June 20, 2018. Birding Trip Day 13. Seward.

We spent the day on Resurrection Bay and Blying Sound south of Seward. The weather was cloudy and breezy, but not wet, and the scenery was awe-inspiring. We sailed among craggy islands and up to one glacier, and we saw a number of other glaciers.

We visited several large seabird colonies where we found Tufted Puffin, Horned Puffin, Common Murre, and hundreds of Black-legged Kittiwakes. We also saw Rhinoceros Auklet, Parakeet Auklet, Ancient Murrelet, Marbled Murrelet, Kittlitz's Murrelet, and one Sooty Shearwater.

We saw several species of marine mammals, including Fin Whales, Humpbacked Whales, several Orca with pups, Steller's Sea Lion, Harbor Seals with pups, and Sea Otter with pups.

Night in Seward (Breeze Hotel) and fresh seafood dinner on the wharf.

Trip Map.