Lecture: Hummingbird Banding on the Kenai Peninsula- Where are we headed?

Lecture: Hummingbird Banding on the Kenai Peninsula- Where are we headed?

Please join us for a presentation by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Biologist Todd Eskelin, as he discusses Hummingbird Banding on the Kenai Peninsula. He will describe his work banding hundreds of hummingbirds on the Kenai Peninsula, what we know so far and what we hope to learn in the future. Some people know we have Rufous Hummingbirds breeding on the Kenai Peninsula, but few are aware we have an increasing population of Anna’s Hummingbirds. Learn how to tell the difference between them. What can you do to attract them and should you? How close we are to having them year-round in south central Alaska?

March 24, 2023 at 5:30 pm at the Kenai Art Center (816 Cook Ave., Kenai, Alaska)

Todd’s professional interest in birds began at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR. He then worked as the bander-in-charge at the fledgling Alaska Bird Observatory. After several temporary stints with the USFWS training banders and setting up and operating MAPS stations on the Alaska Peninsula, he eventually settled at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in 2001 where he continues to work as a Wildlife Biologist.