Kachemak Bay Shorebird FestivalKachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
Festival History
It all started... In 1993 a group of Homer residents representing environmental, economic and cultural interests, got together to dream up an event. They envisioned a festival that would educate the public about shorebirds and wetlands. The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was born. Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival Keynote Speakers
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| 1993 | Poppy Benson - USFWS, "Relating Motherhood with Bird Migration" |
| 1994 | Julie Sibbing - Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, "International Wetland Preservation and Shorebird Migration" |
| 1995 | Pete Dunne - Cape May Bird Observatory, "Early days of Ornithology, Audubon and Wilson" |
| 1996 | Dr. Dennis Paulson - author of Shorebirds of the Pacific Northwest, "Birding Basics, Behavior and Biology" | 1997 | Kenn Kaufman - "Great Travelers: Birds and Humans" |
| 1998 | Peter Harrison - "Seven Years and Seven Continents" |
| 1999 | Don and Lillian Stokes - "The Fabulous World of Birds" |
| 2000 | Jack Jeffrey - USFWS Hawaii, "Jewels of the Forest" |
| 2001 | Peter Stangle - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, "The Future of Birds" |
| 2002 | Frank Todd - "Waterfowl of North America" |
| 2003 | Charles Glatzer - "Bird & Nature Photography" |
| 2004 | Peter Dunne - "On Golden Wings" |
| 2005 | Scott Weidensaul - "Return to Wild America: Searching for a Continent's Natural Soul" |
| 2006 | Bernd Heinrich - "Ravens, the Wolf Birds" |
| 2007 | John Acorn - "The Family that Birds Together" |
| 2008 | Richard Crossley - "Birding: Past, Present & Future" |
Sponsors
Homer Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service
Festival Contact
Christina Whiting, Festival Coordinator
shorebirdster@gmail.com
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
201 Sterling Highway
Homer, Alaska 99603
Phone- (907) 235-7740 Fax: (907) 235-8766
BIRD HOTLINE (907) 235-PEEP
New Birding Website at:
http://birdinghomeralaska.org
Education paid off!
Festival enthusiasm has led to protection of critical shorebird habitat. Kachemak Bay has been included in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. Habitat has been acquired and city land permanently protected on the Spit, in Beluga Slough, and Overlook Park. These lands are being preserved for the future and the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival played an important part in the process.