Near Homer

	Birds	22
	Invertebrates	22
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	Ocean / Sea	20
	Fish	17
	Marine Mammals	15
	Insects	11
	Unusual Range / Sighting	11
	Weather	11
	Death / Die-off / Decline	10
	Seasonal Timing	10
	Surface Waters / Wetlands	10
	Drought	9
	Food Security	6
	Land	6
	Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning	6
	Cultural Impact	5
	Human Health	5
	Land Mammals	4
	Deformity / Disease / Injury	3
	Extreme Temperature	3
	Infestation	3
	Buildings	3
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	Ice / Snow Change	3
	Storm Surge	3
	Water Security	3
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	Microbes	2
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	Air	1
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	Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning	1
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	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	1
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Local emergency declared after high seas damage Homer Spit

New kind of plant on the beach

Dead Sea Otters

2 more seals admitted to SeaLife Center

Something is eating salmonberry leaves

Salmonberries are a month late

What's making the water yellow in Kasitsna Bay?

In the absence of fireweed

Oyster catchers return to Nanwalek

Grubby's son captured as Homer faces growing opossum problem

Sea otter lunch for bald eagle

Dead sea otter

Infestation of caterpillars

Alaska sees early cold snap, and it's not going away anytime soon

Burn ban issued for Kenai Peninsula

Red bloom in bay isn’t harmful

Sleeper Shark (Somniosus pacificus) in Kasitsna Bay

New Arrival - Speckle Belly Geese (Anser albifrons)

Whale Carcass on McDonald Spit

Homer residents briefly evacuate after quake, tsunami warning

Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) in Kachemak Bay

Dead Baby Sea Otter (Enhydra Lutris)

Mysterious Holes in Leaves

Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) with Ticks

Dead Sea Cucumbers (Cucumaria miniata) on Beach

Boisterous bay

Alders (genus Alnus) Budding Out of Season

Homer man survives bear attack

Big Year for Highbush Cranberries (Viburnum edule)

Black Currant (Ribes laxiflorum) and Willow (Salix scouleriana) Bushes Are Budding

Dead Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Unidentified Foam on Fallen Leaves

Large Northern Sea Nettle (Chrysaora melanaster) Die-off

Low water supply in two Kenai Peninsula communities prompts disaster declaration

Nanwalek is rapidly running out of water

City Implements Water Conservation Measures

Drought Causes Water Emergency

Jakolof Creek Fish Die-off

Moderate drought hits the Kenai Peninsula

Hoverfly Larva (possibly Dasysyrphus)

Common Loon (Gavia immer) Calling Circle

Alaska’s changing climate

Farmers concerned about heat, lack of rain

Low Tide and No Sea Stars

Fire season kicks off with over a dozen fires statewide

Birders spy 70 species during Christmas Bird Count

Dead Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)

Large Sea Purse (Big Skate, Raja binoculata?)

Sea Nettle Jellyfish (Chrysaora melanaster) are Landing

Unusual Squid Found on Shoreline

Discolored Spruce (Picea sitchensi) in Seldovia

Unusual Grasshopper Sighting

Very sick dog after eating from the beach

Burying Beetle (genus Nicrophorus)

Weak king salmon return prompts Kenai Peninsula fishing closures

No Sea Stars on Bishop's Beach

Hummingbird sighted on SW-Side of Kachemak Bay

Pink salmon found in odd places near Homer

Unknown Cause of Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Mortality

Late Run of Abundant Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

Cloudberries (Rubus chamaemorus) in Seldovia

Giant Wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes giganteusin)

That's a lot of Humpies (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

Can sea stars make a comeback in Kachemak Bay?

Unknown Plant Growing on Nanwalek Beach

Unidentified Ant

Weird Jelly on Tube Worms

Emptied tide pools tell the story of Kachemak Bay’s disrupted ecosystem

Pipefish (Sygnathinae) Observed

Squid Found in Seldovia Bay

Too many pink salmon in Kachemak Bay?

Sea star populations in Kachemak Bay annihilated by wasting disease

When Alaska shellfish turns deadly

Bloated Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) in Harbor