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Birdwatching the Kelp Coast: A Landlubber's Guide to Seabirds

You don't need fins to love a kelp forest. Here's how to read the seabirds that work its surface — murres, puffins, cormorants and gulls, all season long.

Tom Okafor · September 26, 2026

Seabirds resting and flying low along a dark bull kelp raft on calm golden morning water, seen from a rocky headland

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Birdwatching Over Kelp: Seeing the Forest's Feathered Hunters from Shore

Kelp beds concentrate seabirds like nowhere else on the coast. Where to stand, what to bring, and how to identify the divers, dabblers and pirates of the kelp line.

Tom Okafor · September 26, 2026

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