Birding Scholarship Trip Opportunity
Tim Schantz Memorial Foundation
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
5-8 May 2005
Homer, Alaska
For more information on the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival go to:
http://www.homeralaska.org/shorebird.htm
To request a scholarship application, please send an e-mail to:
schantzbird [at] aol.com
The Tim Schantz Memorial Foundation will send a college age scholarship
recipient to the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Homer, Alaska from
5-8 May 2005 to help in the student's study of migrating shorebirds. The
Kachemak Bay Area, a magnificent setting, is renowned for the diversity
and numbers of shorebird species that pass through each spring.
The Festival offers a wide variety of birding workshops and
presentations for beginning and advanced birders, guided field trips and
viewing stations, children's activities, art and entertainment events,
boat tours and sea-kayak trips. Many events are free of charge and bay
tours are offered at special festival fares.
Tim Schantz, recognized for his dedication and expertise in field bird
identification, died suddenly of a heart ailment in 2001 while guiding
an birding tour to Gambell, Alaska. The Tim Schantz Foundation has been
established to insure that Tim's passion for birds live on in other
young aspiring students.
The scholarship trip will include the following:
- Roundtrip airfare to Anchorage, Alaska
- Transportation from Anchorage to Homer, Alaska
- Four nights lodging for the festival
- A copy of the new ABA Alaska finding guide
Part of this experience will involve being on the program for the
shorebird festival and doing an original ornithological presentation as
well as serving as an interpretive guide for the public.
For more information on the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival go to:
http://www.homeralaska.org/shorebird.htm
To request a scholarship application, please send an e-mail to:
schantzbird [at] aol.com
or write to:
Tim Schantz Memorial Foundation
6608 Medinah Drive
Ft. Worth, TX 76132