Birding Festivals
Birding festivals offer birders the opportunity to visit top birding locations. The festivals provide guided field trips to local birding hotspots. Attending a festival is an excellent way to see new species, improve your skills and meet new friends. There are about 200 different birding and nature festivals in the United States and Canada.
Check out our Monthly Featured Festivals.
Professor Bird's Top 10 Birding Festivals
1. Rio Grande Birding Festival, South Texas (November)
2. Space Coast Birding Festival, east coast of Florida (January)
3. San Diego Birding Festival , California (March)
4. Monterey Bay Birding Festival, California(September)
5. Southwest Wings Birding Festival, Arizona (August)
6. Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival, Washington state (late April or early May)
7. Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, California (January)
8. Hummingbird Celebration, Rockport, Texas (September)
9. Horicon Marsh Bird Festival, Wisconsin, (May)
10. Florida Keys Birding and Wildlife Festival (September)
Competition for the Top 10 is heating up. Here are some additional favorites.
Feather Fest in Galveston (April)
The Biggest Week in American Birding - Magee Marsh wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, Ohio.
Midwest Birding Symposium - Held on alternate (odd numbered) years - Sept. Ohio
Additional Birding Festivals.
Alaska:
Kenai Birding Festival: May
A birding MUST! Birders of all ages and abilities will enjoy this 4-day festival on the Kenai Peninsula. From guided birding hikes and social birding opportunities to Kenai Fjord guided boat tours and engaging educational workshops there is something for everyone in beautiful, bird centric Kenai.
The Cordova/Copper River Shorebird Festival: May
Cordova, Alaska
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: May
Homer, Alaska
Alaska Bald Eagle Festival:November
Haines, Alaska
Arizona:
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival - July/August
Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival: August
Tucson, Arizona
Wings Over Willcox: January
Willcox, AZ
California:
Galt Winter Bird Festival: January
Galt, California
Snow Goose Festival: January
Chico, California
San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival: February
Mare Island, Vallejo, California
Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival: April
Arcata, California
Kern Valley Spring Nature Festival: April
Weldon, California
Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival: April
Point Reyes, California
Heron Festival and Wildlife Brunch: April
Kelseyville, California
California Redwoods Bird and Nature Festival: May
Crescent City, California
Walk on the Wildside: May
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge - Beach Lake Preserve, Freeport, California
Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua: June
Lee Vining, California
Kern Valley Hummingbird Celebration: August
Weldon, California
Sandhill Crane Festival: November
Lodi, California
Central Valley Birding Symposium: November
Stockton, California
Colorado:
Playday For The Raptors: September
Fort Collins, Colorado
Florida:
Big "O" Birding Festival: March
Clewiston, FLlorida
"Ding" Darling Days: October
Sanibel Island, Florida
Louisiana:
Grand Isle Migratory Bird Celebration!: April
Grand Island, Thibodaux LA
Great Louisiana BirdFest: April
Mandeville, Louisiana
Yellow Rails and Rice Festival: October
Jennings, Louisiana
Maine:
Down East Spring Birding Festival: May
Trescott, Maine
Acadia Birding Festival: May/June
Bar Harbor, Maine
Massachusetts:
Cape Code Birding Festival: September
Michigan:
Cranefest: October
Bellevue, Michigan
Nevada:
Spring Wings Bird Festival: May
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Fallon, Nevada
New Mexico:
Osprey Fest: July
Los Ojos, New Mexico
Oregon:
Winter Wings Festival: February
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Birding & Blues Festival: April
Pacific City, Oregon
John Scharff Migratory Bird Festival & Art Show: April
Burns, Oregon
Utah:
Delta Snow Goose Festival February
Delta, Utah
Great Salt Lake Bird Festival: May
Davis County, Utah (Bountiful, Utah)
Virginia:
Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival
Cape Charles, Virginia
Washington:
Olympic Peninsula BirdFest: March/April
Sequim, Washington
Leavenworth Spring Bird Festival: May
Leavenworth, WA
Puget Sound Bird Fest in Edmonds: September
Edmonds, Washington
Wisconsin:
Horicon Marsh Bird Festival: May
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Chequamegon Bay Birding and Nature Festival: May
Irownwood, Ashland County. Wisconsin
More information
 Additional birding festivals, bird trails and bird observatories, visit the Environment for the Americas web site.
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