Hummingbird Festivals
Hummingbird Festivals 2011
| DATE | LOCATION | EVENT |
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| March 19th | Woodford,
South Carolina | Woodford Festival
Website Contact:803-568-3550. | | April 1st-30th | Ketchikan,
Alaska | Alaska Festival
Hummingbird coloring competition, Juried Art Show, Birding Insight,Artistic and commemorative feeders on display.
Website Contact: 907-228-6220. | | May 7th | Colorado Springs,
Colorado | The 18th Annual Hummingbird Festival
Will be held Sat May 7th from 10-4 at the Starsmore Discovery Center in North Cheyenne Canon Park.
Website | | June 5th | Grafton,
Illinois | The Hummingbird Festival at Pere Marquette
Has been a crowd pleaser for years and this year will be no exception. Join the Lodge in celebrating a creature full of mystery and beauty, the hummingbird.
Website Contact: 618-786-2331 | | June 25th | Flagstaff,
Arizona | Hummingbird Festival
Presentations by The Hummingbird Society, the Hummingbird Monitoring Network, the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Northern Arizona Audubon Society. Find out how to attract birds to your garden. Join guides for tours of the gardens featuring hummingbird-friendly plants.
Website Contact: 928-774-1442 | | July 29th-30th | St.Francisville,
Louisiana | Feliciana Hummingbird Celebration
The Feliciana Hummingbird Celebration promotes the unique breeding habitat found in the St. Francisville area. The event will include a Friday evening speaker and the opportunity to observe hummingbirds up close as they are banded at two private homes in the St. Francisville area. Hummingbird-friendly plants will also be available for sale.
Website Contact: 1-800-488-6502. | | July 30th | River Lake Inn
Colon
Michigan | Michigan Festival
The River Lake Inn provides an excellent venue for this festival which allows us to educate the public about hummingbirds, the environment, and our research.
Contact: 269-432-2626 | | August 6th | Weldon,
California | Kern River Valley Hummingbird Celebration
Feeding Hummingbirds: A short lesson in hummingbird feeder maintenance and a recipe for hummingbird food. Hummingbird Identification Workshop: Outdoor Presentation on how to tell our local hummingbirds apart.Hummingbird Gardening: Lesson in what plants attract hummingbirds and butterflies. And Much More.
Website | | August 20th | Lemont,
Illinois | Hummingbird Fest
Will County Audubon Society (a chapter of Illinois Audubon Society) and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County are sponsoring the event at Sagawau Environmental Learning Center (ELC).This event will be held from 7:30 AM until 2:00 PM. The highlight of the festival will be the capture and banding of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. This hummingbird banding will be conducted between the hours of 9:00 AM and Noon only. All other activities such as canyon tours will continue until the close of the festival at 2:00 PM.
Website Contact: (630) 257-2045. | | August 20th-21st | Henderson,
Minnesota | Henderson Hummingbird Hurray
Events will be updated when available.
Website Contact: 507-248-3821 | | September 10th | Folsom,
Louisiana | Folsom Butterfly & Hummingbird Festival
Website Contact: 985-796-9309 | | September 9th-11th | Holly Springs,
Mississippi | Hummingbird Migration Celebration
At Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, This is a big one! Hummer Study Group experts Band Ruby-throats and visitors are given special, Opportunity to release hummingbirds back into the wild.
| | September 15th-18th | Rock Port,
Texas | Hummingbird Celebration
Local residents attract hummingbirds to their yards throughout the year. Self-guided walking tours of the “Hummer Homes”. You can expect to see as many as 100 hummingbirds in one yard alone.Website | | September - every Saturday | Lake Jackson,
Texas | Xtreme Hummingbird Extravanza
Contact: Gulf Coast Bird Observatory. Website | | October 8th-20th | Fort Morgan,
Alabama | Free Hummingbird Banding Celebrations, Contact:205-681-2888 | | To Be Announced | Silver City,
New Mexico | Annual Festival
The festival, instituted by Joan Day Martin, has been an annual event in the Gila Forest/Lake Roberts area for eight years, drawing bird lovers from surrounding states, as well as from several foreign countries.Planned activities include hummingbird banding under the supervision of Joan Day Martin, Master Bander and noted hummingbird expert, seminars presenting how-to tips of hummingbird photography, and presentations by wildlife researchers and guides.
Website Contact: 800-548-9378 |
Hummingbird Festivals: August - December 2010
| DATE | LOCATION | EVENT |
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| August 21st | Peoria,
Illinois | Forest Park Nature Center Hummer Festival, Contact: 217-544-2473 - Website available | | August 22nd | Utica,
New York | Starved Rock Nature Center
Hummingbird Workshop, Contact: 217-544-2473
Website available | | August 27th | Henderson,
Minnesota | Henderson Hummingbird Hurray,
Contact: 507-248-3821 | | September 4th | Fork Grove,
Illinois | Hummer Festival and Pollination Celebration, At Sugar Grove Nature Center,
Contact: 309-874-2174 Website Available | | September 10th-12th | Holly Springs,
Mississippi | Hummingbird Migration Celebration, At Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, This is a big one! Hummer Study Group experts Band Ruby-throats and visitors are given special, Opportunity to release hummingbirds back into the wild.
Website available | | September 16th-19th | Rock Port,
Texas | Hummingbird Celebration, Local residents attract hummingbirds to their yards throughout the year. Self-guided walking tours of the “Hummer Homes”. You can expect to see as many as 100 hummingbirds in one yard alone. | | September - every Saturday | Lake Jackson,
Texas | Xtreme Hummingbird Extravanza,
Contact: Gulf Coast Bird Observatory | | October 9th-21st | Fort Morgan,
Alabama | Free Hummingbird Banding Celebrations, Contact:205-681-2888 |
These festivals vary. Many offer food venders, crafts, children’s activities, lectures, tours, and much more.
Prepare yourself for a fun and educational outing. We hope to expand this listing.
If you know of other hummingbird events in your area, please contact us with the information.
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