October 21, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thanks Mapleleaf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaciers Posted October 21, 2018 #4 Share Posted October 21, 2018 If you'll be spending any time in Anchorage there is a spot about 10 minutes south of downtown called Potter Marsh. It can be a jackpot of birds during the summer. Swans, geese, yellowlegs, arctic terns, dowitchers, cranes. There are also at least 3 bald eagle nests on the back side of the marsh and there is usually one occupied until the chicks fledge. Although its hit and miss, there are loons on Jewel Lake and it is a fishing spot for the ospreys primarily in the early evening. Cheney Lake always has several nesting grebes and frequently has loons., always geese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basser Posted October 21, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thanks Glaciers. I have been to Potter Marsh once. Unfortunately we are flying in on the day of the cruise and we don’t have time to go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Aurora Posted October 29, 2018 #6 Share Posted October 29, 2018 We have been traveling -- including four weeks on a cruise ship -- so I am late in responding. But for those interested in birding there are several active Audubon groups in the state. In Juneau, the Juneau Audubon group has a great website (www.juneau-audubon-society.org). Their section on regional birding information contains southeast Alaska checklists. In Anchorage Audubon Alaska (www.akaudubon.org) has information on Anchorage area bird walks and interesting articles covering the entire state. In Fairbanks we have the Arctic Audubon (www.arcticaudubon.org). In addition to an article on birding in interior Alaska this website has a Fairbanks area hiking and birding guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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