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    Birdwatching
    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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    Birders grateful for Challenge prizes
    Birders grateful for Challenge prizes
    By Lani Raymond • May 15, 2013 5:53 pm

    The Kachemak Bay Birders would like to thank the following list of donors for providing wonderful prizes for our Big…

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    Dunlins and western sandpipers fly over Mud Bay last Saturday.-Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    21st Annual Shorebird Festival: birds might be bouncing...
    By Michael Armstrong • May 15, 2013 4:27 pm

    If visitors to the 21st annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival thought they might have been skunked last Thursday with relatively…

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    21st Shorebird Fest Starting Out Strong
    21st Shorebird Fest Starting Out Strong
    By Michael Armstrong • May 8, 2013 6:56 pm

    The 21st annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival has started with a junior birders discovery lab held Wednesday morning. The festival…

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    Joanne Thordarson, left, and Betty Siegel, right, look for birds last Friday at Mud Bay on the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Birding: It’s for anyone, anywhere
    By Michael Armstrong • May 8, 2013 5:58 pm

    “The birds are always out there waiting for us to notice them,” said Jeffrey Gordon, this year’s keynote speaker at…

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    Big show
    Big show
    March 8, 2013 12:35 pm

    A great gray owl sits on a downed spruce tree just off West Hill Road early Monday evening. The owl…

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    Announcements
    Announcements
    March 4, 2013 3:05 pm

    The Kachemak Emergency Service Area Board holds its board meeting at 7 p.m. today at the McNeil Canyon Fire Station,…

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    A common redpoll feeds at a suet block.-Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Great Backyard Bird Count part of citizen science
    February 25, 2013 1:30 pm

    It began and ended with a murder of crows.Wait — I don’t mean “murder” as in killing crows, but “murder”…

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    Announcements
    Announcements
    January 24, 2013 5:02 pm

    The Kachemak Bay Birders’ next regular meeting is 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. Following…

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