Date: 5/7/25 11:23 pm From: Lani Raymond via groups.io <lanibirder...> Subject: [AKBirding] Shorebird Festival in Homer
Our Shorebird Festival began with a sunny day and many birds. A RED KNOT
was seen at Mariner Park today and so many other birds! As we always say,
It Was A Great Day To Bird!
To follow the eBird reports generated by the Festival, you can go to
kachemakbaybirders.org and click on the eBird Sightings Map icon in the
right column, or on a phone, go to the bottom of the page to find it.
*2025 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: Species Tally*
*Species seen Wednesday (May 7th)*
*Mud Bay:* MARBLED GODWIT (3), SANDERLING, WHIMBREL*, *BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVER, DUNLIN, LEAST SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER,
WESTERN SANDPIPER, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, AMERICAN PIPIT, CACKLING GOOSE,
NORTHERN HARRIER.
*Mariner Park:* RED KNOT, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (2), WESTERN and LEAST
SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, PACIFIC
GOLDEN-PLOVER, NORTHERN HARRIER.
*Green Timbers/Louie’s Lagoon:* MARBLED GODWIT, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER,
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WESTERN SANDPIPER (450), SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER,
DUNLIN, LEAST SANDPIPER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, AMERICAN PIPIT, SAVANNAH SPARROW
*End of the Spit** (Fishing Hole south): *BLACK TURNSTONE, DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT, COMMON MERGANSER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, AMERICAN PIPIT, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR, HERRING GULL
*Beluga Slough: * PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, LEAST
SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, SANDHILL CRANE, AMERICAN PIPIT, FOX SPARROW,
MERLIN
*Beluga Lake East/Platforms:* GREAT BLUE HERON, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, SANDERLING, WILSON’S SNIPE, LEAST SANDPIPER, AMERICAN PIPIT,
BELTED KINGFISHER, TREE and BANK SWALLOW, TUNDRA SWAN, VARIED THRUSH,
LINCOLN SPARROW, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, NORTHERN HARRIER *(Chestnut-backed
Chickadee report being confirmed.)*
*Calvin and Coyle Trail**:* AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, SPRUCE GROUSE,
HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, VARIED THRUSH, PACIFIC WREN, TREE and
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, CANADA and CACKLING GOOSE, NORTHERN HARRIER
*Anchor River:* HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK TURNSTONE, BLACK
OYSTERCATCHER, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, WHIMBREL, WESTERN and LEAST
SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, LONG- and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER,
ARCTIC TERN, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, AMERICAN PIPIT, SAVANNAH SPARROW, NORTHERN
HARRIER
