|
2010 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival - May 6-9Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
Welcome to the 18th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, Alaska's largest wildlife viewing Festival.
This year's theme is Partners Across the Pacific: Common Waters, Uncommon Birds. Enjoy presentations on birding both around the globe and herein our own back yard. As always, expert speakers, naturalists and guides will share their extensive wealth of birding knowledge as they lead you through the many field events, workshops, presentations and boat, bus and kayak tours being offered this year. When your day of birding and exploring Homer winds down, spend your evening enjoying our great lineup of entertainment for all ages. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced birder, or the non-birder in your group, you will enjoy this fun-for-the-entire-family weekend of activities for all. We'll see you on the shores of beautiful Kachemak Bay! Keynote SpeakerPeter Harrison, MBE -- author, artist and ornithologist. Widely considered the world's foremost authority on seabirds, Peter Harrison has written and illustrated over a dozen books, of which Seabirds: An Identification Guide, is considered the bible of seabird identification. Published over a quarter of a century ago, this seminal publication is still considered the standard of reference work on seabirds. Peter is only one of a handful of authors to both write and illustrate bird books. His latest project is a two-volume Handbook to the Seabirds of the World, to be published by Lynx Edicions of Barcelona in 2015. Peter has led scientific research expeditions throughout
the world, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and
across the islands of the Pacific and Atlantic
oceans. One such expedition resulted in a 22-page
profile article in Co-founder of Eco and Zegrahm Expeditions based in Seattle, Peter still leads expeditions to all seven continents. He is also an ardent conservationist. His latest project is to help raise the US$2.5 million needed to eradicate rats from Henderson Island, an uninhabited makatea in the South Pacific and home to four endemic bird species. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of natural history and his dedication to conservation projects, Peter was recently honored with the title Member of the British Empire by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
|
