Birding spots · Alaska

Best Birding Spots in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Kalsin Pond leads Kodiak Island Borough's birding spots with 129 species reported, best in spring. 33 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
Kalsin Pond	129	798	59	110	81	81
Lake Orbin	112	432	54	90	55	60
Barry Lagoon	109	176	33	56	78	78
Genivieve Lake	104	516	67	67	51	62
Spruce Cape	72	421	39	45	54	46
Near Island	71	252	46	43	39	42
Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park	66	709	41	55	45	47
Lake Rose Teed	66	147	33	48	36	30
Twin Lakes	66	90	30	31	33	37
Little Cove	64	102	14	56	22	14
Little Cove (American River)	62	88	14	56	31	11
Nyman Peninsula	60	64	42	31	22	17
Lake Orbin (Sargent Creek)	59	85	31	39	16	32
Gibson Cove	58	292	43	40	16	36
Kodiak Harbor (Inner Harbor)	58	117	38	38	24	17
Mission Lake	57	213	29	41	3	40
Mayflower Lake	57	75	32	39	18	26
Frye Point	55	95	28	37	18	17
Buskin Lake	53	222	33	36	0	37
Kodiak Harbor	50	152	35	38	14	23
Kodiak Harbor (Twin Islet)	47	116	35	40	27	29
Shannon Point	45	62	22	32	0	5
Beaver Lake	44	101	10	29	26	23
Potatopatch Lake	42	187	24	32	9	30
Saint Herman Bay	40	59	31	23	8	12
Lake Louise (Lake Catherine)	36	90	14	15	5	30
Chowiet Island	35	91	0	22	33	0
Lake Louise	33	140	15	27	16	13
Island Lake	33	50	20	17	6	19
Gibson Cove (Pillar Mountain)	29	63	8	16	23	12
Birding spot near Chiniak	98	248	38	76	59	42
Birding spot near Kodiak Station	69	116	32	59	27	22
Birding spot near Chiniak (southwest)	45	75	22	35	16	21