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 svl22@cornell.edu
Festivals by Location
See the map and listings, below, for upcoming festivals.
August 15, 2024 @ 8:00 am – September 30, 2024 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Smith Point Hawk Watch
August 23, 2024 – August 25, 2024
Tanana Valley Sandhill Crane Festival
August 29, 2024 – September 1, 2024
Yampa Valley Crane Festival
September 6, 2024 – September 7, 2024
Montezuma Muckrace
September 8, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Raptor Weekend
September 14, 2024 @ 12:00 am – 11:59 pm EDT
Elachee Wildlife Festival
September 14, 2024 – September 22, 2024
International Hawk Migration Week
September 14, 2024 @ 7:00 am – 1:00 pm EDT
Fall Birding Festival
September 14, 2024 @ 7:30 am – September 15, 2024 @ 4:00 pm EDT
The Urban Birding Festival
September 14, 2024 @ 8:00 am – September 21, 2024 @ 12:00 pm EDT
Xtreme Hummingbird Xtravaganza
September 15, 2024 – October 15, 2024
46th Annual Rich Stallcup Bird-A-Thon
September 16, 2024 – September 22, 2024
Côte-Nord Migratory Bird Festival
September 19, 2024 – September 22, 2024
Annual Rockport-Fulton HummerBird Celebration
September 20, 2024 – September 22, 2024
Wings Over Willapa Festival
September 20, 2024 – September 22, 2024
Headlands Birding Festival
September 21, 2024 – All Day
Annual New York State Bluebird Society Meeting
September 21, 2024 – All Day
Carolina Bird Club Fall Birding Weekend – Morehead City
September 21, 2024 – September 28, 2024
Houston Bird Week
September 21, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm EDT
Carolina Bird Club Fall Birding Weekend – Sparta
September 22, 2024 – October 27, 2024
WildWings Nature & Arts Festival
September 23, 2024 – September 29, 2024
Global Bird Rescue
September 23, 2024 @ 8:00 am – September 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Little St. Simons Island Fall and Spring Birding Days
September 26, 2024 – September 29, 2024
Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) of Arizona Field Ornithologists & Western Bird Banding Association
September 27, 2024 – September 29, 2024
Celebration of Flight
September 28, 2024 – All Day
Carolina Bird Club Fall Birding Weekend – Table Rock
September 28, 2024 – All Day
Carolina Bird Club Fall Birding Weekend – Congaree
September 28, 2024 – All Day
Carolina Bird Club Fall Birding Weekend – Huntington Beach
October 3, 2024 – October 6, 2024
41st Annual Pelican Festival
October 5, 2024 – All Day
25th Ridgefield NWR BirdFest & Bluegrass Festival
October 6, 2024 – All Day
Meadowlands Birding Festival
October 9, 2024 – October 13, 2024
Western Field Ornithologist Conference
October 11, 2024 – October 13, 2024
Monterey Bay Festival of Birds
October 11, 2024 – October 20, 2024
Festival International Nature Namur
October 12, 2024 – October 13, 2024
Kiwanis Club CraneFest XXIX 2024
October 13, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Adirondack Loon Celebration
October 17, 2024 – October 20, 2024
Cape May Fall Festival
October 17, 2024 – October 20, 2024
Florida Birding & Nature Festival
October 18, 2024 – October 20, 2024
Cozumel Birding Festival
October 22, 2024 – October 27, 2024
Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival
October 26, 2024 – October 27, 2024
Borneo Bird Festival
October 26, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm EDT
Hawaii Island Festival of Birds
October 30, 2024 – November 3, 2024
Yellow Rails and Rice Festival
November 1, 2024 – November 2, 2024
Virginia Bluebird Society Conference
November 1, 2024 – November 3, 2024
Lodi Sandhill Crane Festival
November 6, 2024 – November 10, 2024
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
November 7, 2024 – November 10, 2024
Avitourism Congress Colombia
November 7, 2024 – November 10, 2024
Hawk Migration Association Of North America Conference
November 7, 2024 @ 8:00 am – November 10, 2024 @ 5:00 pm EST
BirdCamp Guardián de las Aves
November 8, 2024 – November 9, 2024
Great Midwest Crane Festival
November 8, 2024 – November 10, 2024
California Swan Festival
November 8, 2024 – November 10, 2024
Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
November 13, 2024 – November 16, 2024
Colima Birding Festival
November 21, 2024 – November 24, 2024
Central Valley Birding Symposium
November 22, 2024 – November 24, 2024
76th Maryland Ornithological Society Annual Convention
November 28, 2024 – December 1, 2024
Waterfowl Weekend at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
December 5, 2024 – December 9, 2024
North Shore Birding Festival
December 7, 2024 – December 8, 2024
San Quintin Bay Bird Festival
December 11, 2024 – December 15, 2024
Festival of the Cranes
January 10, 2025 – January 12, 2025
Quad City Bald Eagle Days
January 16, 2025 – January 20, 2025
Morro Bay Bird Festival
January 16, 2025 – January 19, 2025
Carolina Bird Club Winter Birding Weekend
January 16, 2025 – January 19, 2025
Wings Over Willcox Birding & Nature Festival
January 16, 2025 – January 20, 2025
Everglades Birding Festival
January 22, 2025 – January 26, 2025
Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival
January 23, 2025 – January 26, 2025
Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway
February 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm PST
Galt Winter Bird Festival
February 1, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm EST
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Raptor Fest
February 5, 2025 – February 8, 2025
13th Annual Laredo Birding Festival
February 6, 2025 – February 9, 2025
Hammock Coast Birding Festival
February 6, 2025 – February 9, 2025
High Plains Snow Goose Festival
February 7, 2025 – February 9, 2025
30th San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival
February 13, 2025 – February 16, 2025
Colombia Birdfair
February 14, 2025 – February 15, 2025
16th Annual Marsh Madness
February 15, 2025 – All Day
Wildlands Conservancy For the Birds
February 15, 2025 – February 17, 2025
Birds On the Niagara International Bird Festival: A Winter Celebration
February 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
Elachee Great Backyard Bird Count Festivities
February 20, 2025 – February 23, 2025
Port Aransas Whooping Crane Festival
February 20, 2025 – February 23, 2025
Eagle Expo
February 22, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
Orlando Wetlands Festival
February 22, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm EST
Burrowing Owl Festival, Wildlife & Environmental Expo
February 22, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm EST
Snow Goose and Birding Festival
February 26, 2025 – March 2, 2025
San Diego Bird Festival
March 1, 2025 – March 31, 2025
Nebraska Crane Migration
March 7, 2025 – March 9, 2025
International Festival of Owls
March 7, 2025 – March 9, 2025
42nd Monte Vista Crane Festival
March 14, 2025 – March 16, 2025
Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Festival
April 5, 2025 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT
Maryland Osprey and Nature Festival
April 9, 2025 – April 11, 2025
Chiapas Birding & Photo Festival
April 9, 2025 – April 12, 2025
Spring Chirp
April 10, 2025 – April 13, 2025
Olympic Birdfest
April 10, 2025 – April 13, 2025
Harney County Migratory Bird Festival
April 10, 2025 – April 13, 2025
Kansas Prairie-Chicken Festival
April 15, 2025 – May 15, 2025
The 29th Great Texas Birding Classic
April 17, 2025 – April 20, 2025
Godwit Days
April 18, 2025 – April 20, 2025
Owens Lake Bird Festival
April 23, 2025 – April 27, 2025
Florida’s Birding & Photo Fest
April 24, 2025 – April 26, 2025
Red Cliffs Bird Fest at Greater Zion
April 24, 2025 – April 27, 2025
Galveston FeatherFest Birding & Nature Photography Festival
April 25, 2025 – April 27, 2025
Annual Bird of Prey Days at Braddock Bay
April 25, 2025 – April 27, 2025
Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival
April 26, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT
California Duck Days
April 26, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT
“Ding” Darling Day – 36th Annual
April 27, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Madison Bird & Nature Festival
April 28, 2025 – May 3, 2025
New River Birding & Nature Festival
May 1, 2025 – May 20, 2025
Point Pelee Festival of Birds
May 1, 2025 – May 31, 2025
Migration Madness
May 4, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT
Herrick’s Cove Wildlife Festival
May 7, 2025 – May 10, 2025
Southwest Wings Spring Fling
May 7, 2025 – May 11, 2025
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
May 9, 2025 – May 11, 2025
Creston Valley Bird Fest
May 9, 2025 – May 11, 2025
28th Horicon Marsh Bird Festival
May 9, 2025 – May 18, 2025
The Biggest Week in American Birding
May 10, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT
Prairie Appreciation Day
May 15, 2025 – May 17, 2025
Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds – 28th Annual
May 15, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival
May 15, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest
May 15, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Indiana Dunes Birding Festival
May 15, 2025 – May 18, 2025
27th Great Salt Lake Bird Festival
May 15, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Cape May Spring Festival
May 15, 2025 @ 8:00 am – May 19, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Meadowlark Nature Festival
May 16, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Festival of the Birds at Presque Isle
May 22, 2025 @ 8:00 am – May 25, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Jackson Hole Birding Festival
May 23, 2025 – May 25, 2025
Mosquito Lake Big Birding Weekend
May 23, 2025 – June 1, 2025
27th Huron Fringe Birding Festival
May 24, 2025 – May 25, 2025
Warblers on the Water
May 25, 2025 – May 27, 2025
Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival
May 25, 2025 – May 31, 2025
Black Birders Week – Conner Prairie Museum
May 28, 2025 – June 1, 2025
Aldo Leopold Festival
May 29, 2025 – June 1, 2025
Acadia Birding Festival
June 5, 2025 – June 8, 2025
Rangeley Birding Festival
July 19, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
New York Annual Loon Census
July 30, 2025 – August 2, 2025
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival
August 6, 2025 – August 10, 2025
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival
August 14, 2025 – August 17, 2025
Davis Mountains Hummingbird Celebration
