The attraction of seeing a variety of migrating birds will bring many birders to festival events across the country (American White Pelicans photographed by Paul Konrad).

Looking ahead, each weekend is filled with exciting birding events throughout spring, and here we feature another dozen birding festivals that take place during the last 2 weeks of April. They vary from single day events at a birding hotspot to the granddaddy of this selection of events, the month-long Georgia Bird Fest, which features more than 40 events taking place across the state. Other late April birding festivals are scheduled in Virginia, Utah, Colorado, Missouri, Alaska, California, New York, Arizona, and Texas – lots of fun for everyone! For information about each event, refer to the links provided below:

April 22 to May 21 – Georgia – Georgia Bird Fest, more than 40 events across the state, contact Georgia Audubon in Atlanta, Georgia; see Georgia Bird Fest - Georgia Audubon

April 26 to 30 – Texas – Birdiest Festival in America, South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center, Corpus Christi, Texas; see The Birdiest Festival in America | Texas Birding

April 27 to 29 – Utah – Red Cliffs Bird Fest at Greater Zion, St. George, Utah; see Red Cliffs Bird Fest – Bird and nature festival in St. George, Utah

April 27 to 30 – Arizona – Verde Valley Birding & Nature Festival, Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, Arizona; see Verde Valley Birding & Nature Festival - Friends of the Verde River

April 27 to 30 – Alaska – Stikine River Birding Festival, Wrangel, Alaska; see Birding Festival Home | Wrangell Alaska

April 28 to 30 – New York – Bird of Prey Days, Braddock Bay Raptor Research, Braddock Bay Park, Greece, New York; see BOP-Days-2023-full-flyer.pdf (bbrr.org)

April 28 to 30 – Colorado – Mountain Plover Festival, Karval, Colorado; see Mountain Plover Festival - Karval CO Bird Watching Festival

April 29 – Missouri – Spring Migration Festival, Missouri River Bird Observatory, Arrow Rock, Missouri; see 2023 Birds, Bees & Blooms Festival! - Missouri River Bird Observatory (mrbo.org)

April 29 – California – California Duck Days, Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Davis, California; see California Duck Days (yolobasin.org)

April 29 – Virginia – Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival, Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Suffolk, Virginia; see Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (fws.gov)

April 29 – Alaska – Spring Migration Festival, Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, Fairbanks, Alaska; see Spring Migration Celebration | Friends of Creamer’s Field (friendsofcreamersfield.org)

To review birding festivals taking place this weekend and next, refer to our previous article that lists festivals taking place from April 1st to April 23rd at April Birding Festivals | Birding Wire