Summer 2026 public programs

Experience Wild Birds Up Close at an ambassador bird program!

• Learn about species-specific behavior and adaptations of birds of prey and corvids

• Discover how our avian trainers use positive training methods with the Ambassador Birds

Programs feature one or more Ambassador Bird:

• Ghost and Frost, Snowy Owls

• Echo, Great Horned Owl

• Culuk, Bald Eagle

• Breland, Peregrine Falcon

• Keear, Red-tailed Hawk

• Shavila, Black-billed Magpie

• Zahra, American Crow

Enjoy an Ambassador Bird Program at any of these locations:

• Bird TLC: Fridays at 12:30, June 5 - September 4, and every second Sunday at 1:00 pm | $10.00 for adults and children over the age of 12. Free for children 12 and younger. Programs typically last 30 - 45 minutes and are held outside under a tent. Buy your tickets here!

• The Alaska Botanical Garden: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 2:00 PM, June 30th - August 28th. Admission to the Alaska Botanical Garden applies. Programs are held outside.

• The Alaska Public Lands Information Center: Wednesdays, 2:00 PM, June 3rd - September 2nd

• Anchorage Public Library:

  • June 9th, 2:30 - 3:30 PM: Z.J. Loussac Library, Anchorage

  • June 10th, 3:30 - 4:30 PM: Scott and Wesley Gerrish Library, Girdwood

  • June 11th, 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Chugiak-Eagle River Library

  • June 12th: 2:00 - 3:00 PM: Mountain View Library, Anchorage

  • June 27th, 11:30 AM: Muldoon Library, Anchorage