Junior Birder Awards Ceremony
Sunday, May 11; 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
All Junior Birders are encouraged to attend the Junior Birder Badge Awards Ceremony. To participate in the awards ceremony, bring completed notebooks to the IOVC by 10am Sunday May 11th
Can’t make the awards ceremony? Mail completed notebooks to: Kendra Bush, AK Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, 95 Sterling Hwy. Suite #1, Homer, AK 99603 and provide contact information for us to mail prizes to.
Junior Birder Requirements
1st
year
- Attend the Virtual Junior Birder Discovery Lab.
- Attend a bird walk, a birding station OR a birding workshop during the festival.
- Complete TWO other activities of your choice found in your Festival Jr. Birder packet.
2nd
year
You must have at least TWO facts OR one drawing/ sketch of what you learned from each station recorded within your notebook!
- Attend a bird walk during the festival or take a birding walk of your own. U
- Attend a Birding Station OR a Birding workshop during the festival.
- Attend at least ONE other Shorebird Festival activity of your choice. Upload picture of yourself participating with your “Flat Phalarope”
3rd
year
You must have at least TWO facts AND one drawing/ sketch of what you learned from each station recorded within your notebook!
- Attend a bird walk during the festival or take a birding walk of your own.
- Attend a Birding Station OR a Birding workshop during the festival.
- Attend at least ONE other Shorebird Festival activity of your choice.
4th
year
You must have at least TWO facts AND one drawing/ sketch of what you learned from each station recorded within your notebook!
- Attend a bird walk during the festival or take a birding walk of your own.
- Attend a Birding Station OR a Birding workshop during the festival.
- Attend at least ONE other Shorebird Festival activity of your choice.
5th
year
You must have at least THREE facts AND one drawing/ sketch of what you learned from each station recorded within your notebook!
- Attend a bird walk during the festival or take a birding walk of your own.
- Attend a Birding Station OR a Birding workshop during the festival.
- Attend at least ONE other Shorebird Festival activity of your choice.
- Draw or paint your favorite bird seen during the festival.
6th
year
You must have at least THREE facts AND one drawing/ sketch of what you learned from each station recorded within your notebook!
- Attend the Kachemak Bay Birding Discovery Lab at the Islands and Ocean Visitor Center on Saturday. Wear a badge to identify yourself as a 6th year birder and assist with one of the stations at the Discovery Lab.
- Attend a bird walk during the festival or take a birding walk of your own.
- Attend an “adult” bird presentation.
- Attend a Birding Station OR a Birding workshop during the festival.
- Attend at least ONE other Shorebird Festival activity of your choice.
7th
year
You must have at least THREE facts AND one drawing/ sketch of what you learned from each station recorded within your notebook!
- Attend the Kachemak Bay Birding Discovery Lab at the Islands and Ocean Visitor Center on Saturday. Wear a badge to identify yourself as a 7th year birder and assist with one of the stations at the Discovery Lab.
- Attend a bird walk during the festival or take a birding walk of your own.
- Attend an “adult” bird presentation.
- Accompany a researcher/ volunteer on one shorebird monitoring survey. Complete a journal entry within the note pages of your Jr. Birder Notebook reflecting on your monitoring experience, including a question that you have or a further investigation you would like to do as a result of your experience.
- Attend a Birding Station OR a Birding workshop during the festival.
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