October 29th Meeting and Presentation by Rachel Richardson, “McKay’s Bunting Monitoring on St. Matthew and Hall Islands”

Rachel Richardson is a wildlife biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center. Since 2018, she has studied McKay’s Buntings on St. Matthew and Hall islands, participating in three expeditions to monitor this unique species in one of Alaska’s most remote locations. Her research primarily investigates trends in the population size of McKay’s Buntings as well as Pribilof Rock Sandpipers that breed on the islands. In this talk, she will present the recently published findings on the McKay’s Bunting population, featuring photos and videos of the birds and their island habitats, while sharing the adventures and challenges in conducting research in the remote Bering Sea.

November 26th Meeting and Presentation by Martin Renner: Birding the South Pacific from Australia to Chile

December: no meeting (“just” the CBC on Dec. 14th!)

January 28th Meeting and Presentation by George Matz: N.W. Passage

Meetings at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters, (formerly:Islands and Ocean Visitor Center), begin at 5:30 pm (unless otherwise indicated). All meetings and events are cosponsored by the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Masks encouraged and all trips will comply with FWS covid-safe practices.

September 24th Presentation by Bruce Lyon: Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Study on the Pribilofs.

***TRIPS/Events

October 26th to Seaside Farms. Meet at the top of the hill at 10:00 am.

Leader: T.B.A.

November 16th to the Anchor River. Meet at the parking lot at 2:00 pm or car pool from Islands and Ocean.

Leader: Kristine Sowl.

December 14th CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT (all day). Coordinator: Dave Erikson

All Kachemak Bay Birding trips are cosponsored by the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. All trips are free and everyone is welcome to attend. Masks encouraged and all trips will comply with FWS covid-safe practices.

***Trip Reports–

7th ANNUAL FISH LINE CLEANUP AT THE FISHING HOLE: 9-14-24

Eight folks participated in the cleanup of monofilament fish line at the Fishing Hole on Saturday morning. We began in the rain and ended in the rain but inbetween it didn’t rain nor was there much of a breeze even. And thinking about entangled birds is such a good motivator, no matter what the weather throws at us.

We each picked up a bag of fishline–plus sinkers and hooks–and picked up trash as we walked along. Several folks scoured the edge of the low water; others stayed in the parking area where, it seems, much trimming of line occurs but not so much responsible disposal of the trimmed line. As in previous years after significant rain, there were many puddles of water in the parking area which meant that any line under the water was hidden and not picked up.

If anyone missed the cleanup day but might want to spend some time (think: a nice, sunny, warm day…), the parking area at the upper end (toward the RV Park) did not get picked up. If you do this, just put the fishline in the receptacle there (white plastic, looks like a periscope) and we will pick it up later.

A big thanks to those who helped and to Jim Herbert who coordinated the event.

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