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After our eBird workshop at Devil’s Club on Friday evening, join us on early Saturday morning at the parking area for the Airport Dike Trail (EVAR) to put eBird into action. We’ll meet at 8:00 AM and have a 15 min debriefing, then gear up to depart at 8:30 in small groups in search of birds.
Field trip leaders and volunteers will provide scopes, tripods, and binoculars, but if you have your own, please bring them along! You will need to bring your own boots such as Xtratufs, water, and clothing/hat/sunglasses appropriate for the weather. If you have questions about footwear or clothing for this outing, please email: [email protected] or [email protected] and we’ll get back to you!
Plan to spend 2.5 - 3 hours on the wetlands and let us know if you have any transportation needs.
Please REGISTER HERE via our Google Form.
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What can you expect to see?
For more information about what kinds of waterfowl and other birds you can expect to see on the Field Day, check out Audubon Alaska's Southeast Alaska Birding Trails list for Juneau and the EVAR trail (or Airport Dike Trail), specifically.
Field Trip Leaders:
Zak Pohlen is a wildlife biologist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Birds in Anchorage, Alaska. Zak coordinates the Alaska Landbird Monitoring Survey (ALMS) on National Wildlife Refuges in Bird Conservation Region 4 and implements various monitoring and research projects at U.S. Air Force installations throughout the state. Zak is also the North American Breeding Bird Survey Coordinator for Alaska and the Alaska eBird Coordinator. When not working, you will find Zak birding, participating in citizen science (eBird), and encouraging others to do the same. A simple action we can all do to help bring birds back.
River Gates joined Audubon in 2017 and has more than 25 years of experience in leading international shorebird conservation and research projects in the Pacific and East Asian-Australasian Flyways. She earned her M.S. in wildlife conservation from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2011, studying the breeding and migration ecology of Dunlin. River co-created the Pacific Americas Shorebird Conservation Strategy and serves as the coordinator for the partnership. She advises shorebird conservation programs more broadly through her service on the following executive councils: U.S. Shorebird Conservation Partnership, Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network’s Hemispheric Council, and Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group.
Brenda Wright came to Alaska for a 6 month job over 40 years ago. After a couple of seasons of field work in SE Alaska, she couldn't imagine living anywhere else. There is astounding natural wildlife & plants. Brenda’s 6 word biography: Headed West, turned North, Found home.
Field Trip Assistants:
Bailey Williams
Bailey is a naturalist and backcountry enthusiast. She works with the Southeast Alaska Land Trust, primarily in communications. She’s here for the raptors.
Mary Glaves
Since moving to Alaska in 2016, Mary has become an avid hunter of game big and small, as well as mushrooms, and revels in the outdoor opportunities that Alaska offers from sea to stream and wetlands to alpine. Mary resides in Juneau with her husband and their two dogs, Rocky and Riggs, who is an avid grouse fetcher. Mary joined BHA in 2023 and is thrilled to be a voice for Alaska’s wild public lands, waters and wildlife as the Alaska Chapter Coordinator.
WHEN
April 19, 2025 at 8:00am - 11am
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Bailey Williams
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