Aiken is notified of birding festivals around the nation. We’ve provided links here to those and any other event that catches our attention. For an impressively comprehensive list, check the ABA website. Colorado Birder’s website has ALL birding events in Colorado and then some. Be sure to register early, as festival field trips fill up quickly. Please note that many festivals have been canceled due to COVID-19.
Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival
May 14 – 16, 2021
Birding Festivals by month:
January
Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, CA
Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, FL
Everglades Birding Festival, FL
February
High Plains Snow Goose Festival, Lamar, CO
March
The Rivers & Wildlife Celebration: Nebraska’s Crane Festival, in Kearney
Monte Vista Crane Festival, Alamosa, CO
April
Nebraska Prairie Chicken Tours
Wings ‘N’ Wetlands Festival, Great Bend, KS
Karvel Birding Festival, Karvel, CO
Olympic Birdfest, Neah Bay tour, & San Juan Islands Cruise, WA
May
Bent on Birding, Bent County, CO
Southwest Wings – Spring Fling, Sierra Vista, AZ
Wings & Wetlands Festival, Cheyenne Bottoms & Quivira NWR, KS
Pikes Peak Birding & Nature Festival, El Paso County, CO
Ute Mountain/Mesa Verde Birding Festival, Cortez, Colorado
Yakutat Tern Festival, Yakutat, AK
June
Colorado Field Ornithologist Annual Convention, CO (date varies)
July
August
Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival, Sierra Vista, AZ
Southeast Arizona Birding Festival, AZ
September
Cheyenne/High Plains Bird-day Party, WY
Yampa Valley Crane Festival, Steamboat Springs, CO
Birding Festival of the Keys, FL
November
Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival, TX
Festival of the Cranes, Bosque del Apache, NM