Birding Festivals and Events

November 1, 2024

A great way to enjoy birdwatching is by going to festivals—they’re organized to get you to well-known birding spots at the right time of year, and they’re a perfect 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

Waterfowl Weekend at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

North Shore Birding Festival

San Quintin Bay Bird Festival

Festival of the Cranes

Soiree with the Swans

Quad City Bald Eagle Days

Festival of the Cranes at Wheeler NWR

Morro Bay Bird Festival

Carolina Bird Club Winter Birding Weekend

Wings Over Willcox Birding & Nature Festival

Everglades Birding Festival

Eagle Days

Salton Sea Bird Festival

Annual Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival

Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival

Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway

Eagle Awareness Weekends

Winter Wildlife Festival

Winged Migration Expo

Galt Winter Bird Festival

Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Raptor Fest

Cumberland County Winter Eagle Festival

13th Annual Laredo Birding Festival

Hammock Coast Birding Festival

High Plains Snow Goose Festival

Colombia Birdfair

16th Annual Marsh Madness

Wildlands Conservancy For the Birds

Birds On the Niagara International Bird Festival: A Winter Celebration

Port Aransas Whooping Crane Festival

Eagle Expo

Orlando Wetlands Festival

Burrowing Owl Festival, Wildlife & Environmental Expo

Snow Goose and Birding Festival

San Diego Bird Festival

Nebraska Crane Migration

Wild Things Conference

International Festival of Owls

42nd Monte Vista Crane Festival

Matagorda Bay Birdfest

Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival

Spring Bluebird Festival

Othello Sandhill Crane Festival

Gulf Coast Brew on the Bayou

A Celebration of Swans

Dauphin Island Bird Banding

Maryland Osprey and Nature Festival

Chiapas Birding & Photo Festival

Spring Chirp

Olympic Birdfest

Harney County Migratory Bird Festival

Kansas Prairie-Chicken Festival

Woodstork Festival

Owens Lake Bird Festival

Georgia Bird Fest

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

Virginia Osprey Festival in Colonial Beach

The 29th Great Texas Birding Classic

Godwit Days

Little St. Simons Island Spring Birding Days

Stikine River Birding Festival

Florida’s Birding & Photo Fest

Birdiest Festival in America

Red Cliffs Bird Fest at Greater Zion

Galveston FeatherFest Birding & Nature Photography Festival

Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival

Ohio Valley Birding Festival

Grand Isle Migratory Bird Festival

Annual Bird of Prey Days at Braddock Bay

Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival

Mountain Plover Festival

Balcones Songbird Festival

Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival

Arrow Rock Birds Bees & Blooms Festival

Snow Goose Festival

California Duck Days

“Ding” Darling Day – 36th Annual

Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival

Spring Migration Celebration