Kachemak Bay's bird life is very diverse, reflecting the diversity of habitats found around the bay. Click here for a checklist of all of Kachemak Bay's birds.

 

A customized Seldovia list can be found below. This list was compiled by combining Cindy Mom's year-round sightings for the following eight Seldovia eBird Hotspots, from 2013-2024. Some of these locations are only accessible by boat, or by hiking for an hour or two.  

 

Click the links for bar charts of the three most visited eBird Hotspots:

Jakolof Bay Dock

Seldovia (town)

Seldovia Bay & Hoen’s Lagoon

Seldovia Bay & Seldovia River Estuary

Seldovia – Otterbahn Trail

Seldovia – Outside Beach, Campground & RV Park

Seldovia – Reservoir & Rocky Ridge Trail

Seldovia – TV Tower Trail to Graduation Peak

 

Snow Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Brant

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose

Trumpeter Swan

Tundra Swan

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Greater Scaup

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Barrow’s Goldeneye

Red-breasted Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Spruce Grouse

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Anna's Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Sandhill Crane

Black Oystercatcher

Semipalmated Plover

Dunlin

Least Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Dowitcher (sp.)

Wilson’s Snipe

Red-necked Phalarope

Spotted Sandpiper

Wandering Tattler

Greater Yellowlegs

Pigeon Guillemot

Marbled Murrelet

Black-legged Kittiwake

Short-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

"Cook Inlet Gull" (Glaucous-winged x Herring)

Common Loon

Red-faced Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Sharp-shinned Hawk

American Goshawk

Bald Eagle

Western Screech-Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Great Horned Owl

Belted Kingfisher

American Three-toed Woodpecker

Black-backed Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Merlin

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Northern Shrike

Steller’s Jay

Black-billed Magpie

American Crow

Common Raven

Black-capped Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Pacific Wren

American Dipper

European Starling

Varied Thrush

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Bohemian Waxwing

American Pipit

Pine Grosbeak

Gray-crowned Rosy-finch

Common Redpoll

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

Pine Siskin

Lapland Longspur

American Tree Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Rusty Blackbird

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler