Can anyone recommend a good birdwatching cruise to Alaska?
Cheapest per mile would the Alaska Marine Highway (state ferry) in SE AK. Buy a north-bound (or south-bound) ticket and you can hop on a ship from Bellingham, WA to Ketchikan, AK, spend 2 days or a month there, catch another boat to Wrangall, etc. But while sailing, you’re a half mile from shore so mostly you just notice the eagles and whales. Scenic and easy would a bird-watching cruise out of Homer Alaska. Some outfits specialize in that and some water taxis will do it when requested. I went with serious birder friends 6 years ago and they went by all the rookeries and open-water feeding spots, pointing out species as they went. If you want to seriously add to your life list, get yourself out to Dutch Harbor or Adak in the Aleutian Islands and hire a local guide. Better yet, go on the one of bird-watching tours in the Pribilof islands (Saint Paul and Saint George). My serious birder friends (lifelists = 620 or so) added 9 species in 4 days there. Which is VERY productive birder if yo
