A good way to get pleasure from chook watching is by going to festivals—they’re organized to get you to nice birding spots at a good time of yr, and so they’re a good way to fulfill folks. Consultants and locals provide help to see extra birds, and also you’ll meet different guests who share your interest. When you’re there, maintain a watch out for Cornell Lab representatives, as we do attend a number of festivals annually.
To checklist your pageant on this web page, please contact our promoting supervisor:Susanna Lawson svl22@cornell.edu
Festivals by Location
See the map and listings, under, for upcoming festivals.
November 4, 2022 – November 6, 2022
Lodi Sandhill Crane Competition
November 6, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Fall Migration Celebration
November 9, 2022 – November 13, 2022
Rio Grande Valley Birding Competition
November 9, 2022 – November 12, 2022
Alaska Bald Eagle Competition
November 11, 2022 – November 12, 2022
Virginia Bluebird Society Convention
November 12, 2022 – All Day
Higher Cape Ann Chamber’s Annual Birding Boat Journey
November 14, 2022 – November 20, 2022
Azores Birdwatching Arts Competition
November 18, 2022 – November 20, 2022
Central Valley Birding Symposium
November 24, 2022 – November 27, 2022
Waterfowl Weekend at Chincoteague Nationwide Wildlife Refuge
December 1, 2022 – December 5, 2022
North Shore Birding Competition
December 1, 2022 – December 3, 2022
Competition of the Cranes
December 10, 2022 – December 11, 2022
Vacation With The Cranes
December 10, 2022 – February 5, 2023
Land Between the Lakes Winter Eagle Van Excursions
January 12, 2023 – January 15, 2023
Carolina Hen Membership Winter Birding Weekend
January 12, 2023 – January 16, 2023
Everglades Birding Competition
January 13, 2023 – January 15, 2023
Wings of Winter Birding Competition
January 13, 2023 – January 16, 2023
Morro Bay Winter Hen Competition
January 13, 2023 – January 15, 2024
Wings Over Willcox Birding & Nature Competition
January 14, 2023 – January 21, 2023
18th Rookery Bay Competition of Birds
January 14, 2023 @ 7:00 am – 5:00 pm EST
Salton Sea Hen Competition
January 14, 2023 @ 8:00 am – January 15, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EST
Annual Tennessee Sandhill Crane Competition
January 26, 2023 – January 29, 2023
Annual Eagles & Agriculture
January 26, 2023 – January 29, 2023
Annual Snow Goose Competition of the Pacific Flyway
January 26, 2023 – January 31, 2023
Eagles Over Monroe
February 1, 2023 – February 5, 2023
Area Coast Birding and Wildlife Competition — completely closed
February 2, 2023 – February 5, 2023
twentieth Annual Excessive Plains Snow Goose Competition
February 2, 2023 – February 4, 2023
tenth Annual Laredo Birding Competition
February 4, 2023 @ 8:00 am – 2:00 pm EST
Cumberland County Winter Eagle Competition
February 4, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm PST
Galt Winter Hen Competition
February 10, 2023 – February 12, 2023
twenty eighth San Francisco Bay Flyway Competition
February 10, 2023 – February 12, 2023
Hammock Coast Birding Competition
February 16, 2023 – February 19, 2023
Colombia Birdfair
February 17, 2023 – February 20, 2023
Winter Wings Competition
February 18, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
Orlando Wetlands Competition
February 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
Elachee Nice Yard Hen Rely Festivities
February 19, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
California Botanic Backyard Household Hen Fest
February 22, 2023 – February 26, 2023
San Diego Hen Competition
February 23, 2023 – February 26, 2023
Port Aransas Whooping Crane Competition
February 24, 2023 – February 25, 2023
Associates of Goose Pond Marsh Insanity Sandhill Crane and Migratory Hen Competition
February 24, 2023 – February 26, 2023
Vallarta Hen and Nature Competition
February 24, 2023 – February 25, 2023
14th Annual Marsh Insanity
March 4, 2023 – March 5, 2023
Worldwide Competition of Owls
March 4, 2023 – April 8, 2023
Nebraska Crane Season
March 4, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm CST
NatureFest
March 10, 2023 – March 12, 2023
fortieth Monte Vista Crane Competition
March 17, 2023 – March 19, 2023
twentieth Wings Over Water Northwest Birding Competition
March 18, 2023 – March 19, 2023
Annual Spring Nature Competition
March 18, 2023 @ 10:00 am – March 19, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Waterfowl Weekend
March 24, 2023 – March 26, 2023
Annual Matagorda Bay Birdfest
March 24, 2023 – March 26, 2023
Othello Sandhill Crane Competition
March 25, 2023 – March 26, 2023
Attwater’s Prairie Hen Competition
March 25, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT
Tundra Swan Competition
March 30, 2023 – April 1, 2023
Yuma Hen, Nature, and Historical past Competition
March 31, 2023 – April 8, 2023
Brant Wildlife Competition
April 1, 2023 – April 30, 2023
A Celebration of Swans
April 1, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm EDT
Maryland Osprey and Nature Competition
April 1, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Wings Over Surfside
April 13, 2023 – April 16, 2023
Olympic Birdfest
April 13, 2023 – April 16, 2023
Annual Harney County Migratory Hen Competition
April 13, 2023 – April 16, 2023
Kansas Prairie-Hen Competition
April 13, 2023 – April 16, 2023
Godwit Days
April 14, 2023 – April 15, 2023
Grand Isle Migratory Hen Competition
April 15, 2023 – All Day
Dinosaur Valley’s Spring Wingding
April 15, 2023 – Might 15, 2023
The twenty seventh Nice Texas Birding Traditional
April 15, 2023 – All Day
Virginia Osprey Competition in Colonial Seashore
April 16, 2023 @ 4:30 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Wisconsin Prairie Hen Competition
April 19, 2023 – April 22, 2023
Spring Chirp
April 20, 2023 – April 23, 2023
Galveston FeatherFest Birding & Nature Images Competition
April 21, 2023 – April 23, 2023
Level Reyes Birding and Nature Competition
April 21, 2023 – April 23, 2023
Balcones Songbird Competition
April 22, 2023 – Might 21, 2023
Georgia Hen Fest
April 22, 2023 – Might 13, 2023
Migratory Hen Fest and Birdathon
April 22, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT
thirty fourth Annual “Ding” Darling Days
April 23, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Pannonian BirdExperience
April 26, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Birdiest Competition in America
April 27, 2023 – April 29, 2023
Pink Cliffs Hen Fest at Higher Zion
April 27, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Verde Valley Birding and Nature Competition
April 27, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Stikine River Birding Competition
April 28, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Annual Hen of Prey Days at Braddock Bay
April 28, 2023 – April 30, 2023
Mountain Plover Competition
April 29, 2023 – All Day
Arrow Rock Birds & Bees
April 29, 2023 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT
California Duck Days
Might 1, 2023 – Might 6, 2023
New River Birding & Nature Competition
Might 3, 2023 – Might 7, 2023
Kachemak Bay Shorebird Competition
Might 3, 2023 – Might 6, 2023
Southwest Wings Spring Fling
Might 4, 2023 – Might 7, 2023
Copper River Delta Shorebird Competition
Might 5, 2023 – Might 14, 2023
The Greatest Week in American Birding
Might 5, 2023 – Might 7, 2023
Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Competition
Might 5, 2023 – Might 7, 2023
Hatchie BirdFest
Might 8, 2023 – Might 14, 2023
Wings Over the Rockies Nature Competition
Might 11, 2023 – Might 14, 2023
Indiana Dunes Birding Competition
Might 12, 2023 – Might 14, 2023
Competition of the Birds at Presque Isle
Might 12, 2023 – Might 14, 2023
Yakima River Canyon Hen Fest
Might 12, 2023 – Might 14, 2023
Annual Creston Valley Hen Fest
Might 13, 2023 – All Day
Land Between the Lakes World Migratory Hen Day
Might 18, 2023 – Might 21, 2023
Leavenworth Spring BirdFest
Might 18, 2023 – Might 20, 2023
twenty sixth Annual Detroit Lakes Competition of Birds
Might 18, 2023 – Might 31, 2023
Leelanau BirdFest
Might 18, 2023 – Might 21, 2023
twenty fifth Nice Salt Lake Hen Competition
Might 19, 2023 – Might 21, 2023
seventy fifth Maryland Ornithological Society Annual Conference
Might 19, 2023 – Might 21, 2023
Annual Ladd Marsh Hen Competition
Might 19, 2023 – Might 21, 2023
Wings, Waves & Woods
Might 19, 2023 @ 8:00 am – Might 22, 2023 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Meadowlark Nature Competition
Might 20, 2023 – Might 21, 2023
Presqu’ile Warblers and Whimbrels Weekend
Might 20, 2023 – All Day
Tualatin River Hen Competition
Might 26, 2023 – June 4, 2023
twenty fifth Huron Fringe Birding Competition
Might 26, 2023 – Might 29, 2023
Down East Spring Birding Competition
Might 27, 2023 – Might 28, 2023
Songbird Competition
Might 31, 2023 – June 4, 2023
Aldo Leopold Competition
June 1, 2023 – June 4, 2023
Dean Hale Woodpecker Competition
June 1, 2023 – June 4, 2023
twenty fourth Annual Acadia Birding Competition
June 1, 2023 @ 9:00 am – June 3, 2023 @ 4:30 pm EDT
Yakutat Tern Competition
June 2, 2023 – June 4, 2023
Nice Adirondack Birding Celebration (GABC)
June 2, 2023 – June 3, 2023
Kirtland’s Warbler Competition
June 3, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm MST
Snake River Raptor Fest
June 8, 2023 – June 11, 2023
Adirondack Boreal Birding Competition
June 9, 2023 – June 11, 2023
Rangeley Birding Competition
June 16, 2023 – June 18, 2023
Mono Basin Hen Chautauqua
July 28, 2023 – July 30, 2023
Sedona Hummingbird Competition
August 2, 2023 – August 5, 2023
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Competition
August 5, 2023 @ 10:00 am – August 6, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Land Between the Lakes Hummingbird Competition
August 9, 2023 – August 13, 2023
Southeast Arizona Birding Competition
August 17, 2023 – August 20, 2023
Davis Mountains Hummingbird Celebration
August 18, 2023 – August 20, 2023
Tanana Valley Sandhill Crane Competition
August 31, 2023 – September 3, 2023
Yampa Valley Crane Competition
September 9, 2023 – September 10, 2023
Hummingbird Migration & Nature Celebration
September 9, 2023 @ 10:00 am – September 10, 2023 @ 4:00 pm EDT
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Raptor Weekend
September 16, 2023 – All Day
Fall Migration Competition
September 23, 2023 – September 30, 2023
Houston Hen Week
September 23, 2023 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm EDT
Philly Fall Nature Fest
September 29, 2023 – October 2, 2023
Carolina Hen Membership Fall Birding Weekend
October 21, 2023 – All Day
Hawai’i Island Competition of Birds
November 10, 2023 – November 12, 2023
San Quintin Bay Hen Competition