We pressed on conscious that we had a lot of ground to cover to get too Seward. A stop at Mile Marker 75 near to Portage produced two Trumpeter Swan amongst the horsetail marsh plus a smart Sooty Fox Sparrow. Then a more productive stop at Turnagain Pass produced Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Sooty Fox Sparrow and Golden-crowned Sparrow in superb mountain scenery. We took the northwards turning to Hope and then followed the Palmer Creek Road south of Hope, following George West's 'A Birder's Guide to Alaska' hoping to bird in an alpine area along Resurrection Creek Valley but unfortunately the road was closed (it seemed permanently) and so we birded an area of scrub just above the treeline seeing Townsends Warbler, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler, Varied Thrush, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Slate-coloured Junco. Nice but not really worth the hour or so diversion.
Trumpeter Swan - Mile Marker 75 near to Portage
Savanna Sparrow - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Savanna Sparrow - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Yellow Warbler - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Yellow Warbler - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Yellow Warbler - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Wilson's Warbler - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Wilson's Warbler - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Wilson's Warbler - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Wilson's Warbler - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Wilson's Warbler - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Golden-crowned Sparrow - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Golden-crowned Sparrow - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Sooty Fox Sparrow - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Sooty Fox Sparrow - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Hermit Thrush - Turnagain Pass, between Anchorage and Seward
Turn again Pass between Anchorage and Seaward
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Palmer Creek Road, Hope
Varied Thrush - Palmer Creek Road, Hope
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Palmer Creek Road, Hope
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Palmer Creek Road, Hope
Birding on the Palmer Creek Road
Pigeon Guillemot - Seward Marina
Pigeon Guillemot - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Sea Otter - Seward Marina
Glaucous-winged Gull (adult) - Seward Marina
Glaucous-winged Gull (sub-adult, 4th summer?) - Seward Marina
Glaucous-winged Gull (adult) - Seward Marina
Northwest Crow - Seward
Northwest Crow - Seward
Northwest Crow - Seward
Northwest Crow - Seward
Glaucous-winged Gull (2nd winter) - Seward
Glaucous-winged Gull (2nd winter) - Seward
Glaucous-winged Gull (2nd winter) - Seward
Harlequin Duck - Lowell Point, Seward
Surf Scoter - Lowell Point, Seward
Steller's Jay - Lowell Point, Seward
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Lowell Point, Seward
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Lowell Point, Seward
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