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: 434-983-1772svl22@cornell.edu
Festivals by Location
See the map and listings, below, for upcoming festivals.
Mar
24
March 4, 2023 - April 8, 2023
Nebraska Crane Season
Audubon Rowe Sanctuary
44450 Elm Island Road, Gibbon, NE
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Mar
24
March 24, 2023 - March 26, 2023
Annual Matagorda Bay Birdfest
Palacios, Texas
901 2nd Street, Palacios, TX
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Mar
24
March 24, 2023 - March 26, 2023
Othello Sandhill Crane Festival
McFarland Middle School
709 S 10th Avenue, #1699, Othello, WA
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Mar
25
March 25, 2023 - All Day
Spring Bluebird Festival
Prince Conference Center at Calvin University
1800 E. Beltline Avenue, SE, Grand Rapids, MI
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Mar
25
March 25, 2023 - March 26, 2023
Canceled – Attwater’s Prairie Chicken Festival
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
1206 APC-NWR Road, Eagle Lake, TX
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Mar
25
March 25, 2023 - April 16, 2023
Mitchell Lake Migratory Bird Fest and Birdathon
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center
10750 Pleasanton Road, San Antonio, TX
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Mar
25
March 25, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT
Tundra Swan Festival
Camas Center for Community Wellness
1821 LeClerc Rd N, Cusick, WA
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Mar
25
March 25, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm CDT
Brew on the Bayou
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
299 Hwy 332 West, Lake Jackson, TX
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Mar
30
March 30, 2023 - April 1, 2023
Yuma Bird, Nature, and History Festival
Yuma Landing Bar & Grill
195 South 4th Avenue, Yuma, AZ
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Mar
31
March 31, 2023 - April 8, 2023
Brant Wildlife Festival
Parksville Community Centre
132 Jensen Avenue E, Parksville
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Apr
1
April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023
A Celebration of Swans
Swan Haven Interpretive Centre
58 Swan Haven Drive, Marsh Lake
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Apr
1
April 1, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 4:30 pm EDT
High Island Bird Sanctuaries Open House
Houston Audubon Smith Oaks Bird Sanctuary
2205 Old Mexico Road, Houston
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Apr
1
April 1, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT
Maryland Osprey and Nature Festival
Drum Point Club
465 Overlook Drive, #465, Lusby
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Apr
1
April 1, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Wings Over Surfside
Surfside Bird and Butterfly Trail
418 Parkview, Surfside Beach, TX
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Apr
8
April 8, 2023 - May 7, 2023
Gulf Coast Spring Fling
Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary
814 Lamar St, Quintana, TX
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Apr
13
April 13, 2023 - April 16, 2023
Olympic Birdfest
Dungeness River Nature Center
2151 W. Hendrickson Rd., Sequim, WA
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Apr
13
April 13, 2023 - April 16, 2023
Annual Harney County Migratory Bird Festival
Harney County Fairgrounds
69660 S Egan Road, Burns
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Apr
13
April 13, 2023 - April 16, 2023
Kansas Prairie-Chicken Festival
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS
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Apr
13
April 13, 2023 - April 16, 2023
Godwit Days
Arcata Community Center
321 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Arcata, CA
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Apr
14
April 14, 2023 - April 15, 2023
Grand Isle Migratory Bird Festival
Grand Isle School
149 Ludwig Lane, Grand Isle, LA
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Apr
15
April 15, 2023 - All Day
Dinosaur Valley’s Spring Wingding
Dinosaur Valley State Park
1629 Park Rd 59, Glen Rose, TX
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Apr
15
April 15, 2023 - All Day
Virginia Osprey Festival in Colonial Beach
Colonial Beach
Town Hill, Colonial Avenue and Washington Avenue, Colonial Beach
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Apr
15
April 15, 2023 - May 15, 2023
The 27th Great Texas Birding Classic
State of Texas
TX
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Apr
16
April 16, 2023 @ 4:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Wisconsin Prairie Chicken Festival
Erons Event Barn
3471 County Road C, Stevens Point
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Apr
19
April 19, 2023 - April 21, 2023
Chiapas Birding & Photo Festival
Chiapas Autonomous University (UNACH)
Manuel Velasco Suárez Convention Center, Boulevard Belisario Domínguez #2105, Tuxtla Gutiérrez
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Apr
19
April 19, 2023 - April 22, 2023
Spring Chirp
Valley Nature Center
301 South Border Ave, Weslaco, TX
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Apr
20
April 20, 2023 - April 23, 2023
Galveston FeatherFest Birding & Nature Photography Festival
Galveston Railroad Museum
2602 Santa Fe Place, Galveston
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Apr
21
April 21, 2023 - April 23, 2023
Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival
Point Reyes Station, CA
503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA
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Apr
21
April 21, 2023 - April 23, 2023
Balcones Songbird Festival
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
24518 FM, 1431, Marble Falls, TX
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Apr
22
April 22, 2023 - April 23, 2023
Snow Goose Festival
Tofield Arena
4748 53 Ave, Tofield
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Apr
22
April 22, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Georgia Bird Fest
Georgia Audubon
825 Warner Street SW, Suite B, Atlanta, GA
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Apr
22
April 22, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT
34th Annual “Ding” Darling Days
J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge
1 Wildlife Drive, Sanibel Island, FL
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Apr
23
April 23, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Pannonian BirdExperience
Nationalpark Neusiedler See
Hauswiese, 7142 Illmitz
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Apr
26
April 26, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Birdiest Festival in America
South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
8545 S. Staples Street, Corpus Christi, TX
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Apr
27
April 27, 2023 - April 29, 2023
Red Cliffs Bird Fest at Greater Zion
Hilton Garden Inn St. George
1731 S Convention Center Drive, St. George
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Apr
27
April 27, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival
Dead Horse Ranch State Park
675 Dead Horse Ranch Road, Cottonwood, AZ
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Apr
27
April 27, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Stikine River Birding Festival
The Nolan Center
296 Campbell Drive, Wrangell, AK
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Apr
28
April 28, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Annual Bird of Prey Days at Braddock Bay
Braddock Bay Park
199 East Manitou Road, Rochester, NY
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Apr
28
April 28, 2023 - April 30, 2023
Mountain Plover Festival
Karval Community Alliance
29085 County Rd S, Karval, CO
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Apr
29
April 29, 2023 - All Day
Arrow Rock Birds & Bees
Missouri River Bird Observatory
406 Main Street, Arrow Rock, MO
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Apr
29
April 29, 2023 @ 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
29
April 29, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT
Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival
Great Dismal Swamp NWR
3100 Desert Road, Suffolk, VA
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Apr
29
April 29, 2023 @ 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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May
1
May 1, 2023 - May 6, 2023
New River Birding & Nature Festival
Opossum Creek Retreat
Retreat Rd, 239 Opossum Creek, Lansing, WV
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May
3
May 3, 2023 - May 6, 2023
Southwest Wings Spring Fling
Cochise College
901 Colombo Ave, Sierra Vista, AZ
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May
3
May 3, 2023 - May 7, 2023
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
95 Sterling Highway, Homer, AK
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May
4
May 4, 2023 - May 7, 2023
Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival
The Cordova Center
601 1st Street, Cordova, AK
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May
5
May 5, 2023 - May 7, 2023
Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
1000 Airport Way, Hoquiam, WA
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May
5
May 5, 2023 - May 7, 2023
Hatchie BirdFest
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center
121 Sunny Hill Cove, Brownsville, TN
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May
5
May 5, 2023 - May 14, 2023
The Biggest Week in American Birding
Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center
1750 State Park Road #2, Oregon, OH
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May
8
May 8, 2023 - May 14, 2023
Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival
The Upper Columbia Valley
Invermere
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May
11
May 11, 2023 - May 14, 2023
Indiana Dunes Birding Festival
Indiana Dunes National Park Visitor Center
1215 North State Road 49, Porter, IN
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May
12
May 12, 2023 - May 14, 2023
Festival of the Birds at Presque Isle
Presque Isle State Park
301 Peninsula Dr, Erie, PA
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May
12
May 12, 2023 - May 14, 2023
Annual Creston Valley Bird Fest
Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery
1140 - 27th Avenue South, Creston
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May
12
May 12, 2023 - May 14, 2023
Yakima River Canyon Bird Fest
Helen McCabe Park
24398 Canyon Road, Ellensburg, WA
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May
12
May 12, 2023 - May 14, 2023
26th Horicon Marsh Bird Festival
Horicon Marsh
N7725 Highway 28, Horicon
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May
13
May 13, 2023 - All Day
Land Between the Lakes World Migratory Bird Day
Woodlands Nature Station
3146 Silver Trail Road, Cadiz, KY
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May
13
May 13, 2023 - All Day
Wings Over Muscatatuck
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge
12985 E. U.S. Highway 50, Seymour
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May
13
May 13, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT
Springbrook Spring Migration Celebration
Springbrook Nature Center
100 85th Avenue, NE, Friday
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May
17
May 17, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Ute Mountain Mesa Verde Birding Festival
Cortez Cultural Center
25 N Market St, Cortez, CO
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May
18
May 18, 2023 - May 20, 2023
26th Annual Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
700 Summit Avenue, Detroit Lakes, MN
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May
18
May 18, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival
Fountain Creek Nature Center
320 Peppergrass Lane, Fountain, CO
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May
18
May 18, 2023 - May 20, 2023
Wings Over Whidbey Festival
Whidbey Island
Coupeville
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May
18
May 18, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Leavenworth Spring BirdFest
Wenatchee River Institute
347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA
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May
18
May 18, 2023 - May 21, 2023
25th Great Salt Lake Bird Festival
Eccles Education Center - Utah Division of Wildlife
1157 South Waterfowl Way, Farmington, UT
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May
18
May 18, 2023 - May 31, 2023
Leelanau BirdFest
Habitat Discovery Center
5020 N. Putnam Road, Suttons Bay, MI
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May
19
May 19, 2023 - May 21, 2023
75th Maryland Ornithological Society Annual Convention
Wisp Resort
296 Marsh Hill Rd, McHenry
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May
19
May 19, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Annual Ladd Marsh Bird Festival
Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area
59116 Pierce Rd, La Grande, OR
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May
19
May 19, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Wings, Waves & Woods
Island Heritage Trust
420 Sunset Road, Deer Isle, ME
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May
19
May 19, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology’s Birding Festival
Ramada Hotel and Conference Center
2469 Hammertown Rd, Narvon
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May
19
May 19, 2023 @ 8:00 am - May 22, 2023 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Meadowlark Nature Festival
Meadowlark Nature Festival
113-437 Martin Street, Penticton
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May
20
May 20, 2023 - All Day
Tualatin River Bird Festival
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
19255 SW Pacific Hwy, Sherwood, OR
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May
20
May 20, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Presqu’ile Warblers and Whimbrels Weekend
Presqu'ile Provincial Park
328 Presqu'Ile Pkwy, Brighton
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May
20
May 20, 2023 - May 21, 2023
Warbler Wonderland
Schoolcraft Conservation District
8970 Co Hwy 442, Manistique
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May
26
May 26, 2023 - May 28, 2023
Warblers on the Water
Beaver Island Community Center
26215 Main Street, Beaver Island
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May
26
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
26
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
27
May 27, 2023 - May 28, 2023
Songbird Festival
Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation
Hwy 88 Connector, Slave Lake
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May
27
May 27, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT
Colonel Samuel Smith Bird Festival
Colonel Samuel Smith Park
3145 Lake Shore Blvd W, Etobicoke, Toronto
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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 @ 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
16
June 16, 2023 - June 18, 2023
Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua
Lee Vining, California
296 Mattly Ave, Lee Vining, CA
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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
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 - 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 @ 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 - September 16, 2023
Pascagoula River Audubon Center Hummingbird and Nature Festival
Pascagoula River Audubon Center
5107 Arthur Street, Moss Point, MS
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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
21
September 21, 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
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
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
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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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
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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