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.
Aug
19
August 19, 2022 - August 21, 2022
Tanana Valley Sandhill Crane Festival
Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
1300 College Road, Fairbanks, AK
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Aug
20
August 20, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT
Hummingbird Festival in Cook County Forest Preserve
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
12545 West 111th Street, Lemont, IL
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Aug
20
August 20, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm CDT
Henderson Hummingbird Hurrah
Bender Park
200 N. Third Street, Henderson, MN
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Sep
1
September 1, 2022 - September 4, 2022
11th Yampa Valley Crane Festival
Bud Werner Memorial Library
1289 Lincoln Avenue, Steamboat Springs, CO
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Sep
10
September 10, 2022 - All Day
Elachee Snake Day and Wildlife Festival
Elachee Nature Science Center
2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville, GA
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Sep
10
September 10, 2022 - September 11, 2022
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Raptor Weekend
Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium
1401 Hope Street, Bristol, RI
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Sep
10
September 10, 2022 - All Day
Hummingbird Migration & Nature Celebration
Strawberry Plains Audubon Center
285 Plains Road, Holly Springs, MS
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Sep
10
September 10, 2022 - September 11, 2022
18th Annual Puget Sound Bird Fest
Edmonds, Washington
Edmonds, WA
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Sep
10
September 10, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm CDT
Whooping Crane & Nature Festival
Princeton Public School
604 Old Green Lake Road, Princeton, WI
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Sep
15
September 15, 2022 - September 18, 2022
Annual Rockport-Fulton HummerBird Celebration
Rockport-Fulton High School
1801 Omohundro St., Rockport, TX
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Sep
17
September 17, 2022 - September 24, 2022
Houston Bird Week
Houston Audubon
440 Wilchester Boulevard, Houston, TX
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Sep
17
September 17, 2022 - All Day
Fall Migration Festival
The Wetlands Institute
1075 Stone Harbor Blvd, Stone Harbor, NJ
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Sep
17
September 17, 2022 @ 8:00 am - September 24, 2022 @ 12:00 pm EDT
Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
299 Hwy 332 West, Lake Jackson, TX
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Sep
17
September 17, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT
Migration Celebration 2022
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY
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Sep
22
September 22, 2022 - September 25, 2022
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, 2022 - September 25, 2022
Hawk Ridge 50th Anniversary & Hawk Weekend Festival
Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve
E Skyline Pkwy, Duluth, MN
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Sep
23
September 23, 2022 - September 25, 2022
Wings Over Willapa Festival
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Complex
7112 67th Place, Long Beach, WA
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Sep
23
September 23, 2022 - September 24, 2022
Pascagoula River Audubon Center Hummingbird and Nature Festival
Pascagoula River Audubon Center
5107 Arthur Street, Moss Point, MS
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Sep
28
September 28, 2022 @ 10:00 am - October 1, 2022 @ 10:00 am EDT
Alabama Coastal BirdFest: Birding & Nature Festival
5 Rivers Delta Resource Center
30945 Five Rivers Boulevard, Spanish Fort, AL
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Sep
30
September 30, 2022 - October 2, 2022
Monterey Bay Festival of Birds
Monterey Bay Area
CA
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Sep
30
September 30, 2022 - October 7, 2022
Kakadu Bird Week
Kakadu National Park
Kakadu Highway, Jabiru
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Oct
1
October 1, 2022 - October 5, 2022
Sagres Birdingwatching Festival
Beliche Fortress
Cape St. Vincent
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Oct
2
October 2, 2022 - October 30, 2022
WildWings Nature & Arts Festival
Somenos Marsh Wildlife Society
Duncan, Vancouver Island
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Oct
8
October 8, 2022 - October 9, 2022
Kiwanis Club CraneFest XXVII 2022
Kiwanis Youth Conservation Area
22300, 15 Mile Road, Bellevue, MI
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Oct
13
October 13, 2022 - October 16, 2022
75th Cape May Fall Festival
Cape May Convention Hall
714 Beach Avenue, Cape May, NJ
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Oct
18
October 18, 2022 - October 23, 2022
Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival
National Wildlife Refuges Visitor Center
100 Conservation way, Manteo, NC
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Oct
20
October 20, 2022 - October 23, 2022
Florida Birding & Nature Festival
Suncoast Youth Conservation Center
6650 Dickman Road, Apollo Beach
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Oct
26
October 26, 2022 - October 30, 2022
Yellow Rails and Rice Festival
Hampton Inn & Suites
310 W Fred Ruth Zigler Memorial Dr., Jennings, LA
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Nov
4
November 4, 2022 - November 6, 2022
Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival
Hutchins Street Square
125 S. Hutchins Street, Lodi, CA
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Nov
9
November 9, 2022 - November 13, 2022
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Harlingen Convention Center
701 Harlingen Heights Drive, Harlingen, TX
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Nov
12
November 12, 2022 - All Day
Greater Cape Ann Chamber’s Annual Birding Boat Trip
7 Seas Whale Watch
63 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA
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Nov
24
November 24, 2022 - November 27, 2022
Waterfowl Weekend at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
8231 Beach Road, Chincoteague, VA
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Dec
1
December 1, 2022 - December 5, 2022
North Shore Birding Festival
McDonald Canal Pavilion
24600 CR 448A, Mount Dora, FL
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Dec
1
December 1, 2022 - December 3, 2022
Festival of the Cranes
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
1001 Hwy 1, San Antonio, NM
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Dec
10
December 10, 2022 - December 11, 2022
Holiday with the Cranes
Galveston Island Convention Center
5600 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston Island, TX
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Jan
12
January 12, 2023 - January 15, 2023
Carolina Bird Club Winter Birding Weekend
Comfort Inn & Suites
1601 Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil Hills, NC
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Jan
12
January 12, 2023 - January 16, 2023
Everglades Birding Festival
Holiday Inn Express
2540 Davie Road, Davie, FL
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Jan
13
January 13, 2023 - January 15, 2023
Wings of Winter Birding Festival
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge
1371 Wildlife Drive, Springville, TN
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Jan
13
January 13, 2023 - January 16, 2023
Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival
Morro Bay Community Center
1001 Kennedy Way, Morro Bay, CA
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Jan
13
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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Jan
14
January 14, 2023 @ 7:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
Salton Sea Bird Festival
Salton Sea State Recreation Area
100-225 State Park Road, North Shore
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Jan
14
January 14, 2023 @ 8:00 am - January 15, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EST
Annual Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival
Hiwassee Refuge and Birchwood Community Center
5623 TN-60, Birchwood, TN
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Jan
26
January 26, 2023 - January 29, 2023
Annual Eagles & Agriculture
Minden, Gardnerville, and Genoa, Nevada
1329 Waterloo Ln, Genoa, NV
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Jan
26
January 26, 2023 - January 29, 2023
Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway
Patrick Ranch Museum
10381 Midway, Durham, CA
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Feb
1
February 1, 2023 - February 5, 2023
Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival — permanently closed
Radisson Resort at the Port
8701 Astronaut Boulevard, Cape Canaveral, FL
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Feb
2
February 2, 2023 - February 5, 2023
20th Annual High Plains Snow Goose Festival
Lamar, Colorado
109 East Beech Street, Lamar, CO
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Feb
2
February 2, 2023 - February 4, 2023
10th Annual Laredo Birding Festival
La Posada Hotel
5928, 1000 Zaragoza St, Laredo, TX
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Feb
4
February 4, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 2:00 pm EST
Cumberland County Winter Eagle Festival
County of Cumberland, New Jersey
Bridgeton
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Feb
4
February 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm PST
Galt Winter Bird Festival
City of Galt, California
600 Chabolla Ave, Galt, CA
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Feb
10
February 10, 2023 - February 12, 2023
28th San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival
Mare Island
167 O’Hara Ct. at Azuar Ave., Vallejo, CA
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Feb
16
February 16, 2023 - February 19, 2023
Colombia Birdfair
NGO Asociación Río Cali
Calle 4 # 35A-08, Edificio Antofagasta, Cali
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Feb
17
February 17, 2023 - February 20, 2023
Winter Wings Festival
Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech)
3201 Campus Drive, Klamath Falls, OR
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Feb
18
February 18, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm EST
Orlando Wetlands Festival
Orlando Wetlands Park
25155 Wheeler Road, Christmas
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Feb
18
February 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EST
Elachee Great Backyard Bird Count Festivities
Elachee Nature Science Center
2125 Elachee Drive, Gainesville, GA
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Feb
22
February 22, 2023 - February 26, 2023
San Diego Bird Festival
Marina Village Conference Center
1936 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA
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Feb
23
February 23, 2023 - February 26, 2023
Port Aransas Whooping Crane Festival
Port Aransas Civic Center
710 West Ave A, Port Aransas, TX
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Feb
24
February 24, 2023 - February 26, 2023
Vallarta Bird and Nature Festival
Vallarta Botantical Gardens
Carretera Puerto Vallarta a Barra de Navidad Km. 24, Las Juntas y los Veranos, Puerto Vallarta
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Feb
25
February 25, 2023 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST
14th Annual Marsh Madness
Goose Pond FWA Visitor Center
13540 West County Road 400 S, Linton, IN
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Mar
10
March 10, 2023 - March 12, 2023
40th Monte Vista Crane Festival
Monte Vista, Colorado
2389 Sherman Avenue, Monte Vista, CO
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Mar
17
March 17, 2023 - March 19, 2023
20th Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival
Blaine Middle School
Blaine, WA
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Mar
18
March 18, 2023 - March 19, 2023
Annual Spring Nature Festival
Wildlands Conservancy's Wind Wolves Preserve
16019 Maricopa Highway, Bakersfield, CA
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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 - March 26, 2023
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 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT
Tundra Swan Festival
Camas Center for Community Wellness
1821 LeClerc Rd N, Cusick, WA
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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
13
April 13, 2023 - April 16, 2023
Annual Harney County Migratory Bird Festival
Burns High School
1100 Oregon Avenue, Burns, OR
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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
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
20
April 20, 2023 - April 23, 2023
Galveston FeatherFest Birding & Nature Photography Festival
Galveston Island Convention Center
5600 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston Island, TX
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Apr
22
April 22, 2023 - May 13, 2023
Migratory Bird Fest and Birdathon
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center
10750 Pleasanton Road, San Antonio, TX
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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 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 @ 8:00 am - April 30, 2023 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival
Point Reyes Station, CA
503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA
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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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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 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
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
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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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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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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Nov
10
November 10, 2023 - November 12, 2023
San Quintin Bay Bird Festival
Molino Viejo Restaurant
Bahía Soledad S/N, San Quintín
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