2012 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
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20th Anniversary - May 10-13
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
2011 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival will be
celebrating its 20th anniversary May 10-13, 2012. Complete details including the schedule of events
and registration form for the 20th Annual Kachemak
Bay Shorebird Festival will be available in March,
2012. Contact Christina Whiting, Festival
Coordinator, with questions, at
shorebirdster@gmail.com or 907-235-7740.
Want to
become a member of the elite Festival Shorebird
Crane Club? Download the Application
here.
2012 Festival Participation Application now available.
Download
here.
Note: Paypal
is coming in March, 2012.
2012 Keynote Speaker - DR. George Archibald
Dr. George Archibald is the Co-founder and Senior
Conservationist with International Crane Foundation.
Dr. George Archibald and Dr. Ronald Sauey
established the International Crane Foundation (ICF)
in the spring of 1973, as the world center for the
study and preservation of cranes. Dr. Archibald
received his undergraduate degree from Dalhousie
University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and completed
his Ph.D. at Cornell University. For 27 years George
served as the President of ICF. Today he continues
to advance ICF's mission in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,
Bhutan, Cuba, China, India, Iran, North Korea,
Pakistan, South Korea and Russia.
In recognition of his accomplishments, George has
received four honorary doctorates and many awards,
including the Gold Medal from the World Wildlife
Fund, a Fellows Award from the MacArthur Foundation,
the Wildlife Conservation Medal from the Zoological
Society of San Diego, the Lilly Medal and
Indianapolis Prize presented by the Indianapolis Zoo
and the Douglas H Pimlott Award from Nature Canada.
Click
here
for more information on the International Crane
Foundation.
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Drs.
George Archibald (left) and Tamaki Kitagawa studying
cranes in Muraviovka Park, Russia. Photo by ICF
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2012 Festival Artwork by Carla Stanley
Check out comments regarding the 2011 Festival
and some of
the photos from
the 2011
events. And check out all the
Festival Sponsors.
Christina M Whiting, Festival Coordinator
For information on
the latest bird arrivals or to report your bird
sightings, call 907-235-PEEP (235-7337) or visit
www.kachemakbaybirders.com
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Big Spit Birding
Challengers
Photo by Christina Whiting |
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Yellow Leg
Photo by Wild North
Photography |
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Rock Sandpipers
Photo by Karl Stoltzfus |
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Family that birds
together stays together
Photo by Christina Whiting |
Website
Festival photos courtesy of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service, unless otherwise noted.
