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 svl22@cornell.edu
Festivals by Location
See the map and listings, below, for upcoming festivals.
May
29
January 13, 2023 - January 15, 2024
Wings Over Willcox Birding & Nature Festival
Willcox Community Center
312 W. Stewart Street, Willcox, AZ
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May
29
May 26, 2023 - May 29, 2023
Down East Spring Birding Festival
Cobscook Community Learning Center
10 Commissary Point Road, Trescott, ME
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May
29
May 26, 2023 - June 4, 2023
25th Huron Fringe Birding Festival
MacGregor Point Provincial Park
1593 BRUCE Road 33, Port Elgin
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May
31
May 31, 2023 - June 4, 2023
Aldo Leopold Festival
Hessel School House
W Cedar Road, Les Cheneaux Islands, Hessel, MI
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Jun
1
June 1, 2023 - June 4, 2023
Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival
Creekside Park
649 OR-126, Sisters, OR
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Jun
1
June 1, 2023 - June 4, 2023
24th Annual Acadia Birding Festival
American Legion
22 Village Green Way, Southwest Harbor, ME
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Jun
1
June 1, 2023 @ 9:00 am - June 3, 2023 @ 4:30 pm EDT
Yakutat Tern Festival
Yakutat High School
429 Forest Hwy, Yakutat, AK
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Jun
2
June 2, 2023 - June 3, 2023
Kirtland’s Warbler Festival
CRAF Center
606 Lake Street, Roscommon, MI
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Jun
2
June 2, 2023 - June 4, 2023
Norhern Landscapes Festival
North House Folk House
500 W Hwy 61, Grand Marais, MN
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Jun
2
June 2, 2023 - June 4, 2023
Great Adirondack Birding Celebration (GABC)
Paul Smith's College VIC (Visitor Interpretive Center)
8023 State Route 30, Paul Smith's, NY
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Jun
3
June 3, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT
Echo Bluff State Park
Echo Bluff State Park
35244 Echo Bluff Drive, Eminence
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Jun
3
June 3, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm MST
Snake River Raptor Fest
Indian Creek Winery
1000 N. McDermott, Kuna, ID
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Jun
8
June 8, 2023 - June 11, 2023
Adirondack Boreal Birding Festival
Hamilton County, New York
Lake Pleasant, NY
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Jun
9
June 9, 2023 - June 11, 2023
Rangeley Birding Festival
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust
2424 Main Street, Rangeley, ME
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Jun
15
June 15, 2023 - June 18, 2023
AMC Maine Woods Birding Festival
Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins
166 Moosehead Lake Road, Greenville
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Jun
16
June 16, 2023 - June 18, 2023
Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua
Lee Vining, California
296 Mattly Ave, Lee Vining, CA
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Jun
24
June 24, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT
Pollinator Festival
Clark Public Utilities – Operations
8600 NE 117th Avenue, Vancouver
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Jul
15
July 15, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am EDT
New York Annual Loon Census
Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation
75 Main Street, Saranac Lake
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Jul
19
July 19, 2023 - July 24, 2023
Western Field Ornithologists/Colorado Field Ornithologists Convention
Copper Mountain Convention Center
184 Copper Cir, Frisco, CO
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Jul
28
July 28, 2023 - July 30, 2023
Sedona Hummingbird Festival
Sedona Performing Arts Center
995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona, AZ
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Aug
1
August 1, 2023 - August 4, 2023
Ornithological Congress of the Americas
Expogramado
Av. Borges de Medeiros, 4111, Centro, Gramado
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Aug
2
August 2, 2023 - August 5, 2023
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival
Cochise College
901 Colombo Ave, Sierra Vista, AZ
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Aug
5
August 5, 2023 - All Day
Indiana Audubon Hummingbird Migration Celebration
Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary
3499 S Bird Sanctuary Rd, Connersville
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Aug
5
August 5, 2023 @ 10:00 am - August 6, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Land Between the Lakes Hummingbird Festival
Woodlands Nature Station
3146 Silver Trail Road, Cadiz, KY
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Aug
9
August 9, 2023 - August 13, 2023
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tucson - Reid Park
445 S. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ
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Aug
17
August 17, 2023 - August 20, 2023
Davis Mountains Hummingbird Celebration
Fort Davis, Texas
101 Memorial Square, Fort Davis, TX
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Aug
18
August 18, 2023 - August 20, 2023
Tanana Valley Sandhill Crane Festival
Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
1300 College Road, Fairbanks, AK
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Aug
19
August 19, 2023 @ 9:00 am - August 22, 2023 @ 1:00 pm EDT
Hummingbird Festival in Cook County Forest Preserve
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
12545 West 111th Street, Lemont, IL
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Aug
19
August 19, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm CDT
Henderson Hummingbird Hurrah
Bender Park
N. 3rd Street, Henderson, MN
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Aug
31
August 31, 2023 - September 3, 2023
Yampa Valley Crane Festival
Bud Werner Memorial Library
1289 Lincoln Avenue, Steamboat Springs, CO
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Sep
9
September 9, 2023 - September 10, 2023
Hummingbird Migration & Nature Celebration
Strawberry Plains Audubon Center
285 Plains Road, Holly Springs, MS
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Sep
9
September 9, 2023 - September 10, 2023
19th Annual Puget Sound Bird Fest
Edmonds, Washington
Edmonds, WA
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Sep
9
September 9, 2023 @ 10:00 am - September 10, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Raptor Weekend
Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium
1401 Hope Street, Bristol, RI
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Sep
14
September 14, 2023 @ 12:00 am - September 16, 2023 @ 11:59 pm EDT
Pascagoula River Audubon Center Hummingbird and Nature Festival
Pascagoula River Audubon Center
5107 Arthur Street, Moss Point, MS
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Sep
14
September 14, 2023 - September 17, 2023
Annual Rockport-Fulton HummerBird Celebration
Rockport-Fulton High School
1801 Omohundro St., Rockport, TX
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Sep
16
September 16, 2023 - All Day
Fall Migration Festival
The Wetlands Institute
1075 Stone Harbor Blvd, Stone Harbor, NJ
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Sep
16
September 16, 2023 - September 23, 2023
Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
299 Hwy 332 West, Lake Jackson, TX
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Sep
18
September 18, 2023 - September 24, 2023
Festival des Oiseaux migrateurs de la Côte-Nord
Observatoire d’oiseaux de Tadoussac
302 Rue de la Rivière, Grandes-Bergeronnes
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Sep
22
September 22, 2023 - September 24, 2023
Wings Over Willapa Festival
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Complex
7112 67th Place, Long Beach, WA
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Sep
22
September 22, 2023 - September 24, 2023
New York Birders Conference
Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center
455 S Broadway, Tarrytown, NY
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Sep
23
September 23, 2023 - September 30, 2023
Houston Bird Week
Houston Audubon
440 Wilchester Boulevard, Houston, TX
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Sep
23
September 23, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT
Philly Fall Nature Fest
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge
8601 Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA
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Sep
29
September 29, 2023 - October 2, 2023
Carolina Bird Club Fall Birding Weekend
Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Havelock
400 US Highway 70 W, Havelock, NC
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Oct
1
October 1, 2023 - All Day
Meadowlands Birding Festival
Meadowlands Environmental Center
2 DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst
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Oct
4
October 4, 2023 - October 7, 2023
Alabama Coastal BirdFest: Birding & Nature Festival
5 Rivers Delta Resource Center
30945 Five Rivers Boulevard, Spanish Fort, AL
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Oct
5
October 5, 2023 - October 8, 2023
40th Annual Pelican Festival
Wolf Creek Park
963 N 16th St
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Oct
7
October 7, 2023 - All Day
BirdFest & Bluegrass Festival
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
28908 NW Main Avenue, Ridgefield
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Oct
8
October 8, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Adirondack Loon Celebration
Paul Smith's College VIC (Visitor Interpretive Center)
8023 State Route 30, Paul Smith's, NY
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Oct
12
October 12, 2023 - October 15, 2023
Florida Birding & Nature Festival
Suncoast Youth Conservation Center
6650 Dickman Road, Apollo Beach
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Oct
13
October 13, 2023 - October 15, 2023
Monterey Bay Festival of Birds
Monterey Bay Area
CA
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Oct
14
October 14, 2023 - October 15, 2023
Kiwanis Club CraneFest XXVIII 2023
Kiwanis Youth Conservation Area
22300, 15 Mile Road, Bellevue, MI
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Oct
17
October 17, 2023 - October 22, 2023
Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival
National Wildlife Refuges Visitor Center
100 Conservation way, Manteo, NC
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Oct
19
October 19, 2023 - October 22, 2023
Cape May Fall Festival
Cape May Convention Hall
714 Beach Avenue, Cape May, NJ
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Oct
21
October 21, 2023 - All Day
Hawaii Island Festival of Birds
Grand Naniloa Hotel Hilo
93 Banyan Dive, Hilo
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Oct
25
October 25, 2023 - October 29, 2023
Yellow Rails and Rice Festival
Hampton Inn & Suites
310 W Fred Ruth Zigler Memorial Dr., Jennings, LA
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Nov
3
November 3, 2023 - November 5, 2023
Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival
Hutchins Street Square
125 S. Hutchins Street, Lodi, CA
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Nov
8
November 8, 2023 - November 12, 2023
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Harlingen Convention Center
701 Harlingen Heights Drive, Harlingen, TX
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Nov
16
November 16, 2023 @ 12:00 am - November 19, 2023 @ 12:00 am PST
Central Valley Birding Symposium
Hilton Stockton
2323 Grand Canal Blvd, Stockton
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Nov
30
November 30, 2023 - December 4, 2023
North Shore Birding Festival
McDonald Canal Pavilion
24600 CR 448A, Mount Dora, FL
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Dec
1
December 1, 2023 - All Day
San Quintin Bay Bird Festival
Molino Viejo Restaurant
Bahía Soledad S/N, San Quintín
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Dec
6
December 6, 2023 - December 9, 2023
Festival of the Cranes
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
1001 Hwy 1, San Antonio, NM
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Jan
11
January 11, 2024 - January 15, 2024
Morro Bay Bird Festival
Morro Bay Community Center
1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay, CA
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Jan
19
January 19, 2024 - February 4, 2024
Eagle Awareness Weekends
Lake Guntersville State Park
1155 Lodge Drive, Guntersville
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Jan
21
January 21, 2024 - January 22, 2024
Eagle Days
Mr. & Mrs. F. L. Schlagle Library
4051 West Drive, Kansas City, KS
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Jan
25
January 25, 2024 - January 28, 2024
Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway
Patrick Ranch Museum
10381 Midway, Durham, CA
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Feb
3
February 3, 2024 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Teatown’s Hudson River EagleFest
Teatown Lake Reservation
1600 Spring Valley Road, Ossining
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Feb
7
February 7, 2024 - February 10, 2024
12th Annual Laredo Birding Festival
La Posada Hotel
5928, 1000 Zaragoza St, Laredo, TX
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Feb
9
February 9, 2024 - February 12, 2024
29th San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival
Mare Island
167 O’Hara Ct. at Azuar Ave., Vallejo, CA
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Feb
15
February 15, 2024 - February 18, 2024
Colombia Birdfair
NGO Asociación Río Cali
Calle 4 # 35A-08, Edificio Antofagasta, Cali
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Feb
16
February 16, 2024 - February 19, 2024
Birds On the Niagara International Bird Festival: A Winter Celebration
Niagara Falls State Park
332 Prospect Street, Niagara Falls, NY
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Feb
16
February 16, 2024 - February 19, 2024
Winter Wings Festival
Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech)
3201 Campus Drive, Klamath Falls, OR
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Feb
18
February 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EST
California Botanic Garden Family Bird Fest
California Botanic Garden
1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont
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Feb
21
February 21, 2024 - February 25, 2024
San Diego Bird Festival
Marina Village Conference Center
1936 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA
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Mar
1
March 1, 2024 - March 3, 2024
International Festival of Owls
Houston High School
306 W Elm Street, Houston
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Mar
5
March 5, 2024 - April 7, 2024
Annual Matagorda Bay Birdfest
Palacios, Texas
901 2nd Street, Palacios, TX
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Mar
15
March 15, 2024 - March 17, 2024
Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival
Blaine Middle School
975 H Street, Blaine, WA
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Mar
22
March 22, 2024 - March 24, 2024
Othello Sandhill Crane Festival
McFarland Middle School
709 S 10th Avenue, #1699, Othello, WA
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Mar
23
March 23, 2024 - All Day
Spring Bluebird Festival
Morris J. Lawrence Building
Washtenaw Community College, 4800 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor
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Apr
11
April 11, 2024 - April 14, 2024
Kansas Prairie-Chicken Festival
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS
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Apr
15
April 15, 2024 - May 15, 2024
The 28th Great Texas Birding Classic
State of Texas
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Apr
18
April 18, 2024 - April 21, 2024
Galveston FeatherFest Birding & Nature Photography Festival
Galveston Railroad Museum
2602 Santa Fe Place, Galveston
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Apr
18
April 18, 2024 - April 21, 2024
Godwit Days
Arcata Community Center
321 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Arcata, CA
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Apr
19
April 19, 2024 - April 20, 2024
Grand Isle Migratory Bird Festival
Grand Isle School
149 Ludwig Lane, Grand Isle, LA
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Apr
24
April 24, 2024 - April 29, 2024
Birdiest Festival in America
South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
8545 S. Staples Street, Corpus Christi, TX
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Apr
24
April 24, 2024 - April 28, 2024
Florida’s Birding & Photo Fest
Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia
5205 A1A S, St. Augustine Beach, FL
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Apr
26
April 26, 2024 - April 28, 2024
Balcones Songbird Festival
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
24518 FM, 1431, Marble Falls, TX
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Apr
26
April 26, 2024 @ 8:00 am - April 28, 2024 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Ohio Valley Birding Festival
John James Audubon State Park
3100 US Hwy 41, Henderson, KY
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Apr
27
April 27, 2024 - April 28, 2024
Annual Migration Celebration
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
6801 County Road 306, Brazoria, TX
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Apr
27
April 27, 2024 - April 28, 2024
Snow Goose Festival
Tofield Arena
4748 53 Ave, Tofield
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Apr
27
April 27, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT
California Duck Days
Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters
45211 County Road 32B (Chiles Road), Davis
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Apr
27
April 27, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm AKDT
Spring Migration Celebration
Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
1300 College Road, Fairbanks, AK
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Apr
29
April 29, 2024 - May 4, 2024
New River Birding & Nature Festival
Opossum Creek Retreat
Retreat Rd, 239 Opossum Creek, Lansing, WV
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May
2
May 2, 2024 - May 5, 2024
Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival
The Cordova Center
601 1st Street, Cordova, AK
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May
2
May 2, 2024 - May 5, 2024
Birding the Border
Del Rio Civic Center
1915 Veterans Blvd, Del Rio, TX
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May
3
May 3, 2024 - May 12, 2024
The Biggest Week in American Birding
Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center
1750 State Park Road #2, Oregon, OH
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May
16
May 16, 2024 - May 19, 2024
Indiana Dunes Birding Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park Visitor Center
1215 North State Road 49, Porter, IN
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May
25
May 25, 2024 - May 26, 2024
Songbird Festival
Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation
Hwy 88 Connector, Slave Lake
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