Birding Festivals and Events

January 1, 2024

A great way to enjoy bird watching is by going to festivals—they’re organized to get you to great birding spots at a great time of year, and they’re a great way to meet people. Experts and locals help you see more birds, and you’ll meet other visitors who share your hobby. While you’re there, keep an eye out for Cornell Lab representatives, as we do attend several festivals each year.

To list your festival on this page, please contact our advertising manager:
Susanna Lawson
phone: 434-983-1771
fax: 434-983-1772
svl22@cornell.edu

Festivals by Location

See the map and listings, below, for upcoming festivals.

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Festivals by Location

Birds of Winter

Eagle Awareness Weekends

25th Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival

Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway

Teatown’s Hudson River EagleFest

Cumberland County Winter Eagle Festival

Galt Winter Bird Festival

12th Annual Laredo Birding Festival

29th San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival

Hammock Coast Birding Festival

Colombia Birdfair

15th Annual Marsh Madness

Birds On the Niagara International Bird Festival: A Winter Celebration

Elachee Great Backyard Bird Count Festivities

For the Birds

California Botanic Garden Family Bird Fest

San Diego Bird Festival

Eagle Expo

Port Aransas Whooping Crane Festival

Annual Burrowing Owl and Wildlife Exposition

International Festival of Owls

Nebraska Crane Migration

A Wildlife Tracking Journey: Willapa and Beyond

41st Monte Vista Crane Festival

Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival

Presqu’lle Waterfowl Weekend

Othello Sandhill Crane Festival

Spring Bluebird Festival

Gulf Coast Brew on the Bayou

A Celebration of Swans

Wind Wolves Preserve Spring Nature Festival

Gulf Coast Spring Fling

Maryland Osprey and Nature Festival

Harney County Migratory Bird Festival

Kansas Prairie-Chicken Festival

Annual Matagorda Bay Birdfest

Virginia Osprey Festival in Colonial Beach

Wisconsin Prairie Chicken Festival

Pannonian BirdExperience

The 28th Great Texas Birding Classic

Chiapas Birding & Photo Festival

Spring Chirp

Galveston FeatherFest Birding & Nature Photography Festival

Godwit Days

Grand Isle Migratory Bird Festival

Festival de l’Oiseau et de la Nature [Abbeville Bird and Nature Festival]

“Ding” Darling Days – 35th Annual

Birdiest Festival in America

Florida’s Birding & Photo Fest

Red Cliffs Bird Fest at Greater Zion

Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival

Mountain Plover Festival

Hatchie BirdFest

Balcones Songbird Festival

Stikine River Birding Festival

Ohio Valley Birding Festival

Arrow Rock Birds Bees & Blooms Festival

Annual Migration Celebration

Snow Goose Festival

California Duck Days

Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival

Spring Migration Celebration

Madison Bird & Nature Festival

New River Birding & Nature Festival

Southwest Spring Fling

Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival

Birding the Border

Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival

The Biggest Week in American Birding

Rondeau Festival of Flight

Herricks Cove Wildlife Festival

Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

27th Horicon Marsh Bird Festival

Wings Over Whidbey Festival

Get Intimate with the Shrub-Steppe & Yakima River Canyon Bird Fest

Creston Valley Bird Fest

Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Spring Birding Festival

Northwoods Birding Festival