May 03 2009
Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival – April 24-26
Looking for a great spot to photograph birds? The Puget Sound is full of them! This time of year you can catch the northern migration.
The up coming Shorebird Festival is a great jumping off place for a season of bird watching and photographing.
From their website:
EACH SPRING, hundreds of thousands of shorebirds stop to rest and feed in Grays Harbor estuary on their migration northward. Coming from as far south as Argentina, these Arctic-bound shorebirds are among the world’s greatest migrants. Some birds travel over 15,000 miles round trip! Tens of thousands of shorebirds feed on the open mudflats in the estuary. This concentration of birds offers people a great chance to view a number of shorebird species, and with luck, to see the birds fly together in beautiful formations while trying to escape the fastest creature on earth, the Peregrine Falcon.
The 14th Annual Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival will be held on the weekend of April 24 – 26 in Hoquiam, Washington with headquarters at Hoquiam High School
More information about the festival, where to find the best spots to see the birds and the keynote speaker go to the Gray Harbor Shorebird Festival Site by clicking here
They even have a free downloadable list of birds spotted in 2008!
