Birding spots · Alaska

Best Birding Spots in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Kasilof River leads Kenai Peninsula Borough's birding spots with 141 species reported, best in spring. 108 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Kasilof River	141	929	27	111	107	99
Anchor Point	141	513	28	119	99	60
Homer Visitor Center Administrative Site	136	1,195	34	115	93	76
Chinila (historical)	118	1,118	21	89	83	49
Mud Bay	115	1,013	15	105	60	35
Mud Bay (Beluga Lake)	114	756	17	100	53	35
Anchor River	110	293	1	87	81	36
Lowell Point	101	588	37	70	78	47
Coal Bay	99	597	23	93	48	29
Spring Creek	94	335	35	67	42	53
Homer Visitor Center Administrative Site (north)	94	292	15	71	50	28
Beluga Lake (west)	93	255	4	78	48	49
Homer Visitor Center Administrative Site (Woodard Canyon)	87	371	3	75	58	27
Coal Point	86	745	32	54	56	45
Watch Point	86	703	47	70	44	51
Beluga Lake (Mud Bay)	84	255	7	69	32	28
Homer Visitor Center Administrative Site (northwest)	82	222	19	61	54	27
Threemile Creek	81	103	0	65	56	0
Beluga Lake	79	557	20	70	56	25
Tern Lake	77	842	0	54	69	18
First Lake (northeast)	77	345	29	54	45	30
Viapan Lake	77	153	0	70	51	0
First Lake (Seward)	76	200	44	34	42	34
First Lake	75	494	24	47	47	31
Hoben Park	74	282	28	31	53	35
Headquarters Lake	73	298	8	45	65	18
Mud Bay (Coal Bay)	72	171	18	51	36	34
The Lagoon	71	455	16	44	54	31
Cape Ninilchik	68	162	0	47	44	16
Seldovia Lagoon	67	196	31	47	39	30
Beluga Lake (west 2)	65	158	2	53	25	19
The Lagoon (south)	63	330	30	40	32	31
Preachers Pond	62	576	29	38	53	23
Centennial Park	62	177	25	49	39	27
Captain Cook State Recreation Area	62	101	0	49	52	12
Bear Lake	61	99	6	17	39	30
Kenai River Special Management Area	59	153	6	41	45	9
The Lagoon (Scheffler Creek)	58	420	20	30	39	19
Bridge Creek Reservoir	58	79	0	26	44	7
Trena Lake	57	186	27	46	29	33
Ninilchik	57	104	2	37	36	0
Ninilchik (east)	57	81	0	29	41	8
Second Lake	54	285	5	31	42	16
Beluga Lake (west 3)	54	80	0	45	37	7
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area (Cooper Landing)	52	173	20	38	38	7
Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area (Coal Point)	51	237	31	44	16	31
Homer	51	78	22	21	27	19
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area (Paradise Creek)	50	97	0	29	43	9
Kenai Fjords National Park	48	296	0	25	39	12
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area (Woodrow)	47	99	0	5	38	6