Events

April

Garnet Festival–Wrangell
Alaska Hummingbird Festival–Ketchikan

Date: April 14-15, 2006
Contact Name: Leslie Swada
Phone: 907-228-6220
Sponsoring Organization: USDA Forest Service, The Discovery Center
Celebrate the return of migratory birds from Central and South America to the southern panhandle of Alaska. The male rufous hummingbirds begin arriving in Ketchikan in mid-March and are seen at feeders and flowers throughout Ketchikan by mid-April. Festival events include guided bird hikes, art shows, a bird-banding station, and activities for children. For more information, call festival headquarters at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center at 907-228-6220.
Southeast Alaska Discovery Center
Ketchikan Visitor’s Bureau

Spring Migration Celebration 06:  Explore the Boreal Forest–Fairbanks

Date:  April 29, 2006 (Noon–4 pm)
Contact Name:  Friends of Creamer’s Field
Phone:  907-452-5162 or 907-459-7307 (Creamer’s Refuge Visitor Center)
Sponsoring Organizations:  Friends of Creamer’s Field, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaska Bird Observatory, Arctic Audubon Society

Fairbanks celebrates burgeoning spring in the boreal forest with conservation programs, information booths and wildlife viewing.  See swans and abundant waterfowl in refuge ponds, hear forest songbirds, taste spring sugar flowing from moose-browsed birch, find lowland marmots waking from a long winter hibernation, search for emerging butterflies, frogs and other signs of spring in the northern forests.
Friends of Creamer's Field

May

Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival–Cordova
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival–Homer
Upper Tanana Valley Migratory Bird Festival–Tok
International Migratory Bird Day–Statewide celebrations

August

Sandhill Crane Festival–Fairbanks

November

Alaska Bald Eagle Festival–Haines

December

Boreal Partners in Flight Annual Meeting–Anchorage

Alaska Science Center - Biological Sciences Office