Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival

Save the Date!
Registration opens at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 11, 2026!
Popular trips will fill fast.

Pikes Peak Birding & Nature Festival ... prairie to peak

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WOW! Registration opened this morning, and at the time of this posting, 215 people have registered for the 2025 Pikes Peak Birding & Nature Festival. That's huge! While some opportunities are full, many have space left. Join our flock! If you've already registered, you can always edit your registration and add more to your itinerary. www.pikespeakbirdingandnaturefestival.com
We can't wait to celebrate birds with you this May!

Registration for the 2025 Pikes Peak Birding & Nature Festival goes live this Saturday! Are you ready? Here are a few last-minute updates and reminders and updates.

- Review this years offerings one more time, planning for your first, second, and even third choices.
- Youth prices go up to 17 instead of 12 now!
- This year's shirt is excellent!
- College students may apply for a scholarship to attend

Thank you to our sponsors, Wild Birds Unlimited, Friends of El Paso County Nature Centers, The J&R Group, Aiken Audubon Society, El Pomar Foundation, Friends of Garden of the Gods, Element & Lumen8 Downtown, and Bird Conservancy of the Rockies!

Registration opens Saturday, March 22 at 10:00 a.m.!
Remains open through Sunday, April 27. The most popular trips fill within minutes of registration opening, but all the festival offerings are sure to be wonderful. Visit https://pikespeakbirdingandnaturefestival.org/ to explore the festival schedule and program descriptions.

Pikes Peak Birding & Nature Festival ... prairie to peak

Over the course of the first eight festivals, the field trips have seen, heard, and identified an amazing 268 species of birds. To put that into perspective, during one weekend each May, festival participants have recorded just over half (actually 51%) of the 520 species of birds ever recorded in all of Colorado throughout the year! In 2024 there were 200 species recorded, 74.6% of our 268 nine-year total, and the festival checklist grew by 4 species; Marbled Godwit, Snow Goose, Clark’s Nutcracker, and Chihuahuan Raven. We have seen 31 warbler species to date!

Are you ready?? Registration for the 2024 Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival is this Saturday at 10am! Start reading through the festival schedule and descriptions now to plan your ultimate birding weekend on the front range at www.pikespeakbirdingandnaturefestival.org .

🚨 The deadline has been extended! 🚨
We are excited to share our first scholarship opportunity for college students!
Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival May 16 - 19, 2024
Selected college students will be awarded free or discounted registration, up to $40, for this weekend filled with field trips, workshops, and seminars. Scholarships and their amounts will be determined on a rolling basis after committee review.
Requirements - 18-25 years old, current student
Deadline - 11:59pm, April 15, 2024
Apply -Send a statement of interest (200 word maximum) and a photo of current student ID to Jessica Miller at [email protected]

We are excited to share our first scholarship opportunity for college students!
Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival May 16 - 19, 2024
Selected college students will be awarded free or discounted registration, up to $40, for this weekend filled with field trips, workshops, and seminars. The number of scholarships and their amounts will be determined after committee review.
Requirements - 18-25 years old, current student
Deadline - 11:59pm, March 7, 2024
Apply - send the following to Jessica Miller at [email protected]
Statement of interest (200 word maximum) and a photo of current student ID
Learn more about the festival at www.pikespeakbirdingandnaturefestival.org

Have you seen "Flyways", an episode of Nature on PBS? You can stream the 53-minute episode online for free! https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/about-flyways/29675/

The 2024 Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival is May 16-19. Join us during the busiest weekend of migration along Colorado's front range to see the MANY birds that fly here to breed or are just passing through.

Early Bird Registration opens on March 23 at 10am.
pikespeakbirdingandnaturefestival.org (Website down? We're finishing this year's details! Check back in a couple days)

Flyways ~ About | Nature | PBS Follow a conservation movement of bird-loving experts and citizen scientists as they mobilize to the challenge of understanding and saving shorebirds.