Birders will appreciate the impressive diversity and geographic variation among the January birding festivals (Purple Gallinule photo by Paul Konrad).

Start 2023 with a bang by attending one of the birding festivals being held during January, with events planned from the Pacific to the Atlantic, Morrow Bay to the Outer Banks, from Salton Sea to the Everglades! Imagine the diversity and abundance of birds festival participants will experience, along with the variety of workshops, featured speakers, vendors, and guided field trips to area birding hotspots. All the January festivals are long-running annual affairs that attract birders from all walks of life and all levels of birding experience, so you will be in good company where camaraderie is part of the equation.

The following is a list of the exciting events being conducted during the month of January, along with the contact information you need to learn more about the opportunities at each festival:

January weekends – Skagit Eagle Festival, Skagit Valley, Washington; see Winter Migration of Bald Eagles - Skagit Eagle Festival - Visit Skagit Valley - North Cascades National Park to Farmlands to Salish Sea and Skagit Eagle Festival official page and details! (concrete-wa.com)

January 12 to 15 – Wings Over Willcox Birding Festival, Willcox, Arizona; see Wings over Willcox

January 12 to 16 – Everglades Birding Festival, Davie, Florida; see Everglades Birding Festival - Birding Adventures with Paddy Cunningham

January 12 to 15 – Carolina Bird Club Winter Birding Weekend, Kill Devil Hills (Outer Banks), North Carolina; see The Carolina Bird Club

January 13 to 16 – Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, Morro Bay, California; see Morro Bay Bird Festival – Morro Bay Bird Festival

January 13 to 16 – Salton Sea Bird Festival, Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California; see Sea and Desert Interpretive Association – A 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization founded in 1977

January 14 to 15 – Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival, Birchwood, Tennessee; see Sandhill Crane (tn.gov)

January 14 to 21 – Rookery Bay Festival of Birds, Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center, Naples, Florida; see Festival of Birds at Rookery Bay | National Estuarine Research Reserve

January 26 to 29 – Eagles and Agriculture, Carson Valley, Nevada; see Eagles & AG - Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce (carsonvalleynv.org)

January 26 to 29 – Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway, Chico, California; see Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway

January 26 to 31 – Eagles Over Monroe Festival, Bloomington, Indiana; see Eagles over Monroe, Monroe Lake - State of Indiana