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.
For information, go to www.shorebirdfestival.com.
