Kachemak Currents is a natural history program produced by the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies. The program covers a wide variety of subjects, all sharing the common theme of "the natural history of the Kachemak Bay area."

The Great Horned owl is the most common owl in the Homer area, and is resident year-round

Alaska Owls

Dandelions are a hearty, ubiquitous, and invasive, species

Dandelions

Puffins belong to the Alcid family, and there are two species of puffins in Kachemak Bay, Horned and Tufted

Puffins

Georg Steller was the first to publish descriptions of at least six species found in Alaska, including the extinct Steller's Sea Cow

Steller's Six

Hoarfrost is frozen water vapor, forming on cold, calm nights, changing from a gas to solid ice, skipping the aqueous state entirely

Hoarfrost

Rock Sandpipers are a small bird that have adapted to withstand Homer Alaska's challenging winter

Rock Sandpipers

The grouse is in the same bird family as the turkey

Grouse

Lynx and Snowshoe Hares

Cloud-cover, snowfall, elevation, and Kachemak Bay

Winter Weather So Far

The Kenai Mountains host all three Ptarmigan species year-round