Site Report: Kenai Peninsula

The Former Portage Glacier

Kenai Fiords National Park

Kenai Fjords Exit Glacier Area

Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica)

Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Varied Thrush (Zoothera naevia)

Spotted Sandpiper (Tringa macularia)

American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

American Goshawk (Accipiter atrocapillus)

Short car trip to try and see the Portage Glacier which was fogged in.

2010-05-27: After our flight to Anchorage, we rented a car to camp out for a couple of nights near the Portage glacier. The next day we tried to hike up to the top of the Exit Glacier in Kenai Fiords National Park. The trail to the glacier was too snowy to continue, but we did see a black bear and a moose.
2014-07-21: Another attempt to get to the Harding Ice Field this time with kids and Grandpa waiting, so in the end, it was going to take too long to get to the top. So, we stopped at the bear again this time...

Kingdom: Animals (33 records)

Phylum: Chordates (33 records)

Class: Birds (29 records)

Order: Anseriformes (4 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- American Goshawk (Astur atricapillus)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

Order: Pelicans (3 records)
- Family: Loons
- Common Loon (Gavia immer)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Order: Perching Birds (12 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (4 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
- Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
- Family: Plovers
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Class: Mammals (4 records)

Order: Carnivorans (1 record)
- Family: Ursidae
- American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (1 record)
- Family: Cervidae
- Moose (Alces alces)

Order: Lagomorpha (1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus)

Order: Rodents (1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)