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The Anchorage Audubon Society chapter is a volunteer, non-profit organization that is dedicated to the conservation of southcentral Alaska ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit and enjoyment of current and future generations. Our dedicated volunteers provide field trips, natural history presentation, newsletters, the bird hotline, education programs for adults and children and support for conservation issues. Natural history presentations are scheduled for the third Thursday of every month from September through May. Our birding and natural history focused field trips are open to the public and are led by local bird experts. We welcome all levels of birders and non-birders on our field trips.
On this site you'll find information on how to join the Anchorage Audubon Society (membership to National Audubon is included). You can learn about wildlife conservation issues and activities sponsored by Anchorage Audubon. If you have updates, comments or corrections to content on this website please contact us at
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Happy New Year!
Jan. 21, 2010 - Caroline Van Hemert presents an Update on Alaska Bird Beak Deformity Research at 7 pm at the BP Energy Center
Cookies and refreshments will be served and the public is welcome to attend. The meetings will be held at the BP Energy Center at 900 E. Benson Blvd., Anchorage, AK. For a map of the meeting location please visit our Field Trips and Events Calendar.
Birding maps are now available for Anchorage area!
The full-color map is 2’x 3’ when unfolded but folds down to a handy 6” x 9” pocket size. Authored and published by Audubon Alaska, in cooperation with Anchorage Audubon (primary author: Eric Myers). Features detailed road map, site descriptions, and driving directions for 34 birding spots on public lands. Includes updated checklist with seasonal abundance of likely birds. To purchase for $10 (or $11 by mail), contact Audubon Alaska: 907-276-7034 or Gretchen Hazen (online and local outlets coming soon). Maps will also be available for sale at Anchorage Audubon field trips and monthly meetings.
Anchorage Audubon has NEW Audubon PremiumShade Grown Coffee for Sale!
Make a Difference with Every Cup of coffee you drink by purchasing Audubon Shade Grown coffee. Audubon shade grown coffee is delicous and with each bag you purchase you're protecting tropical, migratory bird habitats from deforestation. Shade grown coffee beans yield a more complex and flavorful cup than non-shade grown coffees. Audubon coffee is 100% organic which makes for healthier water supply and soils for the people and wildlife living and working in coffee-farming communities. Please visit the Audubon Shade Grown Coffee Website for more information on the coffee.
Many of the songbirds that breed in Alaska each summer spend their winters in Latin America on coffee farms. Traditional coffee plantations provide some of the last remaining forests of this region, providing essential habitat for the birds. Hummingbirds, swallows, warblers, orioles, tanagers and other native and migratory birds find a safe haven in the remaining forests of shade coffee plantations. Studies in Colombia and Mexico found 94-97% fewer bird species in "sun grown" coffee plantations than in "shade grown" coffee. Most birds find food and shelter in the canopy of the shade coffee plantations, while there is very little food and shelter in sun grown coffee plantations. Sun grown coffee farms have also increased pollution, as it requires chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides unnecessary for shade growing.
Each 12 oz. package is $15 and can be purchased at our sales table at the monthly meetings.
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