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