On October 10, 11, and 12 2025 The Monterey Bay Festival of Birds is back for another year

Bird School Project is excited to celebrate the birds of the Monterey Bay with the Festival of Birds during the second weekend in October! With lots of field trips and workshops to sign up for, there will be birding activities for everyone.

Event listings will be available closer to the date, with tickets going on sale August 1st.

In the meantime, you can visit our past festival page to see previous offerings.

Are you interested in getting involved with the festival?

We are looking for leaders to share their skills for this years festival, and volunteers to help all of the events go smoothly. Visit the respective links below and fill out the form of interest and look for an email from the Bird School team!

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that the Festival of Birds is held on the traditional and unceded lands of the Amah Mutsun Ohlone, Esselen, Rumsen Ohlone, and Costanoan Rumsen peoples. We honor the Indigenous communities who have cared for this land for generations and continue to steward its natural beauty. We are grateful for the opportunity to gather here and appreciate the rich biodiversity of this region, and we commit to fostering respectful relationships with the land and its original inhabitants. As we acknowledge the Monterey Bay as the homeland of these tribes, we ask that you, as visitors, treat this place with the same respect as those who walked before you.

2022 & 2023 Festival of Birds Gallery

Please join us in having a healthy festival community and keeping others safe.

We are required to follow California state and County regulations and recommendations regarding protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We will be following all health and safety guidelines put forth by the CDC and the Santa Cruz County and Monterey County’s Departments of Public Health.