Park
Glacier Bay National Park
Glacier-carved fjords and temperate rainforest. Massive seabird colonies and marine wildlife.
Seasons: Spring, Summer
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Southeast Alaska
Birding in Juneau & Mendenhall Wetlands
Juneau combines tidal wetlands, temperate rainforest, mountain habitat, and marine shoreline. The Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge is a major local birding area where estuaries and tideflats support more than 140 bird species over the course of a year.
Photo: Sonny SideUp · Juneau, Alaska · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Why bird here
Mendenhall Wetlands
Shorebird migration
Waterfowl & eagles
Tidal and rainforest habitat
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Birding locations
Coastal
Sitka Sound
Rich marine waters with seabird concentrations, bald eagles, and migrating whales.
Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall
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Ketchikan & Tongass Narrows
Inside Passage gateway with temperate rainforest birding and marine wildlife expeditions.
Seasons: Spring, Summer
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