Celebrate the arrival of spring, and welcome Anchorage's returning migratory bird species, at International Migratory Bird Day at the Zoo on Sunday, May 14, at the Alaska Zoo. The zoo will open, as usual, at 9:00 a.m., and Bird Day events will run from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In keeping with the spirit of this Mother's Day event, moms will be admitted free all day. Furthermore, all admissions will be reduced (to $6.00 per adult and $4.00 per child).
This year's event, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hosting in partnership with the Alaska Zoo, Bird Treatment and Learning Center, and Kaladi Brothers Coffee, has a lot to offer. The experts from Bird TLC and the Alaska Zoo will have rehabilitated raptors and other birds on hand for close-up observation and education. And, beginning at 11:00 a.m., Alaska's winners of the national Junior Duck Stamp competition will receive their awards.
of the boreal forest in the United States, it is especially appropriate that we in Alaska celebrate the arrival of our springtime visitors this year. The same vast, undisturbed spaces, the same sense of wildness that brought many of us to Alaska, are precisely the reasons that it serves as the birthing grounds for millions of birds representing some hundreds of species. The event will provide many opportunities to learn about birds of the boreal forest and what you can do to help!
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