Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

09/11/2026

You could be next year's artist for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival! Submit your artwork for consideration here: https://kachemakshorebird.org/become-our-next-festival-artist/

The selected artist will create a design featuring this year's signature bird and receives a cash stipend, two free tickets to the festival, merchandise with their design featured, and a chance to host an artist’s workshop during the festival.

08/23/2026

Did you see the July issue of American Birding Association's Birding Magazine article about "Birding the Lower Cook Inlet" by Kristen Johnson? She was the Schantz Scholar in 2025! Well done Kristen getting a published article!👏👏🦅

06/05/2026

This year was a banner year for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, with a record number of attendees and a record number of Junior and Teen Birders!

The Junior and Teen Birder program was made possible this year through the generosity of the Homer Foundation, who provided an amazing grant which allowed us to purchase supplies and prizes for the Junior Birder program like binders, bird books, legos, and more.

We're so grateful to the incredible team over at the Homer Foundation for all their hard work and generosity, as well as for how smooth they made the whole application process. The Homer Foundation

05/28/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival!!! Despite the weather (even snow on Sat), the birding was great! Thank you to our vendors, sponsors, partners, and volunteers who make this festival successful! A huge thank you to The Homer Foundation for providing support towards the Jr. Birder Program!!! 🥰

Two local Jr. Birders celebrating a May snow!

📷 L Haller/USFWS

05/23/2026

Miss out on purchasing Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival merchandise like this tote bag? They arrived late and are available for sale at the bookstore at AK Maritime NWR. Merchandise can also be purchased and shipped to your house via Bonfire.

https://kachemakshorebird.org/shop/

05/11/2026

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05/11/2026

Ok, maybe this is a strange claim to fame, but I’m pretty sure this is the one-and-only Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival field trip group who got to visit the dead humpback whale in Seldovia! Thanks to Jerry (pictured here on the right) who specifically requested, “I want to see it. And smell it.” We didn’t get close enough for smelling, and also didn’t want to get in the way of the biologists’ necropsy, but we did get a good look.
Lots of bird activity out there, too! Ravens and eagles just waiting for the feast to begin.

05/11/2026