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Salt of the Earth and Sky: Take one novice avian field researcher. Drive to Chaplain Lake, SK. Add one salt mine. Mix mist and salt ‘til sky turns ruby red. Stay up overnight netting shorebirds. Assess and document beak length, body fat and weight. Band and record numbers for tracking. Sleep during the day. Repeat. Yield: Data on migrating shorebirds' condition, research experience, nature inspiration.Take one novice avian field researcher. Drive to Chaplain Lake, SK. Add one salt mine. Mix mist and salt ‘til sky turns ruby red. Stay up overnight netting shorebirds. Assess and document beak length, body fat and weight. Band and record numbers for tracking. Sleep during the day. Repeat. Yield: Data on migrating shorebirds' condition, research experience, nature inspiration. (Alana Krug-MacLeod, environmental biology student) Funders: NSERC, USRA