Kodiak Audubon's March Program

Make it your Big Year-Discover Local Birds with Audubon

Kodiak Audubon Society’s March Program is a free movie night and owling outing after the movie.  

We will screen the movie The Big Year on Friday, March 30, 2012  at 7:00 p.m.in room 128-130 at the Kodiak College in the Benny Benson Building. 

In The Big Year, an extraordinary race becomes a transformative journey for wealthy industrialist Stu (Steve Martin), computer code-writer Brad (Jack Black), and successful contractor Kenny (Owen Wilson), who race across the continent on a “Big Year,” a whirlwind competition to see who can identify the most species of birds in North American within one calendar year.

Join us after the movie to make it your Big Year and discover local birds with Audubon. Please dress warmly if you plan to join us for owling after the movie. 

For more information you can contact Cindy Trussell at 486-2878. 

he 2011 Kodiak CBC is less than a month away, on Saturday, 17

Hi all, The 2011 Kodiak CBC is less than a month away, on Saturday, 17
December 2011. Please let me know if you are interested in participating in the field or at a feeder.

For most participants, the field component will be a dawn to dusk affair, although acomodations will be made for people with less time to spend, and especially for people bringing children. 

The field parties are organized prior to count day, so please email or call me if you want to participate or have any questions about the count.

If you or anyone you know would like to participate at a bird feeder, please email or call me and I will answer questions and/or send you the 2011 Feeder Form.

Count results will be compiled at a post-count pot luck at Claudia and Stosh Anderson's house for all participants and their families.

There will be a presentation on the Winter Birds of Kodiak at the December Kodiak Audubon Society meeting on Friday, 9 December. The meeting will be at Kodiak College in the Benny Benson Bldg, Room 166. (Free) pizza will be served at 6:30, and the presentation will begin at 7:00. Everyone is encouraged to attend what has become an annual pizza fest. 

Thanks, Rich MacIntosh 486-3087
Kodiak

p.s. This drill gets repeated for the 31 December 2011 Narrow Cape-Kalsin Bay CBC (except for the pizza).

Winter Birds of Kodiak & Christmas Bird Count Kick-off Event

Where: Kodiak College, Benny Benson Building - Room 106
What: Free Pizza at 6:30 and Presentation at 7:00
When: December 9th, 2011

For information call Cindy Trussell: 486-2878
To sign up for the CBC contact Rich Macintosh: 486-3087
In town count date: Dec. 17, Narrow Cape Dec. 31

From Highways to Flyways: Migration of Alaska's Birds

From Highways to Flyways: Migration of Alaska's Birds

Kodiak Audubon Featured in TogetherGreen Newsletter

From the Summer 2011 Inside Scene, the National Audubon Society's newsletter highlighting the accomplishments of the Audubon/ToyotaTogetherGreen initiative.  To read the story visit: http://www.togethergreen.org/insidescene7.aspx#kodiak.

Details for International Migratory Bird Day 2011

Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 21


Build a Bird Feeder 10:30 am-12 noon
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
402 Center Ave
Join us to build your own bird feeder and
welcome birds to your backyard!
Children under 8 years of age must have an adult assisting with this activity.
We will also feature a demonstration about the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program, a citizen science program which monitors songbirds in the Buskin area.


MAPS Trail Work 9 am - 4 pm
or get involved by helping to build and re-route a trail that is part of a song bird monitoring program. Trail work will commence at 9:00 am near Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters at the Buskin River with an orientation by Island Trails Network, and continue throughout the day until 4:00 p.m. Lunch and snacks will be provided for all volunteers who sign up.
Registration for the trail work is requested. Please contact Lisa Hupp at 487-0285 or Cindy Trussell at 486-2878 before May 17 to sign up so that we can count numbers for lunch. You are still welcome to help out and sign up after this date.


This event is organized and sponsored by Kodiak Audubon Society, Island Trails Network, and Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and is part of Kodiak Audubon’s TogetherGreen Volunteer Days Grant to offer volunteer opportunities that significantly benefit the environment.


If you still need more details, don't hesitate to email Cindy Trussell at cindyhogan@gmail.com or Lisa Hupp at lisa.hupp@fws.gov

Hiking Schedule for 2011

Please note that you can download this PDF (little icon that looks like a cloud) so that you can more easily read the hikes. It is designed to be able to be printed two-sided.


Audubon Hike Schedule 2011