Schedule of Events:

Friday, 3 May 2024

6:31 am - 12:31 pm: Best Shorebird Viewing at Grays Harbor NWR (high tide @ 9:31 am)
7:00 am - 3:00 pm: Festival Information, Nature Shop, and Registration at Grays Harbor NWR on Airport Way
7:30 am - 3:30 pm: Field Trip to Tokeland, Grayland, and Westport Loop, $50
8:00 am - 3:00 pm: Field Trip to Ocean Shores, $40
8:30 am - 10:30 am: Beginner Bird Walk at Bottle Beach State Park, Free
4:00 pm - 6:30 pm: Festival Information and Registration at Hoquiam Middle School
6:45 pm - 7:30 pm:Dessert Reception at Hoquiam High School, Free
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm: Keynote Speaker Hoquiam High School Theater, $20

Saturday, 4 May 2024

7:43 am - 1:43 pm: Best Shorebird Viewing at Grays Harbor NWR (high tide @ 10:43 am)
7:30 am - 5:00 pm: Festival Information and Registration at Hoquiam Middle School
8:30 am - 3:30 pm: Field Trip to Ocean Shores $40
8:30 am - 9:30 am: Presentation: Shorebird Identification Basics (Scott Morrison) Free
9:00 am - 11:30 am: Habitats and Birds of the Refuge: A Guided Walk with Spanish Interpretation Free
9:00 am - 4:30 pm: Free Shuttles between Hoquiam Middle School and Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
9:00 am - 5:00 pm: Birding Marketplace with Vendors and Exhibitors
9:00 am - 5:00 pm: Nature Fun Fair
10:00 am - 1:00 pm: Shorebirds for Beginners - Guided Walk with Scott Morrison $15
11:00 am - 4:00 pm: Mudflat Meals at Nature Fun Fair
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Orchard Mason Bees (Carrie Morlang) Free
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Presenter TBD Free
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm: Adaptive Strategies of Shorebirds (Dave Slater) Free
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm: Photographing Birds in Motion (Diana McPherson) Free
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Keeping a Field Notebook (Madison Mayfield) Free
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Seabirds (Peter Hodum) Free
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Social Hour with no-host bar at Hoquiam Brewing Company,
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm: Annual Fundraising Dinner and Speaker
Hoquiam Brewing Company (624 K. St.)
We are taking over one of the best restaurants in town for some bird talk and fun.
$15 seat reservation (on registration form, see above) + cost of your dinner from the menu)
Their full menu will be available and the food is top notch. Check it out https://www.hoquiambrews.com/

Sunday, 5 May 2024

8:49 am - 2:49 pm: Best Shorebird Viewing at Grays HarborNWR (high tide @ 11:49 am)
8:00 am - 4:00 pm: Information and Registration at Hoquiam Middle School
9:00 am - 4:00 pm: Free Shuttles between Hoquiam Middle School and Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
8:00 am - 3:00 pm: Field Trip to Tokeland, Grayland, Westport Loop $50
9:00 am - 4:00 pm: Birding Marketplace with Vendors and Exhibitors
9:00 am - 4:00 pm: Nature Fun Fair
10:30 am - 12:30 pm: Walk with Dennis Paulson $15
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Shorebird Poster Contest Awards Ceremony
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: The Art of Photographing Birds (Karen Ulvestad) Free
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: Family Drawing Workshop (Hannah Kirsekorn) Free
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: Washington's Contaminated Site Cleanup Law and Contaminated Sites in Grays Harbor (Lee First) Free

Free Shuttle Bus between Hoquiam Middle School and Grays Harbor NWR:
9am - 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Ride takes approximately 15 minutes
Suggested donation $1 per rider

Date:
May 3-5, 2024

Location:
Various Venues,
Hoquiam, WA 98550

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