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Bird Watching Destination: Tongass National Forest

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.

Tongass National Forest (email) (website)
(visitor center at the end of) Glacier Spur Road, Juneau, AK 99801, Tel: 907-789-0097

Details: The Moraine Ecology Trail hosts flocks of migrant bird and resident breeders. Rusty Blackbird (uncommon), Common Nighthawk, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Northern Flicker (all rare) have been seen from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor center parking lots.

Birds: Loons, Grebes, Cormorants, Herons, Bitterns, Swans, Geese, Ducks, Hawks, Eagles, Harriers, Osprey, Falcons, Grouse, Ptarmigan, Coots, Cranes, Plovers, Oystercatchers, Sandpipers, Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Alcids, Pigeons, Doves, Owls, Nighthawks, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Plycatchers, Larks, Swallows, Jays, Crows, Chickadees, Nuthatches, Creepers, Wrens, Dippers, Kinglets, Thrushes, Mimic Thrushes, Wagtails, Pipits, Waxwings. Shrikes, Starlings, Vireos, Wood Warblers, Blackbirds, Tanagers, Sparrows, Buntings, Finches.

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