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Bird Watching Destination: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

For some birding listings, the street address is for the headquarters and not the actual bird watching destination. Call ahead for entry fees, parking information, and regulations regarding family pets.

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (email) (website)
95 Sterling Highway, Suite 1 MS 505, Homer, AK, Tel: 907-235-6546

Details: A 4.9 million acre refuge, including the volcanic islands of the Aleutian chain, established to converse marine mammals, seabirds, and other migratory birds. Habitat to 40 million seabirds, and over 30 species.

Birds: Loons, Grebes, Tubenoses, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Waterfowl, Hawks, Falcons, Gallinaceous Birds, Cranes, Coots, Plovers, Oystercatchers, Stilts, Avocets, Sandpipers, Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Auks, Puffins, Doves, Cuckoos, Owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, Jays, Crows, Titmice, Nuthatches, Creepers, Wrens, Muscicapids, Accentors, Wagtails, Pipits, Waxwings, Shrikes, Starlings, Vireos, Wood Warblers, Sparrows, Blackbirds, Finches.

Note: Bird listings may include resident and migratory birds and common and rare sightings.