Seldovia Nature Tours

Seldovia Nature Tours Expert naturalist guide service offering walks and hikes in Seldovia, Alaska.

Highbush cranberry is actually a viburnum, not a cranberry at all. High on the funk factor, super tart, and a little bit...
06/22/2026

Highbush cranberry is actually a viburnum, not a cranberry at all. High on the funk factor, super tart, and a little bit sweet (especially after a hard frost or freeze), the fruits are excellent for jelly. You can see the opposite twigs and almost maple-shaped leaves here, along with blossoms and last year’s fruit.

06/19/2026

Wildflowers are starting to pop! I saw my first wild geraniums, columbine, and lupines today. Beach peas, elderberries, and of course dandelions are in full swing. Stay tuned for more flower pictures!
(I take so many….🙄)

06/15/2026

We are in the midst of another low tide series— don’t miss it! Tomorrow morning’s low tide is a minus 5.5-footer, one of the lowest of the year. I offer a two-hour low tide tour June 16, 17, 18 and again July 13-17. See my website for complete details and dates, as well as dates in August and September. Call, text, or email me to book. These low tides don’t happen every day, and are worth planning your whole trip around!
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Our local birding club, Kachemak Bay Birders, came over from Homer yesterday and we had a fun time exploring Seldovia Ha...
06/13/2026

Our local birding club, Kachemak Bay Birders, came over from Homer yesterday and we had a fun time exploring Seldovia Harbor and Slough, and a little bit of the Fish Creek watershed and Rocky Ridge Trail. We even went to the community garden! Thanks to Lani Raymond for managing all the signups and communications for this trip. It’s so satisfying for me to have time in person with my local birding friends, most of whom I only see online through eBird or Facebook.

06/09/2026

Turn your head for a couple of days and suddenly everything is GREEN! 💚 Flowers, too, and birds all over the place. The audio is from a favorite secret spot near Fish Creek, and all these plants were photographed nearby today 6/9/26.
In no particular order: yellow and purple violets, spruce tips, devils club, spring beauty, horsetails, salmonberry.

06/04/2026

Birding by ear is the best! I’ve been out at the community garden planting my carrots and kale today, but could do that and listen at the same time. I heard 16 species of birds at the garden! And this was in the middle of the day. I think everyone is happy it’s a bit warmer. Stacking firewood in my neighborhood on the Slough…hearing song sparrows, tree and violet-green swallows, a belted kingfisher, and courting rufous hummingbirds!

06/03/2026

Overheard some folks in the Post Office yesterday, talking about bumblebees. I’m not sure who it was, but here’s a neat Alaska bumblebee ID card from the National Park Service!

06/03/2026

Finally summer! A rare ice cream treat from Otter Cove (cashed in my human powered fishing derby gift certificate, upgraded $1 for a waffle cone), saw my first Milbert‘s tortoiseshell butterfly in a couple of years, the Jacob’s ladder flowers are blooming on the cliffs, and that sun is hot! Finally got my potatoes planted yesterday. First beach fires, friends rowing by at high tide, T-shirt and shorts weather, as long as you stay out of the wind.

"How deep is the water?" is a frequently asked question on my tours. And, like most questions asked about Seldovia, the ...
06/01/2026

"How deep is the water?" is a frequently asked question on my tours. And, like most questions asked about Seldovia, the answer is, "It depends." Regarding the water depth, it's constantly changing! The tides go in and out, and vary based on the moon phase and how far away the moon is from earth, and so on. These two photos were taken today, 5/31/2026, at this morning's low tide, a minus 1.7'. And then again this afternoon at the 16.3' high tide. These aren't even close to being the most dramatic highs and lows we get here, which can differ by 28 feet! People also ask, "What do you do in Seldovia?" and a truly legitimate answer is that we just watch the tide go in and out.

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