Pacific Northwest Birding Festivals

The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival announced the 2023 theme as “Silver Anniversary, Celebrating Our Annual Visitors.” The 25th annual festival will be held March 24-26, 2023 in Othello Washington.  The ... Read more

he Brant Wildlife Festival is held in central Vancouver Island which boasts one of the richest levels of biodiversity in Canada. Our area is within the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region. ... Read more

The John Scharff Migratory Bird Festival, centered in Burns in the Harney Basin of southeast Oregon, has been running for over 30 years each April.  It features the spectacular spring ... Read more

The North Olympic Peninsula, a strip of prairie and forest between million-acre Olympic National Park and the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is widely known as a great place for ... Read more

Each spring, hundreds of thousands of shorebirds stop to rest and feed along the Washington Coast and in the Grays Harbor estuary during their migration northward. Coming from as far ... Read more

Join KEEN (Kittitas Environmental Education Network) for two days in May and discover the natural beauty of Central Washington State! The Yakima River Canyon is an Audubon Important Bird Area ... Read more

When spring arrives, so do the wildflower blooms on the South Sound Prairies. Rolling hills of grass spangled with swaths of blue Camas with accents of Spring Gold,  buttercups, open ... Read more

Enjoy the unforgettable experience of witnessing the vast array of returning migratory birds in the midst of the peak wildflower season in the incomparable natural beauty of North Central Washington’s ... Read more

The Annual Ladd Marsh Bird Festival is held at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area located about 7 miles south of La Grande, Oregon. The ... Read more

The Tualatin River Bird Festival is a free event open to the public on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge in Tualatin, Oregon. Located near ... Read more

Every spring, Washington State’s Audubon Chapters and their friends gather in the Wenas Valley, located on the east slope of the Cascade Mountains between Ellensburg and Yakima.  With a variety of ... Read more

You can choose from twenty tours over four days to see 11 different species of woodpeckers as well as 200 other bird species who make their homes in the spectacular ... Read more

  The 2023 Puget Sound Bird Fest will kick off Saturday, September 9 with early-morning guided walks offered by the Pilchuck Audubon Society, followed by a full day of activities ... Read more

  The Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are hosting the 5th annual Wings Over Willapa event.  This multi-day bird and art festival runs from ... Read more

BirdFest and Bluegrass is the main event every year that the Friends & the City of Ridgefield put on to bring awareness to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge and all that ... Read more

Skagit Eagle Festival is a month-long celebration during the eagle-watching season in eastern Skagit County. Activities take place in Concrete, Rockport, and Marblemount in January. Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center ... Read more

Come see why the shores and waters surrounding our community are internationally recognized as crucial habitat for countless birds of sea, shore and land at the Snow Goose and Birding Festival ... Read more

The fun starts on March 8 at the Salt Hotel and Pub in Ilwaco, Washington at 6:30 pm.  Kristi Freese's presentation wlll cover the basics of how to learn the ... Read more

Since 2003, the Wings Over Water Birding Festival  has taken place each spring in Blaine, Washington to celebrate the incredible variety of migratory birds that flock to the coastal waters ... Read more

Othello Sandhill Crane Festival Announces the 26th Annual Sandhill Crane Festival. The theme for 2024: Wingtip to Wingtip: A Flourish of Feathers With the celebration of the spring migration of ... Read more