Although Othello is well-known for the spring Sandhill Crane Festival, birders also regularly travel to our area during the fall migration season. Our area is part of the Pacific Flyway, an “interstate” for avian migration. Thirty-two different types of mammals and over 200 species of birds have been observed at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge. At the height of spring and fall migration, biologists estimate the refuge is home to up to 100,000 birds. The diversity of wil