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Chainat “Hoon Fang” Straw-Bird Festival 2010

Editor — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:56:45 +0000

With hay being a by-product cultivated by farmers, forming bird shaped stacks with hay, has become an art form in the Chainat Province. It has led to the annual Chainat “Hoon Fang” Straw-Bird Festival, where villagers transform hay into colorful and detailed bird designs, each trying to win top honors at the festival. Massive birds of all shapes, color and specie are displayed on the lawns of the festival, and the best designers compete in different categories such as village handicraft and young talent. The festival is also accompanied by light shows and lively performances. Another nearby attraction, also visited by festival goers, is the large Chainat Bird Park, where a variety of over 200 bird species can be seen.

To find out more about this festival, filled with birds of a different kind of feather, contact the Thailand Tourism Authority on +66 (0) 3553 6030 or by email at tatsuphan@tat.or.th.

Date: 16 – 22 February 2010
Venue: Various
City: Chainat
Country: Thailand

Port Susan Snow Goose and Birding Festival 2010

Editor — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:52:06 +0000

The Port Susan Snow Goose and Birding Festival 2010, will take place on the 20th and 21st of February 2010. It offers two days of bird related activities and fun, and special events for children have also been included in the festival line-up, making it a fun experience for the entire family. An exclusive feature for the festival, is the Great Northwest Glass Quest, where festival goers will be able to participate in a treasure hunt for dated and signed snowballs made of glass. Other activities such as workshops, tours and guest speakers will also be available.

To register for the event, or for additional information, visit the official Port Susan Snow Goose and Birding Festival 2010 website at http://www.snowgoosefest.org/Home.html.

Date: 20 – 21 February 2010
Venue: Four Springs Lake Preserve
City: Camano Island
Country: United States of America

Borneo Bird Festival 2009

Editor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:44:33 +0000

The first Borneo Bird Festival is being held from the 13th to the 15th of October 2009. It is an international festival that will welcome many foreign visitors to the festivities. Bird watching enthusiasts will be able to make the most of the festival, as Sabah has more than five hundred different bird species. Exotic bird species from around the world will be on display, and the festival will also host workshops, bird racing events, competitions and photography exhibitions.

Bird lovers who want to be a part of this memorable event are invited to visit the official festival website at http://www.borneobirdfestival.com/introduction/ for more festival information and tips for visitors in regard to Sabah.

Date: 13 – 15 October 2009
Venue: Kinabalu Park
City: Sabah
Country: Malaysia

Big Bend Bird Club Exotic Bird Fair and Festival 2009

Editor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:40:42 +0000

The 20th Annual Big Bend Bird Club Bird Fair and Festival will kick off on the 29th of August 2009 and offers two days of birding fun for the entire family. Not only will there be a wonderful exotic bird exhibition, but great food stalls, vendors selling a large variety of bird related products, educational activities and thrilling events for children to enjoy. The Big Bend Bird Club Exotic Bird Fair and Festival is truly a birding extravaganza that should not be missed by bird lovers.

More information in regard to the festival and the club can be requested by either phoning the club at 850-841-1773 or visiting their website at www.bigbendbirdclub.com.

Date: 29 – 30 August 2009
Venue: North Florida Fairgrounds
City: Tallahassee, Florida
Country: United States of America

Exotic Bird Fair 2009

Editor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:35:37 +0000

Jacksonville will once again come alive with color and exotic beauty at the 2009 Exotic Bird Fair which is being hosted by Amazon Exotics and Deviney Enterprises for the forth year running. Once again visitors to this wonderful event can look forward to a great variety of birds on display, competitions, breeders, tasty concession booths and vendors selling everything from toys, nutritional products and even jewelry for owners and their beloved pets.

Bird owners and even the curious are invited to join the festivities at the National Guard Armory on the 6th of September 2009. Inquiries can be directed to either Anne Deviney (904-783-8943), Rudy Roberts (904-276-1041) or email dpetshop1@aol.com .

Date: 6 September 2009
Venue: National Guard Armory
City: Jacksonville, Florida
Country: United States of America

SCVCEBC 48th Annual Cage Bird Show 2009

Editor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:32:56 +0000

Bird lovers are advised not to miss the 48th Annual Cage Bird Show which is hosted by the Santa Clara Valley Canary and Exotic Bird Club on the 12th of December 2009. Hundreds of bird will be on display and well known judges will be walking through the cages, determining winners in the various categories. Some of the birds exhibited include finches, cockatiels, canaries and budgies. While some birds will be judged on the color others will be singing for first prize.

Bird enthusiasts who want to attend or have a prize bird at home to enter into the Annual Cage Bird Show are invited to email scvcebc@yahoo.com for more information regarding the show.

Date: 12 December 2009
Venue: Temple Emanu-El
City: San Jose, California
Country: United States of America

Festival of Birds in Detroit Lakes

Editor — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:28:20 +0000

Every year thousands of serious bird watchers head out to Detroit Lakes in Minnesota to make the most of this fabulous birder’s paradise. The Festival of Birds in Detroit Lakes allows bird watchers the opportunity of getting to see and learn more about the many enchanting bird species that live here.

The reason that the Detroit Lakes area is the perfect location for such a festival is because it part of a vegetation transition zone. Here tall grass prairie meets with coniferous and northern hardwood forests while ample water also helps to lure birds to the area. This wonderfully diverse ecosystem provides a suitable habitat for more than 250 species of birds and it is this excellent selection of feathered creatures that lures more and more bird lovers to the Festival of Birds with every passing year.

Last year marked the tenth annual celebration of the Festival of Birds and the event proved to be most memorable, with a record sighting of 190 different species of birds being seen. Special guest David Sibley was also a treat for those in the know. Some of the more unusual sightings were Eared Grebe, Willet, Long-billed Dowitcher and Bonaparte’s Gull. Perhaps the rarest sighting was that of a Red Knot. All in all, the four-day festival was a massive success and it was widely enjoyed by those in attendance.

This year’s festival will take place from 15 to 18 May. The special guest for the year will be author and naturalist Scott Weidensaul. As a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Weidensaul is sure to provide a most enjoyable keynote address on Saturday. The title of his speech will be “Return to Wild America: a Yearlong Search for the Continent’s Natural Soul”. Weidensaul is widely know and well-respected for both his literary works and his love of nature. He will be one of the field trip leaders taking people to the new birding site at Glendalough State Park on Saturday.

Two other aspects of the festival to look forward to are a new birding site at Red Lake WMA/Beltrami Forest and numerous presentations on the changing environment, which will be given in the evening. The field trips to Agassiz, Glendalough and Red Lake are nearly completely booked so you should register soon to ensure that you don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity.

Enjoy the Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest

Editor — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:10:24 +0000

Bird lovers in the Washington area are no doubt already gearing up for the Leavenworth Spring Bird Festival. Set to take place this year between May 16-18, this great annual event gives enthusiasts a chance to really soak up the wonderful bird life in the area.

2008 marks the sixth annual Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest. The festival has been growing steadily as bird watchers stream to the area to make the most of its diverse range of habitats. Here snow-capped mountains give way to sunny pine forests with a range of growth in between. This sort of varied environment provides the perfect habitat for a range of bird species and so bird lovers can expect to see more than just a few bird species during the Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest in Washington. Enthusiasts keep their binoculars keenly trained for signs of calliope hummingbirds, harlequin ducks, white-headed woodpeckers, western tanagers, osprey and macGillivray’s warblers – to mention just a few!

While the main focus of the weekend’s festivities is bird watching, events are not exclusively limited to this facet of nature. Festival goers can also learn more about geology and wildflowers, and gain a new appreciation for the arts. Those who have spent the winter being a little too lazy for their likings can get back into the swing of things by going on leisurely strolls or participating in more active hikes.

The Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest is truly an event for people of all ages and all birding capabilities. Each year there is a specific emphasis on a particular facet of the lives of the birds that live in the area and so people leave knowing a little more about our feathered friends. They also learn more about why it is important that we look out for their welfare. The Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest is ultimately a weekend that is spent focusing on nature and the plight of animals and plants in this fast-changing environment of ours. The ultimate goal of the Bird Fest is to encourage citizens to take a fresh look at natural resources and so be inspired to protect natural habitats. Let us hope that this year’s Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest reaches that commendable goal.

The San Diego Bird Festival

Editor — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:37:16 +0000

The 12th San Diego Bird Festival, sponsored by the San Diego Audubon Society, is set to take place from 6 February through to 11 February 2008. The venue for this popular birding festival is the superb Marina Village Conference Center in Mission Bay, San Diego, California.

The six-day program for the San Diego Bird Festival includes many of the most popular events of past festivals, as well a several new trips and workshops. There are 48 events scheduled to take place throughout the festival. The “Local Favorites Trip” will take participants to Old Mission Dam and the Santee and Lindo Lakes – birding havens that are surrounded by busy suburbs. Bird watchers can expect to see an astounding variety and number of birds, including downy and Nuttall’s woodpeckers, wood and ring-necked ducks, western blue-bird and osprey, as well as vermillion and gray flycatchers.

The “Birds of the Anza-Borrego Desert” all-day trip starts at 5:30 to arrive at the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park as the sun rises. This rugged desert environment is home to a wide variety of bird species including the great roadrunner, Costa’s hummingbird, cactus wren, phainopepla , black-tailed gnatcatcher and long-eared owl.

“Birds of the Laguna and Cuyamaca Mountains” is a trip into San Diego County’s mountains, which provide diverse environments of expanses of grasslands and chaparral as well as oak and conifer forests. Weather permitting, the group will stop off at a number of places and should be on the look out for ferruginous hawks, mountain chickadees, lark sparrows, Steller’s and western scrub-jays as well as hairy woodpecker.

Other excursions on the program include “San Diego’s Pacific Rocky Shores Trip”, “Whale Watching and Pelagic Birds off San Diego’s Coastline”, “Birding Along the Border”, “San Diego River Estuary Walk”, plus many more.

The dramatic increase of fires in Southern California over the past ten years has raised concerns among conservationists who fear that one of nature’s most diverse areas is heading for an ecological disaster. The unique “Chaparral, Wrentits and Fire Worshop and Trip” plans to give participants an in-depth look at the problems caused by fire and possible solutions to these problems.

Photographer and author, Kenn Kaufman, will be the keynote speaker at the San Diego Bird Festival banquet. As a world authority on birds and the author of a number of birding books and guides as well as being the field editor for Audubon magazine, Kenn Kaufman will be sharing some of his in-depth knowledge on bird-related subjects which includes his commitment to nature conservation.

Without a doubt, the San Diego Bird Festival is packed with opportunities to enjoy the natural beauty of birds and their habitats and is an event that no bird lover would want to miss.

The NPRPF Parrot Festival

Editor — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:45:53 +0000

The NPRPF Parrot Festival is hosted by the National Parrot Rescue & Preservation Foundation, or NPRPF. Their selfless efforts to rehabilitate rescued parrots and exotic birds has led to many unwanted birds being placed in loving homes and being able to spend the rest of their days surrounded by love, care and much needed attention. The National Parrot Rescue & Preservation Foundation also educates trainers and owners in the care of parrots and how to re-establish trust and eliminate unwanted behavior that stems from emotional instability and neglect.

To bring awareness to the plight of these magnificent birds, the foundation launched the NPRPF Parrot Festival, to educate and reach out to current and future pet bird owners, breeders and trainers. The festival brings leading bird specialists to the festival, who assist the public to address various issues and to lend support where needed. This year, the festival will be presenting speakers such as Dr. Geoff Olsen, who will be speaking on A Comparative Study of Laboratory Test Results Using Duplicate Avian Samples; Dr. Rebecca Fox, on the Harmony for Feathered Set: Why Personality Matters to Parrots Too; and Leslie Moran, on the Body and Spirit Preventative and Alternative Holistic Care. Other speakers such as Dr. Ian Tizard, Jill Bell, Barbara Heidenreich, Dr. Debra McDonald, Dr Susan Friedman, Nancy Speed and Dr. Natalie Antinoff will be looking at various topics including, behavior, nutrition, diseases, hand rearing and health.

Visitors to the festival can also join in on attractions such as a Toy Making Workshop which will be presented by the Leather Elves. A great number of vendors will also have exhibits and stalls available for visitors to browse through and do some shopping. Vendors at the NPRPF Parrot Festival for 2008 will include the Bird Talk Magazine, Bird Toys Etc., Amazona Society, About Birds, NPRPF Psitta Market, Antique Beak, Bernie’s Creations, The Feather Mart, Cavalier Bird Toys, Gulf Coast Exotic Bird Sanctuary, Parrot Chest, Star Bird and Wingtastic.

The festival will be held from the 25th of January to the 27th of January 2008, and will be a event filled with attractions, information and assistance. Assisting the public to become better parrot owners, the NPRPF hopes to improve the relationship between parrot and owner, and reduce the number of feathered friends being abandoned. Prospective owners are able to contact the NPRPF, in regard to adopting a bird, assistance with a lost bird or just for educational purposes. The festival hopes to highlight the joys of owning a parrot and create greater awareness with regard to the care needed when owning one of nature’s most colorful creatures.