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.
January 13, 2023 – January 15, 2024
Wings Over Willcox Birding & Nature Festival
June 15, 2023 – June 18, 2023
AMC Maine Woods Birding Festival
June 16, 2023 – June 18, 2023
Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua
June 24, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT
Pollinator Festival
July 15, 2023 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
New York Annual Loon Census
July 19, 2023 – July 24, 2023
Western Field Ornithologists/Colorado Field Ornithologists Convention
July 28, 2023 – July 30, 2023
Sedona Hummingbird Festival
August 1, 2023 – August 4, 2023
Ornithological Congress of the Americas
August 2, 2023 – August 5, 2023
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival
August 5, 2023 – All Day
Indiana Audubon Hummingbird Migration Celebration
August 5, 2023 @ 10:00 am – August 6, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Land Between the Lakes Hummingbird Festival
August 9, 2023 – August 13, 2023
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
August 17, 2023 – August 20, 2023
Davis Mountains Hummingbird Celebration
August 18, 2023 – August 20, 2023
Tanana Valley Sandhill Crane Festival
August 19, 2023 @ 9:00 am – August 22, 2023 @ 1:00 pm EDT
Hummingbird Festival in Cook County Forest Preserve
August 19, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT
Henderson Hummingbird Hurrah
August 31, 2023 – September 3, 2023
Yampa Valley Crane Festival
September 9, 2023 – September 10, 2023
Hummingbird Migration & Nature Celebration
September 9, 2023 – September 10, 2023
19th Annual Puget Sound Bird Fest
September 9, 2023 @ 10:00 am – September 10, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Raptor Weekend
September 14, 2023 @ 12:00 am – September 16, 2023 @ 11:59 pm EDT
Pascagoula River Audubon Center Hummingbird and Nature Festival
September 14, 2023 – September 17, 2023
Annual Rockport-Fulton HummerBird Celebration
September 16, 2023 – All Day
Fall Migration Festival
September 16, 2023 – September 23, 2023
Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza
September 18, 2023 – September 24, 2023
Festival des Oiseaux migrateurs de la Côte-Nord
September 22, 2023 – September 24, 2023
Wings Over Willapa Festival
September 22, 2023 – September 24, 2023
New York Birders Conference
September 23, 2023 – September 30, 2023
Houston Bird Week
September 23, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT
Philly Fall Nature Fest
September 29, 2023 – October 2, 2023
Carolina Bird Club Fall Birding Weekend
October 1, 2023 – All Day
Meadowlands Birding Festival
October 4, 2023 – October 7, 2023
Alabama Coastal BirdFest: Birding & Nature Festival
October 5, 2023 – October 8, 2023
40th Annual Pelican Festival
October 7, 2023 – All Day
BirdFest & Bluegrass Festival
October 8, 2023 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Adirondack Loon Celebration
October 12, 2023 – October 15, 2023
Florida Birding & Nature Festival
October 13, 2023 – October 15, 2023
Monterey Bay Festival of Birds
October 14, 2023 – October 15, 2023
Kiwanis Club CraneFest XXVIII 2023
October 17, 2023 – October 22, 2023
Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival
October 19, 2023 – October 22, 2023
Cape May Fall Festival
October 21, 2023 – All Day
Hawaii Island Festival of Birds
October 25, 2023 – October 29, 2023
Yellow Rails and Rice Festival
November 3, 2023 – November 5, 2023
Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival
November 8, 2023 – November 12, 2023
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
November 16, 2023 @ 12:00 am – November 19, 2023 @ 12:00 am PST
Central Valley Birding Symposium
November 30, 2023 – December 4, 2023
North Shore Birding Festival
December 1, 2023 – All Day
San Quintin Bay Bird Festival
December 6, 2023 – December 9, 2023
Festival of the Cranes
January 11, 2024 – January 15, 2024
Morro Bay Bird Festival
January 13, 2024 @ 7:00 am – 5:00 pm EST
Salton Sea Bird Festival
January 19, 2024 – February 4, 2024
Eagle Awareness Weekends
January 20, 2024 – January 21, 2024
Eagle Days
January 25, 2024 – January 28, 2024
Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway
February 3, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm EST
Teatown’s Hudson River EagleFest
February 7, 2024 – February 10, 2024
12th Annual Laredo Birding Festival
February 9, 2024 – February 12, 2024
29th San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival
February 15, 2024 – February 18, 2024
Colombia Birdfair
February 16, 2024 – February 17, 2024
15th Annual Marsh Madness
February 16, 2024 – February 19, 2024
Birds On the Niagara International Bird Festival: A Winter Celebration
February 16, 2024 – February 19, 2024
Winter Wings Festival
February 18, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
California Botanic Garden Family Bird Fest
February 21, 2024 – February 25, 2024
San Diego Bird Festival
February 22, 2024 – February 25, 2024
Port Aransas Whooping Crane Festival
February 24, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm EST
22nd Annual Burrowing Owl and Wildlife Exposition
March 1, 2024 – March 3, 2024
International Festival of Owls
March 5, 2024 – April 7, 2024
Annual Matagorda Bay Birdfest
March 8, 2024 – March 10, 2024
41st Monte Vista Crane Festival
March 15, 2024 – March 17, 2024
Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival
March 16, 2024 @ 10:00 am – March 17, 2024 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Waterfowl Weekend
March 22, 2024 – March 24, 2024
Othello Sandhill Crane Festival
March 23, 2024 – All Day
Spring Bluebird Festival
April 1, 2024 – April 30, 2024
A Celebration of Swans
April 6, 2024 – April 7, 2024
Wind Wolves Preserve Spring Nature Festival
April 11, 2024 – April 14, 2024
Kansas Prairie-Chicken Festival
April 15, 2024 – May 15, 2024
The 28th Great Texas Birding Classic
April 17, 2024 – April 19, 2024
Chiapas Birding & Photo Festival
April 18, 2024 – April 21, 2024
Galveston FeatherFest Birding & Nature Photography Festival
April 18, 2024 – April 21, 2024
Godwit Days
April 19, 2024 – April 20, 2024
Grand Isle Migratory Bird Festival
April 24, 2024 – April 29, 2024
Birdiest Festival in America
April 24, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Florida’s Birding & Photo Fest
April 25, 2024 – April 27, 2024
Red Cliffs Bird Fest at Greater Zion
April 25, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival
April 26, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Mountain Plover Festival
April 26, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Hatchie BirdFest
April 26, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Balcones Songbird Festival
April 26, 2024 @ 8:00 am – April 28, 2024 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Ohio Valley Birding Festival
April 27, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Annual Migration Celebration
April 27, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Snow Goose Festival
April 27, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT
California Duck Days
April 27, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT
Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival
April 27, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm AKDT
Spring Migration Celebration
April 29, 2024 – May 4, 2024
New River Birding & Nature Festival
May 2, 2024 – May 5, 2024
Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival
May 2, 2024 – May 5, 2024
Birding the Border
May 3, 2024 – May 12, 2024
The Biggest Week in American Birding
May 6, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival
May 9, 2024 – May 12, 2024
27th Horicon Marsh Bird Festival
May 10, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Get Intimate with the Shrub-Steppe & Yakima River Canyon Bird Fest
May 11, 2024 – All Day
Wings Over Muscatatuck
May 11, 2024 – All Day
Victoria Bird Week
May 16, 2024 – May 19, 2024
Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival
May 16, 2024 – May 19, 2024
Indiana Dunes Birding Festival
May 16, 2024 – May 19, 2024
26th Great Salt Lake Bird Festival
May 17, 2024 – May 19, 2024
Annual Ladd Marsh Bird Festival
May 17, 2024 – May 19, 2024
Wings, Waves & Woods
May 17, 2024 @ 8:00 am – May 20, 2024 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Meadowlark Nature Festival
May 18, 2024 – May 19, 2024
Presqu’ile Warblers and Whimbrels Weekend
May 25, 2024 – May 26, 2024
Songbird Festival
