Sunday, April 1, 2012

Homer Alaska update

We just arrived in Homer, AK today! The jet lag from the eastern time zone was brutal but sight of Long-tailed Ducks and Pigeon Guillimadoohickees in Anchor Point Alaska was a great cure!
It was very overcast today but we managed to add Northwestern Crow to our list today too.
Tonight we ate dinner at a local bar across from the Driftwood Inn. As I ate a grilled cheese with Liam we listened to an old cowboy in black with a long white bird sing "Amarillo by Morning" while the movie "Dune" played silently on the t.v. There was a stuffed gorilla at the bar with the people having a drink. Doing a "Big Year" has got to be the best way to get out and experience the USA!
We got some great pics of mountain goat and moose too! I can't wait to post pics when we get home!
Thanks to a generous birder in Homer we will be headed out on his boat tomorrow morning to see what we can see!

2 comments:

  1. Is the "generous birder" in Homer Karl Stoltzfus? My dad and I were out with him last year! It's amazing!!! We saw Black-legged Kittiwake, Red-faced Cormorant, Tufted Puffin, Pelagic Cormorant, Marbled Murrelet, Common Murre, and more. You should be able to add a good number of those.
    Have a blast!

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  2. No, we didnt meet Karl. We got a few of those and will have to go back to get the rest!

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