Held in Sierra Vista, tours include views of more than 25,000 Sandhill Cranes up close and personal, southwest mountain birds, wildlife photography, and beginning birdwatching.
Please check out our Festival Guide, Exhibitors and Sponsors for the 2018 festival which was a huge success and gives you an idea of what we offer.
The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival occurs along the shores of Lake Michigan to celebrate the dunes area’s rich biodiversity and bird watching opportunities.
Experience the birding wonders of Maine, from boreal to ocean – warblers, puffins, and more. We offer field trips, pelagic trips, paddling trips, talks, social events, and evening presentations. Join celebrity birders and over 40 read more >>
Puget Sound Bird Fest in Edmonds, Washington is an annual fall celebration of birds and nature found on the beautiful shores of Puget Sound. It is listed as one of Seattle's best events on events12.com, read more >>
The weekend comprises of a one-day festival on October 12, in downtown Eustis, surrounded by immersive field trips, nature walks, and bird watching Friday, Saturday, and Sunday led by biologists and nature experts. • Friday read more >>
One of the longest running festivals in the US, the NJ Audubon's 74th Cape May Fall Festival is set to coincide with the peak of autumn migration in world famous birding hotspot, Cape May, NJ. read more >>
If you want to add 30-plus new birds to your life list, memory card, or just your memory, come join us for the 2019 Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival in Harlingen, TX.
First Time Birder? Maybe you’ve done a little birding but could use some refreshers or new tips? Or maybe your an experienced Birder? Well the Wings of Winter Birding Festival is for you! We have read more >>
The Laredo Birding Festival (LBF) takes place for three days every February and highlights over 200 species of spectacular birds. Laredo is a dynamic city that bridges two cultures and plays host to pleasant winter read more >>
This is a unique Texas birding experience that includes educational programs, tours on private, public, and restricted-access lands, and so much more. Join us in Val Verde County, Texas, for a birding experience in the read more >>
Olympic Birdfest, April 17-19, 2020. Enjoy guided birding trips, boat tours, live auction, raffle, gala banquet, and more. Our featured speaker: Scott Pearson, researcher in Ecology, Marine Biology and Zoology at the Washington Department of read more >>
Celebrating its 30th year in 2020 as Alaska's oldest and original birding festival! The Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival is a celebration of migration in and around the fishing (and birding) town of Cordova, Alaska. read more >>
The Biggest Week in American Birding is a 10-day festival in northwest Ohio, "The Warbler Capital of the World!" Immerse yourself in spring songbird migration and experience some of the best birding North America has read more >>
The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival occurs along the shores of Lake Michigan to celebrate the area’s rich biodiversity and bird-watching opportunities. Activities include over 150 guided carpool and van tours to view migrating birds, presentations, read more >>
Sixth Annual Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival is an eco-tourism, birding and nature festival which promotes conservation and education that builds upon the area's natural and agricultural heritage resources of the Pikes Peak Region. read more >>
An educational celebration of the Kirtland's Warbler, its habitat, and the communities located in the jack pine ecosystem - Kirtland's Country. Kirtland's Warbler tours at 7:30 am and 10:00 am. Vendors, 3 wildlife presentations, kids read more >>
Wings Over Willapa is a birding and nature festival held in the Long Beach, WA area the last weekend of every September. A celebration of the natural wonders at Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, it features read more >>
New Jersey Audubon is offering the most complete virtual Fall Festival experience you will find anywhere on the Internet. Our roster of speakers and presenters will capture the thrill of fall birding in Cape May, read more >>
The 5th Annual Hawaii Island Festival of Birds takes flight October 15-19, 2020. HIFB’s 2020 theme, “Wanderers and Migrants—Celebrating Hawaii's Avian Voyagers,” will focus on the remarkable number of migratory and accidental avian visitors that arrive in read more >>
The North Shore Birding Festival, Dec. 3-7, 2020, welcomes birders wanting to add to their life lists and highlights the St. Johns River Water Management District’s 20,000-acre Lake Apopka North Shore, Florida’s top eBird hotspot. read more >>
The Audubon Mural Project is a collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Avi Gitler, an art dealer and collector. The Project is an impressive effort to create murals of over 300 climate-threatened North American read more >>
Join Us For the 2021 Virtual Wings & Wetlands Festival. Explore birds, wetlands, and conservation messages through presentations by renowned experts, interactive socials, and on-demand web resources. March 24-26, 2021. The 2021 Wings and Wetlands read more >>
The 2021 Red Cliffs Bird Fest will showcase the birding habitat of Greater Zion during spring migration where the beauty of the birds is truly matched by the beauty of the scenery. Field trips will read more >>
The Festival is going virtual this year. Check out our great speaker and event list at https://www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org/
Alaska’s largest wildlife viewing festival honors the return of spring and the breathtaking migration of shorebirds through Kachemak Bay. The Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge welcome local Alaskans, read more >>
Tara Wildlife's annual Spring Outdoor & Birding Weekend offers excellent opportunities to view nature’s spring migration of song birds and more in the Mississippi Flyway. The Spring Weekend activities combine both casual birding opportunities along read more >>
The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival occurs along the shores of Lake Michigan to celebrate the area’s rich biodiversity and bird-watching opportunities. Activities include nearly 150 guided carpool tours to view migrating birds, presentations, workshops, live read more >>
Annual migration celebration in a transition zone in NW Minnesota. The Detroit Lakes area is located where tallgrass prairie meets northern hardwood and conifer forests, and is peppered with lakes and wetlands. Virtual educational programs read more >>
Presented by Tucson Audubon, Bird Watcher’s Digest and Carl Zeiss SBE Are you ready to experience Southeast Arizona’s beautiful birds in person again? The Southeast Arizona Birding Festival offers expert-guided birding, wildlife, and cultural field read more >>
Our 2021 Snake Day and Wildlife Festival is going to feature everything from reptiles to birds of prey, with a few falconers and bird handlers exhibiting and hosting programs during the festival. Like many other read more >>
After hosting several successful virtual events we anticipate a return to our classic Cape May Fall Festival. In-person field trips at all the Cape May hotspots, indoor programs, and vendors galore! To celebrate our 75th read more >>
Experience the peak of Florida's Fall Migration! The Florida Birding and Nature Festival registration is open now, at https://fbnfestival.org/ with a great lineup of activities. The 36 field trips cover 6 counties around Tampa Bay, read more >>
Held in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, the RGVBF has long been known for its specialty birds, a low participants to guides ratio and for the quality of its leaders. We have an read more >>
Brought to you by the same folks that brought you the nationally recognized Festival of the Cranes, the virtual Crane Fiesta 2021 will bring you an extraordinary opportunity for premiere photography and birding classes, regardless read more >>
The NORTH SHORE BIRDING FESTIVAL on Lake Apopka in Central Florida, December 2–6, 2021, highlights the St. Johns River Water Management District’s 20,00-acre Lake Apopka North Shore, Florida’s top eBird hotspot. At this sixth annual festival, organized read more >>
Blessed with a rich and diverse river eco-system with its location nestled along the Rio Grande, Laredo, Texas is home to hundreds of species of both local and migratory birds and is considered part of read more >>
Florida in February??? That's usually all it takes to get birders interested in coming to Florida. Let’s start with average temperatures of 74 degrees, now let’s add in Roseate Spoonbills, Pelicans, Painted Buntings, Florida Scrub-Jays, Red-cockaded Woodpeckers...
Winter Wings brings together birders and photographers to learn and explore with top notch professionals and enthusiastic local guides. The Klamath Basin is renowned for its winter raptors and its stunning abundance and diversity of read more >>
Great Backyard Bird Count Celebration at Elachee Nature Science Center! Join us for a day of birding with an adult birding hike, live birds of prey, bird activities, crafts, and games, giveaways, and more! We read more >>
The Olympic Peninsula Bird Festival, three days of field trips and events held each April in Sequim, Washington, was recently canceled for 2022 because of covid-related concerns. The Dungeness River Nature Center and Olympic Peninsula read more >>
The 2022 Red Cliffs Bird Fest will showcase the birding habitat of Greater Zion during spring migration where the beauty of the birds is truly matched by the beauty of the scenery. Field trips will read more >>
Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) is thrilled to announce that we are planning an IN-PERSON festival for 2022! We're adding some exciting new field trips, and all of your favorite Biggest Week activities are back, read more >>
Birding in the Indiana Dunes is the best the state has to offer. With its rich biodiversity, varying habitats and miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, the Indiana Dunes is a hotspot for migrant birds. The read more >>
Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS) conducts an annual three day convention where members and non-members can meet, socialize, discuss conservation and natural resource topics, and enjoy guided field trips in various regions of Maryland. This year read more >>
May 20-22, 2022, Don't Miss: Annual auto tours to see Historic Petroglyphs, Dinosaur Tracks, Homesteads and wildlife on Private Ranches, and seek the elusive Black Rail along Picketwire River and Arkansas Rivers. Look for Piping read more >>
The Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS) will conduct its annual convention May 20 – 22, 2022 in Solomons Island, Maryland. Both members and non-members are invited to participate in guided field trips, social events and speaker read more >>
Saving Birds Thru Habitat’s first annual Leelanau BirdFest begins on Thursday afternoon, June 2 and ends on Sunday noon, June 5. Saving Birds Thru Habitat is located in Leelanau County, one of Michigan’s premier spring and summer birding read more >>
An educational celebration of the Kirtland's Warbler, its habitat, and the communities located in the jack pine ecosystem - Kirtland's Country. Experience Northern Michigan through a variety of activities, including kids’ tent, jack pine tours, read more >>
Join us for a weekend celebration of birds and nature in beautiful Edmonds Washington. Cast your vote in the annual Bird Fest Photo Contest and enjoy other festival favorites such as the Kids’ Corner, the read more >>
Birders and nature lovers from across the United States and Canada flock to south Alabama every year to experience one of the prime birdwatching opportunities on the Gulf Coast during fall migration. More than 370 read more >>
The biggest nature event in Portugal is back! There's a range of offers this year: field trips, boat tours, workshops, talks, environmental education activities, bird ringing sessions and much, much more. There will also be read more >>
When you think about fall migration in Cape May, your first thought might be HAWKS. Yes! Check that off, definitely. Add to that the spectacular SEA BIRDS, early morning waves of SONGBIRDS, and SHOREBIRDS all read more >>
Yellow Rails and Rice Festival participants enjoy a unique opportunity to engage in agritourism, observing close-up rice harvesting operations, with the added benefit of seeing Yellow Rails and other rail species (Sora, Virginia, and King) read more >>
Come to Deep South Texas to experience 5 days of birding in a variety of habitats. From the desert thorn scrub to riparian forests or Gulf of Mexico beaches and bays enjoy the more than read more >>
The aim of the Azores Birdwatching Arts Festival is to promote the practice of birdwatching and encourage it, in an educational way, through the dynamics created through the arts. From exhibitions to field trips, from read more >>
Crane Fiesta 2022 – a virtual celebration of Bosque del Apache! Please plan to “join us” from the comfort of your home for our third annual virtual Crane Fiesta. Friends of Bosque del Apache will read more >>
North Shore Birding Festival December 1 - December 5, 2022 Sign up for updates at this link: https://orangeaudubonfl.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3683cf6f5d46d6747b4fd58cc&id=6d755d949d The North Shore Birding Festival highlights the St. Johns River Water Management District’s 20,000-acre Lake Apopka North read more >>
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2023, the Wings Over Willcox Birding & Nature Festival is Arizona's premiere winter birding festival. Each year, during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, birders and nature lovers gather read more >>
South Florida is one of the top 10 birding destinations in the U.S. Small groups and expert Florida guides will greatly increase your chance of finding target birds-Snail Kite, Limpkin, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Painted Bunting, Gray read more >>
Say Hola To Our Feathered Friends in South Texas! Taking place Feb. 1-4 in part of the "birdiest" corridor in North America, the 11th Laredo Birding Festival is a three-day event offering birders a variety read more >>
We’re back with a four-day Festival again! We invite birders and photographers of all levels and other nature enthusiasts to join us. This will be our 43rd annual Festival and we hope to have 500 read more >>
At the Monte Vista Crane Festival you can enjoy thousands of Sandhill Cranes, ducks, and geese flying against a backdrop of mountain scenery. Raptors will adorn the power poles and owls will be sitting with read more >>
Enjoy guided birding trips on the North Olympic Peninsula, art and photography classes, cruise around Protection Island, overnight trips to Neah Bay and the San Juan Islands, and Sat. night banquet at the Dungeness River read more >>
CORPUS CHRISTI--Experience amazing spring migration along the Texas Gulf Coast in the busiest of U.S. flyways, with four-day pre- and post-trips; field trips to famous South Texas ranch and coastal hot spots; presentations and workshops; read more >>
The Red Cliffs Bird Fest 2023 will showcase the birding habitat of Greater Zion during spring migration where the beauty of the birds is truly matched by the beauty of the scenery. Join us April read more >>
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival is Arizona’s oldest birding festival. Since 1991 we’ve been offering small group trips. The 2023 Spring Fling will run from Wednesday May 3 to Saturday May 6, 2023 with read more >>
The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival is an annual event hosted by the Indiana Audubon Society that showcases the abundance of migratory birds in the Indiana Dunes. Birding in the Indiana Dunes is the best the read more >>
Enjoy peak songbird migration as well as opportunities to see waders, raptors, water birds, and songbirds at Presque Isle State Park, a Lake Erie hotspot in northwestern PA. Keynote Speaker David Lindo, the Urban Birder, read more >>
Detroit Lakes is nestled in the heart of a transition zone between tall grass prairie, northern hardwood and conifer forest ecosystems in MN. Add a landscape of wetlands and lakes and the result is more read more >>
The Great Salt Lake Bird Festival is excited to announce its 25th year. We hope you are ready for our biggest festival yet. Birders will have the opportunity to encounter different species by the shores read more >>
The Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS) is a nonprofit, statewide organization of people who are interested in birds and nature. It promotes the study and enjoyment of birds, knowledge about the natural world around us, and read more >>
Birders from all over the state will be gathering for a time of great birding, making and renewing friendships, and an opportunity to increase their knowledge about the birds! Field trips are scheduled for Saturday read more >>
There is no other birding event in Maine that offers the variety of birdwatching experiences as the Acadia Birding Festival. The event will celebrate its 24th year in 2023. Experience the birding wonders of Maine, read more >>
Colorado Field Ornithologists and Western Field Ornithologists are hosting a joint convention in July 2023. Located in picturesque Summit County, you will explore the high country of Colorado on full or half-day field trips while read more >>
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival is Arizona’s oldest birding festival. Since 1991 we’ve been offering small group trips. The 2023 Summer Festival will run from Wednesday August 2 to Saturday August 5, 2023 with read more >>
Alabama Audubon's third annual Black Belt Birding Festival will take place August 4 & 5 in Greensboro, Alabama. The festival highlights the diverse bird populations, history, and culture of Alabama’s Black Belt region while bringing read more >>
Join us for a weekend celebration of birds and nature in beautiful Edmonds Washington. Cast your vote in the annual Bird Fest Photo Contest and enjoy other festival favorites such as the Kids’ Corner, the read more >>
The Banding Coalition of the Americas operates this federally-licensed bird banding event each fall at Fort Morgan Historic Site in Gulf Shores, AL--continuing 30 years of research and public outreach by Bob and Martha Sargent. read more >>
YRARF 2023 is a small festival focused on participants having a good time. Participants can come and go at their leisure from the rice harvest sites. Leaders/facilitators are positioned at field sites and help participants read more >>
The 30th Annual Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival will take place on November 8th-12th at the Harlingen Convention Center in Harlingen, Texas. The festival includes field trips, seminars, a trade show, a silent auction, fun read more >>
