Animals you may see include bear, red fox, short-tailed weasel (ermine), little brown bats, tundra vole and river otter. Introduced species include snowshoe hare, mountain goat, Sitka black-tailed deer, arctic ground squirrel, Roosevelt elk, muskrat, red squirrel and beaver.

If you are a bird watcher, Kodiak is the place for you! Common birds include fox sparrows, golden-crowned kinglets, winter wrens, pine siskins, water pipits, and rock and willow ptarmigan.

Large numbers of eagles can be spotted along the Kodiak waterfront in fall and winter. Sea birds, ducks and geese are everywhere, including Steller's and king eider, oldsquaw and harlequin ducks, horned and tufted puffins, and black-legged kittiwakes.

Marine mammals include Steller sea lions and sea otters. Fin, minke, humpback, killer and gray whales can be found in the waters of Kodiak.

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