Birding Festivals and Events

September 1, 2023

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

Houston Bird Week

Carolina Bird Club Fall Birding Weekend

Celebration of Flight

Meadowlands Birding Festival

Alabama Coastal BirdFest: Birding & Nature Festival

40th Annual Pelican Festival

Ridgefield NWR BirdFest & Bluegrass Festival

Belize Birding Festival

Adirondack Loon Celebration

Florida Birding & Nature Festival

Monterey Bay Festival of Birds

Festival International Nature Namu

Kiwanis Club CraneFest XXVIII 2023

Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival

Cape May Fall Festival

Cozumel Birding Festival

Hawaii Island Festival of Birds

Yellow Rails and Rice Festival

Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival

Birdwatching Congress Colombia

California Swan Festival

Central Valley Birding Symposium

Waterfowl Weekend at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

North Shore Birding Festival

San Quintin Bay Bird Festival

Festival of the Cranes

Birds of Winter

Quad City Bald Eagle Days

Morro Bay Bird Festival

Wings Over Willcox Birding & Nature Festival

Everglades Birding Festival

Salton Sea Bird Festival

Carolina Bird Club Winter Birding Weekend

Eagle Awareness Weekends

Eagle Days

25th Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival

Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway

Teatown’s Hudson River EagleFest

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

California Botanic Garden Family Bird Fest

San Diego Bird Festival

Port Aransas Whooping Crane Festival

Annual Burrowing Owl and Wildlife Exposition

International Festival of Owls

41st Monte Vista Crane Festival

Annual Matagorda Bay Birdfest

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

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