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    Kachemak Bay Birders member Gary Lyon watches for birds near the Land’s End Resort condos on the Homer Spit during the Christmas Bird Count count day on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Christmas Bird Count sees nearly 70 species on...
    By Dave Erikson • January 1, 2026 1:30 am

    The 2025 Count Day species total was above the average for the last 20 years, though total number of birds seen was lower due to sea ice and weather.

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    Kachemak Bay Birders member Gary Lyon watches for birds near the Land’s End Resort condos on the Homer Spit during the Christmas Bird Count count day on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Christmas Bird Count is this weekend
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 15, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer’s Count Day will take place on Saturday, Dec. 20, following a bird identification class on Dec. 18.

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    33rd Shorebird Festival starts next week
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 30, 2025 5:30 pm

    This year’s festival, running May 7-11, features “Wildlife DJ” Dr. Ben Mirin as keynote speaker.

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    Two volunteers monitoring shorebirds on the Homer Spit in May 2016. (Photo courtesy of Kachemak Bay Birders)
    Kachemak Bay Birders kicks off 17th year of...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • April 10, 2025 7:30 pm

    The first monitoring session of 2025 will take place Saturday.

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    Christmas Bird Count spots more than 8,000 birds
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 2, 2025 1:30 am

    Count Day was held on Dec. 21, after a weeklong postponement due to heavy snow

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    Annual Homer Christmas Bird Count to take place...
    By Dave Erikson • December 12, 2024 1:30 am

    This year marks the 125th annual National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count (CBC) — the longest running citizen science survey…

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    Birding in the digital era
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 16, 2024 1:30 am

    Workshop led by 2024 Shorebird Festival keynote speaker teaches best practices for birders of all levels

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    Birdwatchers scan Mud Bay for birds on Friday, May 6, 2022, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    32nd Shorebird Festival arrives May 8-12
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    The shorebirds are coming, the shorebirds are coming!

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    A song sparrow perches on a willow branch near the Beluga Slough trail on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Shorebird festival entertains birders of all ages and...
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    126 shorebird species seen at 31st Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

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    Western Sandpipers scurry across the sand in search of food in the mudflats. Sandpipers are the most prevalent bird at the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge during the 2023 Shorebird and Nature Festival May 5-7. (Jan Wieser / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
    Shorebird Festival opens this weekend for all birding...
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 1, 2023 1:30 am

    Registration is still open for the 31st annual Shorebird Festival, running May 3-7.

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    Volunteers deliver trash and recyclables for the annual Cleanup Day on Saturday afternoon at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. About 800 bags of trash were picked up.-Photo by Aaron Carpenter, Homer News
    Homer’s Best Bets
    May 7, 2015 12:10 pm

    After decades living in Homer, the Betster can finally admit it. Yours truly has succumbed to birder fever. Consider the…

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    Alaskans’ help sought in Rusty Blackbird research
    Alaskans’ help sought in Rusty Blackbird research
    April 15, 2015 4:32 pm

    Through May 31, Alaskans can use their binoculars to help birds — by reporting sightings of Rusty Blackbirds for the…

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    Birders propose actions to protect area bird habitat
    Birders propose actions to protect area bird habitat
    By George Matz • March 4, 2015 4:53 pm

    (Editor’s Note: The following recently was presented as Kachemak Bay Birders’ testimony to the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission and…

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