The shorebird migration on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, is an incredible spectacle that I look forward to each year. Watching the flocks foraging on the mudflats during stopovers their journey north in the spring and south in the fall has been something I've observed and photographed from a very young age. The importance of these mudflats cannot be overstated; they are a critical refueling site for millions of migrating shorebirds, and host an incredible array of life at any time of year. Pictured here are Red Knots, a species of special concern that has undergone significant declines in recent decades. Some populations of Red Knots are known to spend the winter as far south as the southern tip of South America, before heading to the high Arctic in Spring. An uncommon migratory visitor to British Columbia, I was thrilled to see and photograph them in their gorgeous breeding plumage on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
