5 Guided Birding Field Trips

Subhankar Banerjee

shorebird 101 class

Guest Presenters

Birding Challenge

About the Artist…

Deryn Carter is a Forest Biologist studying the myriad of forests found in Coastal Alaska from Ketchikan to Kodiak via research vessel. Coastal Alaska is her home where she lives on a sailboat with her partner and dog, spending her personal time hiking its mountains, sailing its winds, and weaving its natural materials into baskets and art. She was compelled to create this year's design during new explorations in block printing and digital art, drawing inspiration from the details embodied in shorebird plumage and the dynamic watercourses of the Copper River Delta with its life-teeming mud. 

This design will be available for purchase on both stickers and apparel at the festival welcome table. As well as visible throughout the festival.

• Check out the Shopping & Dining Guide located in your festival Welcome Packet.

• Track your local spending with your “Cordova Passport” you will receive in your welcome packet. (This helps us track the economic impact of this festival!)

• Visit local businesses to participate in their Shorebird Festival Sales & Specials!

• Sign-Up for a few “Third Party Activities” During the Festival.

GETTING HERE

You can fly with Alaska Airlines into Anchorage and Cordova. The Shorebird Festival Alaska Airlines Discount Code is:

ECMK383

Online bookings are also open to travel via the Alaska Marine Highway System. Visit their sailing calendar to view available sailings and then book using this link.

pws science center research

During the Shorebird Festival, you may notice researchers from PWS Science Center using mist nets to capture shorebirds at Hartney Bay. Working with Environment and Climate Change Canada, we will be collecting the fecal droppings of migrating shorebirds to identify the presence of microplastics.

Estuary coastlines tend to have elevated levels of plastic pollution. Because many shorebird populations are declining, determining impacts of plastic pollution exposure and ingestion by shorebirds is important. This project is part of a larger, multi national effort to document shorebird exposure to plastic pollution along the coastline of the eastern Pacific Ocean. If you have experience mist netting and would like to volunteer to help with this effort during the festival, email aschaefer@pwssc.org. To learn more about PWSSC’s work, click the button below.