2010 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival - May 6-9
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
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Complete
Festival information, including Schedule of Events
and Registration form will be available Monday,
March 22nd.
Welcome to the 18th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival,
Alaska's largest wildlife viewing Festival.
Join us in celebrating spring and the more than 130
species of birds that
migrate to Kachemak Bay, including over 20
shorebirds.
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!
Happy birding!
Christina M Whiting, Festival Coordinator
c/o the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival Committee
For more information, call 907-235-7740 or e-mail
shorebirdster@gmail.com
2010 Arts &
Education Fair Vendor Applications will be available
in mid-March
Keynote Speaker
Peter 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
New Yorker magazine and highlighted the plight
of the Short-tailed Albatross, once thought to be
extinct and now one of the rarest of all surviving
bird species.
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.
Happy birding!
Christina M Whiting, Festival Coordinator
c/o the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival Committee
For more information, call 907-235-7740 or e-mail
shorebirdster@gmail.com
