Diamond Creek is a great place to checkout songbirds, both along the road and on the trails. There is a trail that starts at the end of the road and winds its way down the bluff to the beach. Another trail, developed for mountain bikes, follows much of the road. On the beach check Cook Inlet for pelagic birds and shorebirds.
Directions:
Take the gravel road, located just west of the turnoff to Diamond Ridge Road. There is a parking area approximately 0.2 miles down the road, located on the left. Park here if you wish to walk the road, although there are other parking areas farther along the road. At the end of the road (approximately 0.8 miles) is parking and the trailhead for the Diamond Creek trail winding down the bluff to the beach. Please use caution when walking this trail.
Birds Observed or Heard along the road and trails at Diamond Creek SRS:
- Mallard
- Green-winged teal
- Harlequin Duck
- American Wigeon
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Greater Scaup
- Lesser Scaup
- Barrow’s Goldeneye
- White-winged Scoter
- Surf Scoter
- Black Scoter
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Common Merganser
- Trumpeter Swan
- Red-necked Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Pacific Loon
- Common Loon
- Yellow-billed Loon
- Pelagic Cormorant
- Sandhill Crane
- Bald Eagle
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Northern Harrier
- Merlin
- Semi-palmated Plover
- Surfbird
- Wandering Tattler
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Western Sandpiper
- Semi-palmated Sandpiper
- Lesser Yellowleg
- Wilson’s Snipe
- Mew Gull
- Glaucous-winged Gull
- Herring Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Arctic Tern
- Pigeon Gullimot
- Marbled Murrelet
- Horned Puffin
- Common Murre
- Boreal Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- American Dipper
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Common Raven
- Northwestern Crow
- Gray Jay
- Black-billed Magpie
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Borean Chickadee
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Brown Creeper
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Hermit Thrush
- Varied Thrush
- American Robin
- Alder Flycatcher
- Wilson’s Warbler
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- Townsend’s Warbler
- Goldenc-crowned Sparrow
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Savannah Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Common Redpoll
- Pine Siskin
- White-winged Crossbill
- Red Crossbill
IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BIRD