Date: Friday May 3rd 2024 Time: 7:30 - 3:30 Place: Departs from refuge HQ Directions: SR-109 to Paulson Rd. Turn right on Airport Way and look for signs. Field Trip Leader: Bruce Labar. This field trip will take you to the best shorebird viewing areas alone the coast! Target birds are 22 species of shorebirds including Snowy Plover, Willet and Long-billed Curlew. Good numbers of waterfowl and other water species will be encountered along the way. There will be some walking but most of the day will involve short visits to key areas. Bring a lunch and dress appropriately!

Date: Friday, May 3rd 2024 Time: 6:45 - 9:00 Place: Hoquiam High School Little Theater, 501 W. Emerson *Includes dessert reception (6:45pm) and speaker (7:30pm) Speaker: Rebecca Heisman will present her book Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. In her talk, she'll share some surprising stories from the history of bird migration research and discuss why understanding migration is so crucial for bird conservation.

Date: Saturday, May 4th 2024 Time: 8:30 - 3:30 Place: Departs from Hoquiam Middle School, 200 Spencer St. Field Trip Leader: Rob Chrisler, James Horan, Dr. Pete Wilburn, Jon Anderson. This tour will visit a variety of habitats and upwards of 60 species may be found. Highlights on this trip include: Semipalmated Plover, Whimbrel, Marbled Godwit, Sanderling, Wandering Tattler, Surfbird and Rock Sandpiper. There will be some easy walking. Bring a lunch and dress appropriately!

Date: Saturday, May 4th 2024 Time: 7:30 - 9:00 Place: Elks Lodge Hoquiam, 624 K. St. *There will be a no host bar available. Speaker Dennis Paulson: Grays Harbor has long been famous for the diversity and abundance of shorebirds (plovers and sandpipers) that it supports, and Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge was established to preserve habitat for them on their long journeys north and south. Dennis Paulson will tell us about these birds in a photo-illustrated lecture, Shorebirds of Grays Harbor.

Date: Saturday, May 4th 2024 Time: 8:30 - 9:30 Meeting Place: Departs from the Hoquiam Middle School, 200 Spencer St. A bus will take you to the Sandpiper Trail at the Grays Harbor NWR where you will walk 1/2 mile on a boardwalk to the prime shorebird viewing area at the tip of Bowerman Peninsula. You will learn bird identification along with possible sightings of Dunlin, Least Sandpiper, Black-bellied Plover, Red Knot and peregrine Falcon.

Date: Friday May 5th 2024 Time: 8:00 - 3:30 Place: Departs from Hoquiam Middle School, 200 Spencer St. Field Trip Leader: Bruce Labar. This field trip will take you to the best shorebird viewing areas alone the coast! Target birds are 22 species of shorebirds including Snowy Plover, Willet and Long-billed Curlew. Good numbers of waterfowl and other water species will be encountered along the way. There will be some walking but most of the day will involve shorts visits to key areas. Bring a lunch and dress appropriately!

Our featured speaker Dennis Paulson will be leading this morning walk out on to the refuge. Take a walk with our guest expert and see what new insights you may learn. Meeting Place: Departs from the Hoquiam Middle School, 200 Spencer St. A bus will take you to the Sandpiper Trail at the Grays Harbor NWR where you will walk 1/2 mile on a boardwalk to the prime shorebird viewing area at the tip of Bowerman Peninsula.