More than a dozen new photos of shorebirds have been added to my gallery. I managed to get close to a mixed flock of birds at a high tide roost and got some nice portraits of sharp-tailed sandpiper, red-necked stint, and curlew sandpiper. These amazing little birds migrate half way around the world to spend our summer feeding on marine invertebrates, building up their fat reserves and growing new feathers. Then, in autumn they turn around and return to the Arctic to breed. The epic journey of these birds is one of the most incredible stories of the bird world, and we are only beginning to understand the most basic aspects of it. Sadly, many species of waders are threatened by the destruction of feeding grounds along East Asian – Australasian Flyway.