Pacific Northwest Birding Festivals

Program details are coming soon.  See https://www.ycic.org/yakima-river-canyon-bird-fest. The extensive cliffs, shrub-steppe, and riparian cottonwood forests provide a rich mixture of habitats. Particularly important are the immense basalt cliffs and talus slopes interspersed with shrub-steppe vegetation, which support a diverse assemblage of birds associated with this habitat, including White-throated Swift, Cliff Swallow, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren, ... Read more

Come bird and discover the natural beauty and wonders of Central Washington! Celebrate the return of migratory birds in the midst of peak wildflower season. Enjoy the excitement of birding field trips and workshops. Take part in speaker events, music, visual arts, picnics, and activities for all ages and abilities. All of this is happening in beautiful Leavenworth, ... Read more

Free and open to the public, diverse activities will entertain the whole family. Conestoga-style Wagon Rides around the Refuge perimeter from 10-3 Early morning Guided Walks start at 5:30, 6:00 and 6:30 AM 8 AM Guided Bird Walk with Backyard Bird Shop Portland Audubon live bird show at Noon Archery Fish Migration Putt Putt Golf ... Read more

This popular festival is back this year after the Covid hiatus.  In its tenth year, the Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival provides opportunites to see Oregon high-desert birds we never see in Western Washington. Registration opened in April. This year, participants have a choice of fourteen guided tours in search of 11 different woodpecker species and ... Read more

Rainier Audubon Society will offer many different activities for the whole family.  Bring a picnic and enjoy the festival in one of Washington premier state parks.

After exploratory surveys at Chelan Ridge HawkWatch in 1997, Hawkwatch International, in partnership with the USFS Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, began annual standardized counts at the site in 1998 to monitor and learn more about raptors migrating through the east Cascades of Washington within the Pacific Coast Flyway. Counts typically range between 2,000-3,000 migrants of up ... Read more

The Puget Sound Bird Fest is a celebration of birds and nature that happens each fall in Edmonds, Washington. Typically, the weekend-long event offers presentations by local experts, field activities, exhibits, vendors, kid's activities, and workshops and demonstrations. Many Bird Fest activities are free , other activities require a nominal fee and advance registration.  For ... Read more

This annual birding and nature festival is a celebration of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge’s many species and diverse habitats.  There will be an amazing array of at least 30 tours, hikes, walks, classes, presentations, and other events happening all around the Long Beach Peninsula and Willapa Bay. Whether you’re an experienced birder or just getting ... 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 is has to offer. We celebrate the Sandhill Crane returning to the Refuge, a huge stately bird that is endangered in Washington State, and we ... Read more

Celebrate the annual return of the majestic eagles to Skagit Valley. The peak of eagle-watching season is in late December through early February as the salmon reach the end of their life cycle. Bald eagles can typically be spotted feeding on river gravel bars in the morning between 5 – 11 AM. Whether you live ... Read more

Klamath's Winter Wings Festival is back with a four-day Festival Feb. 17 – 20! We invite birders and photographers of all levels and other nature enthusiasts to join us. This will be our 43rd annual Festival and we hope to have 500 visitors/locals attend. What’s New for 2023? ★ Festival runs Friday through Monday (instead ... 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 of Drayton Harbor, Birch Bay and Semiahmoo Bay at the northwest corner of Washington State. This major stopover on the Pacific Flyway between Seattle, Washington ... Read more

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 festival will be in the same locations as last year. The lectures will be held at the Othello Nazarene Church, 835 S 10th Ave, Othello, ... Read more

The Tundra Swan Festival is filled with presentations, workshops, a bus ride to a nearby lake to view the swans, and a hot buffet-lunch. The event takes place at the Kalispel Tribe's Camas Center for Community Wellness, 1821 N LeClerc Road, Cusick, Washington. The swans historically favor the Pend Oreille River Valley with a brief ... 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. Herring spawn, brant migration and many other species migrate at the same time and can be seen on our shores and in our waters exciting ... 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 migration of thousands of migratory birds as they rest and feed in the wide open spaces of Oregon's high desert.  The festival offers birding activities ... 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 bird watching. The April date of Olympic BirdFest is timed to overlap wintering birds such as Harlequin and Long tailed ducks, songbirds, and seabirds with ... 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 south as Argentina, these Arctic-bound shorebirds are among the world’s greatest migrants. Some birds travel over 15,000 miles round trip! The concentration of birds during ... 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 (IBA) with some of the highest densities of passerines and birds of prey in the state. The extensive cliffs, shrub-steppe, and riparian cottonwood forests provide ... 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 skies and gnarled Garry oaks are just 30 minutes south of Olympia. Come and enjoy the natural beauty of local prairies at Prairie Appreciation Day ... Read more