Date: 5/10/26 8:03 am From: Lani Raymond via groups.io <lanibirder...> Subject: [AKBirding] Shorebird Festival: Saturday species +
*2026 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: SPECIES TALLY*
*Species seen Saturday, May 9th *
As of Saturday evening, we have had 131 species reported for the Festival.
(The average number of species in the last 25 years is 130). Some snow
yesterday, but birders out enjoying great birding, because *It’s Always a
Great Day to Bird*, as the Kachemak Bay Birders’ motto states.
*New species* seen Saturday: HORNED LARK at Mud Bay
*Numbers *as posted for Saturday evening at Mud Bay:
1000 WESTERN SANDPIPERS
500 DUNLIN
200 LEAST SANDPIPERS
30 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS
25 HUDSONIAN WHIMBRELS
*Saturday locations:*
RED KNOT: Mud Bay
MARBLED GODWIT: Anchor Pt, Beluga Slough/Bishops Beach, Beluga Lake,
Louies/Green Timbers, Mariner Park
HUDSONIAN GODWIT: Anchor Point, Beluga Slough/Bishops Beach, Louies/Green
Timbers
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: Anchor Point, Beluga Slough/Bishops Beach, Beluga Lake
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: Mariner Park
RUDDY TURNSTONE: Mariner Park, Anchor Point
RED-TAILED HAWK: Beluga Slough/Bishops Beach
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK: Beluga Slough/Bishops Beach
SHORT-EARED OWL: Anchor Point
AMERICAN DIPPER: 6 miles up North Fork Rd.
(The BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW was not seen on Saturday.)
*Missing species:*
We do have 131 species on our list as of Saturday night, but we are missing
the following species which we would have expected to have on our list
already:
PACIFIC WREN
DOWNY WOODPECKER
HAIRY WOODPECKER
NORTHERN SHRIKE
No eiders or flycatchers yet and still only one warbler (ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER)…
