Common Loons and other birds are featured during the Loons and Lakes Festival in Minnesota, with other June birding festivals taking place in Idaho, Washington, Montana, Maine, and California (photo by Paul Konrad).
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June birding festivals provide participants with a variety of ways to learn more about the birds in a given area, with a chance to be in the field with local guides to assist you, and to learn from keynote speakers, researchers, and other birders who make each birding festival unique and exciting. One of the outstanding events scheduled during June takes place in the Land of 12,000 Loons, in central Minnesota at the National Loon Center, during the Loons and Lakes Festival. There is also the annual Snake River Raptor Fest, which takes place in the midst of the Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in Idaho, with other exciting festivals on hand in Washington, Montana, Maine, and California during June.
Each birding festival offers an exciting variety of birds to observe, field trips, and a mix of social opportunities, including social birding walks – how can we resist? To get more information about each birding festival, please refer to the links provided below:
June 1 to 2 – Montana – Wings Across the Big Sky, Montana Audubon, Helena, Montana; see Wings Across The Big Sky | Montana Audubon (mtaudubon.org)
June 1 to 2 – Washington – Puget Sound Bird Fest – the 25th! Edmonds, Washington; see Puget Sound Bird Fest - City of Edmonds, WA (edmondswa.gov)
June 7 to 9 – Maine – Rangeley Birding Festival, Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust, Rangeley, Maine; see Rangeley Birding Festival | Rangeley Birding Festival
June 8 – Idaho – Snake River Raptor Fest, Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, Kuna, Idaho; see Birds of Prey NCA Partnership
June 16 to 18 – California – Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua, Lee Vining, California; see Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua
June 20 to 22 – Minnesota – Loons and Lakes Festival, National Loon Center, Crosslake, Minnesota; see Loons & Lakes Festival - National Loon Center Foundation