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Want to Partner with Us?
The Festival offers unique programming often created in partnership with other organizations, Our topics are broad, but we emphasize birds, conservation, environmental justice, birding skills for beginning birders, science, and more.
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SPonsor a Program!
If you are interested in supporting our programs, we’d love to talk. Your support makes it possible for the Festival to enhance its programming, keep much of it free, and meet our goals. Email us.
What's ON DECK
DELANEY WMA Bird Walk
Leave your worries behind and join us for our “Monthly Diversion” walk at Delaney WMA, Saturday, Oct 26.
Stony Brook Reservation Walk
SUN OCT 20• 8:30-10:30 AM STONY BROOK RESERVATION Join us for A bird survey walk along the Walking City Trail in the Stony Brook Reservation in the heart of Boston.
FENWAY AREA BIRD WALK
A Walking City Trail bird walk and survey in the Fenway with the Brookline Bird Club.
“Join or Die” Watch Party
Can bird clubs help save democracy? History says yes! This award-winning documentary explores how clubs—including bird clubs—can play a role.
Let’s Talk About Cats
According to the latest research and data, In the US alone, 2.4 billion birds are killed by outdoor cats annually—around 70% of this is attributable to feral/unowned and free-range cats. The impact on the bird population is staggering. What to do?
Bird-Friendly Coffee Tastings
Almost 90 % of the coffee Americans drink harms bird habitat and contributes to climate change. We want to show you that if birders switched their brew, even just a few days a week, we could make a big difference. Join us for a cup.
LOOKING AHEAD
Plan to join us for our 2025 multi-day hybrid (in-person and virtual) Festival with lots of surprises and special guests.
INCUBating Now
and a LITTLE seabird quiz
WALKS
Bird and nature walks in beautiful places. Learn about unique species and habitats.
Talks
Speakers and panels from a variety of disciplines sharing new discoveries and persepctives on on birds, habitat and more.
WORKSHOPS
Up your skills—from the basics to radar, recording, sketching and more.
Beginners
Beginners welcome enthusiastically!
Photo Treks & Talks
Birders who want to photograph and photographers who want to bird and photograph birds. Add new skills, get feedback and discover how to use the power of images for impact.
Participatory Research & Science
Brders can make a difference simply by birding. Your list for the day can inform conservation, research and even bring attention to community needs
RABBLE ROUSING
Take action on behalf of birds, climate, and community greenspace. We're partnering wth community advocates and organizers to bring awareness to urgent issues.
BIRDING AND THE ARTS
From musuem exhibitions to poetry to painting, music and architecture, the arts encourage us to appreciate birds in new ways.
Fun & Games
Fun, games and social gatherings for birdy, bird-curious and birder-adjacent friends.
ADVENTURES
Pelagic trips. Overnights. And adventurous destinations. Watch this space.
Community
Join us a work day at a neighborhood park or beach clean-up, remove invasive species, or build nesting boxes. We share ways where birders can help others.
CERTIFICATIONS
The Festival is working with a number of organizations to offer professional development programming and certifications. Stay tuned!
Seabird ID QuiZ
Sea birds are tricky to ID. They look different at different ages. Size can be hard to judge. You often have to look for them in winter, with the sun in your eyes, or while out at sea. Some hybridize to confound you. But sea birds are a lot of fun to watch—even if you don’t know what they are. They’re smart, fearless, athletic, brilliant problem solvers able to perform amazing feats of strength and agility—from flying sideways in formation to hovering in mid-air, diving deep under water, walking on water and napping through a nor’easter. We’re lucky to have lots of them in New England.
FIRST ROW
Herring Gull
Great Black Back Gull
Black-Legged Kittiwake
Lesser Black Back Gull
SECOND ROW
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gulll
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
THIRD ROW
Manx Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
