Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

32nd Annual, May 8 - 12, 2024

The Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
and Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
will host this year’s Shorebird Festival
May 8-12, 2024

The link to the this year's program can be found
HERE
see your choices and begin to plan.
Registration will open March 22.

This year’s festival will offer over 100 events for all ages and abilities to celebrate
the spring migration of Alaska’s shorebirds.

We will welcome:

Keynote Speaker: Ted Floyd

the longtime Editor of Birding magazine, the award-winning flagship publication of the American Birding Association (ABA). He has written five bird books, including the Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America (HarperCollins) and How to Know the Birds (National Geographic), and he has three more on the way!  The Homer Bookstore will be at his presentation with books!



2024 Schantz Scholar: Adrianna Nelson

began bird watching at nine years old when she identified a Dark-eyed Junco in her yard. She was named the American Birding Association
(ABA) 2020 Young Birder of the Year (age 14-18 division).

She will be sharing all she's learned by traveling the country and working in various ornithology, education, or conservation positions during her Festival Presentation:The Seabird Connection: Linking Local Birds to Global Conservation.
THANK YOU to the Schantz Brothers Foundation for bringing Adrianna to our Festival!

 

This year's Festival Artist,  Homer's own,Torie Rhyan,
created our unique artwork of the Red-necked Phalarope,this year’s featured Shorebird.

Autograhped Posters and other merchanise will be availalbe with her work.

See you in May!  Birding connects us all.

The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, the Pratt Museum and
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
are key program partners and will offer education and fun activities throughout the festival targeted to a wide array of ages and skill levels.
There are several tours each day and talks by knowledgeable birders and researchers.

Kachemak Bay, located in Homer, Alaska, provides miles of shoreline and intertidal habitat for migrating birds. Kachemak Bay’s unique ecology, easy accessibility to beaches, and the scenic landscapes of Homer make this a prime location to experience this annual migration. Kachemak Bay is a site of International Significance in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network.
During the 2023 Festival, these species were identified.

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It takes an entire community to successfully sponsor over 30 years of conservation education. The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival could not happen without the dedication of Homer's businesses, countless volunteers, sponsors, and enthusiastic attendees.

Thank You ALL and Happy Birding!