Fodor's Expert Review Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
The Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral Alaska
Festivals
Free
Early-summer visitors to Homer join thousands of migrating shorebirds for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival on the second weekend in May. Experts offer bird-watching trips and photography demonstrations, and the simultaneous Wooden Boat Festival provides a chance to meet some of Alaska's finest boatbuilders. Various kids' events add to the fun.