Schedule of Events:

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/

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