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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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    A Townsend’s solitaire was one of the rarer birds seen in the count.-Photo by Tami Reiser
    Bird count: 67 species, almost 9,500 birds
    By Lani Raymond • January 7, 2015 4:12 pm

    Homer’s Audubon Christmas Bird Count was held Dec. 20, and it was a beautiful, warm, calm day. There were 67…

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    Photo by David Hanson
    Birders seek to identify mysterious Spit bird
    By Staff report • July 14, 2014 4:05 pm

    The Kachemak Bay Birders are seeking help in identifying this mystery bird photographed by visitor David Hanson on June 6…

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    Eryn Field, left, and her mother, Carmen Field are getting ready for the 22nd annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. Eryn, 8, has been in the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival’s Junior Birder program for seven years and will “fledge” this year.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Birding for beginners
    By Michael Armstrong • May 7, 2014 5:20 pm

    Getting started in birding can be intimidating. When experienced birders show up this week for the 22nd annual Kachemak Bay…

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    It’s not just about birds
    By Michael Armstrong • May 7, 2014 5:16 pm

    Already the shorebirds have arrived. Dunlins, dowitchers, surfbirds, sandpipers, yellowlegs, in ones and twos and hundreds they’ve been swooping in…

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    A bird to brighten up the winter
    January 15, 2014 4:13 pm

    A gray-capped rosy finch feeds at a bird feeder on Diamond Ridge last Saturday. The blue behind it is a…

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    Neil Hayward took the photo of the rustic bunting, left, with a junco, while visiting in Homer.-Photo provided
    Birder achieves Big Year in Homer
    By Michael Armstrong • December 31, 2013 5:39 pm

    A wayward Siberian bird seen last month not only caught the attention of local and Alaska birders, it brought another…

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    A great gray owl perches in an alder bush off West Hill Road in Homer last year.-Photo by Michael Armstrong,  Homer News
    Homer Christmas bird count part of national tradition
    By Michael Armstrong • December 11, 2013 3:05 pm

    Oh sure, it’s easy to count and identify birds during the balmy spring days of the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival….

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    Swans glide across Beluga Lake.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsy, Homer News
    Birding, wildlife van tour a great way to...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 17, 2013 5:11 pm

    “You can’t see the forest for the trees” is a great description for what happens when you live in a…

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