# Event Details

- **Event Name**: April Program: Birds of Alaska by Steve Betchkal
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: Join Grand Valley Audubon Society's guest speaker Steve Betchkal for a presentation about birds of Alaska!

This program is free (though donations are always appreciated) and open to the public. No registration is needed. All are welcome!

About the Presenter:
Steve Betchkal is an award-winning video journalist from Wisconsin and a self-taught ornithologist who has traveled the world birding, including to Colombia, Kenya, the Galapagos, Canada and Puerto Rico. In his 38 years as a professional journalist, he's produced 11,000 stories in video, and is the only journalist in Chippewa Valley history to win six Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. He is author of eight books. This February he went to India and the Himalayas where he saw 369 total bird species, and his 2071st Life Bird. He is currently one half the team of Storytime with Steve & Micah.

Social: 6:30-7:00pm
Poetry & Program: 7:00-8:00pm
Colorado Poet: Sara Trappett

This program is sponsored by Angela Barnes.

Grand Valley Audubon Society programs are held on the 3rd Monday of each month at First Presbyterian Church.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-junction/april-program-birds-of-alaska-by-steve-betchkal/200029904520946
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Grand Junction
- **state**: CO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: First Presbyterian Grand Junction, CO
- **lat**: 39.103714
- **long**: -108.542307
- **full address**: First Presbyterian Grand Junction, CO, 3940 27 1/2 Rd,Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is April Program: Birds of Alaska by Steve Betchkal being held?
  - **A:** April Program: Birds of Alaska by Steve Betchkal takes place on Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Mon, 20 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm at First Presbyterian Grand Junction, CO, 3940 27 1/2 Rd,Grand Junction, Colorado, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing April Program: Birds of Alaska by Steve Betchkal?
  - **A:** April Program: Birds of Alaska by Steve Betchkal is organized by Grand Valley Audubon Society.

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