Spring 2004

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Festivals and Events

June 5-6: Spokane County Bird Fair

The fifth annual Backyard Bird and Plant Fair is Saturday, June 5, and Sunday, June 6, at Firwood Nursery, 8403 W. Burroughs Road, just south of Deer Park in northern Spokane County. This popular, free event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, featuring WDFW’s Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary program, Spokane County Cooperative Extension and Master Gardener experts, tours of a "naturalized" landscape, and vendors with plants and birding supplies.

Celebrate spring at Grays Harbor

Witness one of Washington’s greatest spring bird migrations at the 9th annual Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival, April 30 – May 2. Thousands of birds of dozens of species come through Bowerman Basin at Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge near Hoquiam on the Olympic Peninsula on their way to northern breeding grounds. Co-sponsored by Grays Harbor Audubon Society, the city of Hoquiam and the refuge, the festival has activities for all ages. For more information, see Shorebird Festival.

Go birding off the beaten track

Looking for an easy-to-reach but out-of-the-way place to listen to the flutelike song of the meadowlark or the raspy call of the red-winged blackbird? Try Republic in Ferry County and the Kettle Valley Songbird Festival, May 21-23. This second annual event features guided birdwatching tours and lectures, with bonus activities like a fossil dig at the Eocene Fossil Dig Site and Stonerose Interpretive Center. For more information contact the Highlands Birding Group of Ferry County at 509-775-0441 or birder@rcabletv.com or go to Kettle Valley Song Bird Festival