For the past 10 years, we have been working with students in Grays Harbor County providing a series of classroom presentations about shorebirds and shorebird conservation. The finale of our time with them is a field trip to Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge to see shorebirds during the spring migration. Volunteers help during the field trips and provide needed assistance with helping kids see and identify birds. This year, we are very short of our usual volunteers so I am reaching into my personal pocket for birders I know that might be willing and able to help out.

We have field trips scheduled for the following dates: April 17, 18, 19, 20, 23; May 1, 2, 3, 4, 7.  They are mid-day either starting or ending around noon. The buses drop students off at the Sandpiper Trail and the students, with parent helpers and teachers, walk down the trail. They spend about an hour in the shorebird viewing area of the boardwalk before leaving. The students all have field journals and some teachers will have the students bring them to work on. We have some binoculars for students, also. The students are 3rd and 4th graders. This is an underserved population of kids and we consider this environmental education program a very high priority!

We would love to have YOU in the prime shorebird viewing area, with a scope, helping kids see and learn more about the shorebirds they have been studying. Would you be willing to help? If so, please contact me with your availability and we’ll provide the specific times. 

Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request!