The cost for the cruise is $4000 per passenger, based on double occupancy, from Anchorage . Single passenger bookings are possible, and are offered on a first come, first served policy.

Birding Cruise price: $4000

Duration: May 1-8

Availability: 3 staterooms currently available

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About your Birding Guide

Forrest Davis is founder and owner of High Lonesome BirdTours in Sierra Vista, Arizona . After retiring from a career as a health care executive in 1995, he started his own birding company, offering trips to Arizona , Texas , Mexico , Belize , Costa Rica , and Ecuador . His special interest has been in Alaska , and he has led numerous trips there over the past ten years. He is on the board of the non-profit Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory. Forrest's interest in birds and natural history began in fifth grade, and it has never wavered. He is a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps and NASA, both prior to his health care years. He earned his Ph.D. from The American University in Washington , DC .

Birds of the Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival, Prince William Sound and adjacent waters of Gulf of Alaska

DUCKS, GEESE, & SWANS
Tundra Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Canada Goose, Cackling Goose, Brant, Mallard, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Eurasion Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Tufted Duck (rare), Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Barrow's Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead,l Common Mergenser, Red-Breasted Mergenser, Hooded Mergenser (rare).

HERONS
Great Blue Heron.

GROUSE & PTARMIGANS
Spruce Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan, Rock Ptarmigan, White-tailed Ptarmigan (rare).

LOONS & GREBES
Common Loon, Yellow-billed Loon, Pacific Loon, Red-throated Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Horned Grebe, Western Grebe (rare).

ALBATROSSES, SHEARWATERS, PETRELS & STORM-PETRELS
Laysan Albatross, Black-footed Albatross, Short-tailed Albatross, Northern Fulmar, Mottled Petrel (very rare), Sooty Shearwater, Short-tailed Shearwater, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, leach's Storm-Petrel.

HAWKS, EAGLES, FALCONS
Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Goshawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon.

CRANES, PLOVERS, OYSTERCATCHERS
Sandhill Crane, Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover, Pacific Golden-Plover, Lesser Sand-Plover (casual), Semi-Palmated Plover, Black Oystercatcher

SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, & ALLIES
Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper (rare), Whimbrel, Bristle-thighed Curlew (rare), Hudsonian Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit (rare), Marbled Godwit (rare), Ruddy Turnstone, Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Red Knot, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint (casual), Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper (rare), Baird's Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (very rare), Rock Sandpiper, Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper (casual), Stilt Sandpiper (rare), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (very rare), Ruff (casual), Short-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Snipe, Red-necked Phalarope, Red Phalarope.

CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant, Red-faced Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant.

JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS
Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, Black-headed Gull (casual), Mew Gull, Herring Gull, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Glaucous Gull, Sabine's Gull (rare), Black-legged Kittiwake, Caspian Tern, Arctic Tern, Aleutian Tern,

AUKLETS, MURRES, MURRELETS & PUFFINS
Common Murre, Thick-billed Murre (rare), Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled Murrelet, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Ancient Murrelet, Parakeet Murrelet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffin.

OWLS
Great Horned Owl, Snowy Owl (rare), Northern Hawk-Owl, Short-eared Owl, Boreal Owl (rare), Northern Saw-whet Owl (rare).

HUMMINGBIRDS, KINGFISHERS, WOODPECKERS
Rufous Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Three-toed Woodpecker (rare), Northern (yellow-shafted) Flicker.

FLYCATCHERS
Alder Flycatcher, Say's Phoebe.

JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS
Steller's Jay, Black-billed Magpie, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven.

SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, Purple Martin, Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow.

CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS, WRENS DIPPERS, KINGLETS, THRUSHES, STARLINGS, PIPITS, WAXWINGS
Black-capped Chickadee, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, American Dipper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Varied Thrush, European Starling, American Pipit, Bohemian Waxwing.

WOOD WARBLERS

Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, MacGillivray's Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler

SPARROWS, JUNCOS, LONGSPURS
American Tree Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Slate-colored Junco, Oregon Junco, Lapland Longspur.

BLACKBIRDS, ROSY-FINCHES, CROSSBILLS, REDPOLLS, SISKINS
Red-winged Blackbird (rare), Rusty Blackbird, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (rare), Pine Grosbeak, Red Crossbill (rare), White-winged Crossbill, Common Redpoll, Pine Siskin.