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Community Day Celebrates Fall Migration, Cultural Touchpoints
October 15, 2026 — Neighbors and partners gather at John James Ä¢¹½Av Center for annual celebration.
MID-ATLANTIC Festivals and Events
Two Black-footed Albatrosses in the ocean fight over a fish.
Visit These 4 Ports for Exceptional Pelagic Birding
September 21, 2026 — Set your sights on coasts around the country for exciting offshore excursions.
Destinations
People birding on beach
See you at the next Utqiaġvik Migratory Bird Festival!
July 21, 2026 — The youngest of Alaska’s bird festivals celebrates birds and culture by blending Indigenous and scientific knowledge.
ALASKA Festivals and Events
A landscape of expansive prairie and distant lakes under a colorful purple sunrise.
Visit These Prairies for Grassland Birds and a Glimpse of the Past
June 17, 2026 — Although most of America’s historical prairies have been plowed under, these remnants are big enough to make you feel small.
Destinations
A group of people hiking over a wooden bridge in a forest.
Texas’s First State Park in 25 Years Has Some Superb Birding
May 15, 2026 — To see species like Golden-cheeked Warbler, Painted Bunting, and Summer Tanager in one outing, head to Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, the first of several new Texas state parks slated for creation.
Destinations
Green valley under blue sky
Introducing the Anchorage Birding Trail
May 06, 2026 — Ä¢¹½Av Alaska’s newest birding trail connects 35 accessible sites, from Cook Inlet shorelines to Chugach alpine ridges to city parks throughout the Anchorage Bowl.
ALASKA Birding
Orange fish in pond
Hidden Gems Along the Anchorage Birding Trail
May 06, 2026 — The Anchorage Birding Trail hosts some of the richest displays of bird life the city has to offer, but these sites have far more to discover than just feathered friends.
ALASKA Trails
Aerial landscape of an elevated boardwalk zigzagging through a lush green wetland.
7 Canopy Walks Where You Can Get a Bird’s-Eye View of Spring Migration
March 27, 2026 — Save your neck by getting up to tree level at elevated walks around North America.
Destinations
A journal open to a painting of a landscape and a watercolor palette sitting on a lichen-covered rock.
How a ‘Mindful Birding’ Camp Helped Me Reconnect With Nature
November 03, 2025 — With watercolors and borrowed binoculars, a non-birding mother-and-daughter duo slow down and follow their curiosity on Ä¢¹½Av’s Hog Island.
Birding
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Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival and WHSRN Site Turns 35
October 24, 2025 — The celebration marked 35 years since the Copper River Delta was designated a Site of Hemispheric Importance in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN)—the first such site in Alaska and among the earliest in the network’s history.
ALASKA Festivals and Events