Birding

A mixed flock of shorebirds settles down on the mud in Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska.

NEW! Shorebird Identification Workshop in Homer!

Shorebirds are fascinating, beautiful, inspiring, and sometimes frustratingly difficult to identify! They form large mixed flocks, stay just out of range, move quickly, and flush easily. Not to mention that you've got so many similar-looking shorebirds to choose from in…

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Adak Island, Alaska

New Tour in 2023: Fall Migration on Adak Island!

We're continually exploring, learning, and working to improve the tours that we lead. We've been leading spring migrations tours to Adak Island since 2008 and have long considered a fall trip. So in 2022, we took a group of friends…

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A Gray-headed Chickadee with a mouthful of insects in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Aaron Lang.

Success!

We've just returned from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on our annual search for Gray-headed Chickadees, North America's most elusive songbird. We enjoyed great weather, fun rafting, great birding, and fine camaraderie. We also found what we were hoping to…

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