A number of May birding festivals emphasize the importance of shorebirds migration stopover sites (Black-bellied Plover photo by Paul Konrad).
This year’s logo for the Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival reflects the excitement generated at birding festivals across North America.
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May is the busiest month for birders, and it’s packed with the most birding festivals of any month of the year. Each event is a great opportunity for newer birders, families, and long-time birding enthusiasts to mix and enjoy a variety of opportunities during field trips, birding walks, workshops, art and photo competitions, social opportunities, and much more. From the Copper River Delta in Alaska to Presque Isle in Pennsylvania, whether you attend for a few hours or a few days, we all prosper when we attend annual birding festivals.
For information about each event, you can refer to the links provided below:
Thru 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
May 3 to 7 – Alaska – Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge visitor center, Homer, Alaska; see Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival – 31st Annual, May 3 – 7, 2023 (kachemakshorebird.org)
May 4 to 7 – Alaska – Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival (with some virtual events), Cordova, Alaska; see Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival (coppershorebird.com)
May 5 to 14 – Ohio – Biggest Week in American Birding, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Oregon, Ohio; see BWIAB - Home (biggestweekinamericanbirding.com)
May 5 to 7 – Washington – Grays Harbor Shorebird & Nature Festival, Grays Harbor, Washington; see Home (shorebirdfestival.com)
May 5 to 7 – Tennessee – Hatchie BirdFest, Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge, Brownsville, Tennessee; see Hatchie BirdFest Audubon
May 5 to 7 – Iowa – Iowa Ornithologists’ Union Spring Meeting and field trips, Celebrating 100 Years! West Des Moines, Iowa; see Details for Next Meeting (iowabirds.org)
May 8 to 14 – British Columbia – Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival, Invermere, British Columbia; see Wings Over the Rockies Nature Festival | May 2023
May 11 to 14 – Indiana – Indiana Dunes Birding Festival, Indiana Audubon Society, Indiana Dunes National Park, Porter, Indiana; see Indiana Dunes Birding Festival – INDunesBirdingFestival
May 12 to 14 – Pennsylvania – Festival of the Birds of Presque Isle, Presque Isle Audubon, Erie, Pennsylvania; see Festival Information - Presque Isle Audubon
May 12 to 14 – Washington – Yakima River Canyon Bird Fest, Ellensburg, Washington; see GISS & Bird Fest 2022 | KEEN (ycic.org)
May 12 to 14 – Wisconsin – Horicon Marsh Bird Festival, Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, Horicon, Wisconsin; see Festival Event Schedule – Horicon Marsh Bird Club
May 12 to 14 – British Columbia – Creston Valley Bird Festival, Creston, British Columbia; see Creston Valley Bird Festival – Wildsight
May 12 to 15 – Ontario – Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Spring Birding Festival, Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory, Milford, Ontario; see Indiana Dunes Birding Festival – INDunesBirdingFestival
May 12 to 14 – Ohio – Birds in the Hills Festival, Camp Oty’Okwa, South Bloomingville, Ohio; see Birds in the Hills | My Site (appalachianunderstories.com)
May 13 to 19 – British Columbia – Victoria Bird Week, Rocky Point Bird Observatory, Victoria, British Columbia; see Victoria Bird Week 2023 - Rocky Point Bird Observatory (rpbo.org)
May 13 – Minnesota – Springbrook Spring Migration Festival, Springbrook Nature Center, Fridley, Minnesota; see All Ages Programs | Fridley, MN - Official Website (springbrooknaturecenter.org)
May 13 – Tennessee – World Migratory Bird Day Festival at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center, Nashville, Tennessee; see World Migratory Bird Day Festival | Nashville.gov
Check out a birding festival near you. Birding Festivals being held during the second half of May will be featured in a Birding News article in the next issue of The Birding Wire.