Participants meet in Fort Lauderdale and are transported by bus to the Everglades, birding along the way. There are guided walks and tours, speakers, and optional guided and unguided activities. Advance registration is required. The Everglades Birdfest site includes information about past and upcoming fests, detailed schedules and online registration. Sponsored by the Broward County Audubon Society.
 
 

The area includes Lake Okeechobee, Fisheating Creek, and sugar cane fields. Activities include workshops, guided and self-guided field trips, an arts and crafts show. Advance registration is required. The Big "O" Birding Festival site includes details, online registration, and information about past events.
 
 

Registration required for some activities. Details to be announced by the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
 
 

Exhibit area (artists, crafters, businesses, and organizations), bird and wildlife art competition, silent auction, workshops, seminars, field trips, and special activities for kids. Many activities are free. The Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival site includes detailed information about previous and upcoming festivals. Sponsored by the Brevard Nature Alliance.
 
 

Bus and nature tours, presentations, and artisans. Sponsored by Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife.
 
 

Shows, exhibits, guided bus tours and hikes, and events for kids. For the full schedule, visit Orlando Wetlands Park Festival.
 


Birding field trips, junior birder program, presentations, and entertainment. In conjunction with the Wild Azalea Festival Arts & Crafts Street Fair. Details and online registration is available at Suwannee River Valley Birding Festival.
 


The birthday celebration for Pelican Island and the National Wildlife Refuge System includes boat and kayak tours, a photography contest, a kayak poker run and a 5k (land) run, and activities for kids. Most are free. For more information about upcoming and past events, please visit Pelican Island Wildlife Festival.
 


Presentations and exhibits, tours including an early morning birding excursion. More information is available at Coastal Preserves Alliance.
 


Includes bird walks and boat trips in numerous locations in the region, presentations, artwork, learning stations, and crafts and educational activities for kids. For a full schedule and preregistration form, visit Wakulla Wildlife Festival.
 


In celebration of International Migratory Bird Day, events include walking and boat tours, workshops, presentations, exhibits, and children's activities. Welcome Back Songbirds Festival - Merritt Island provides details of the event schedule.
 


Mist-netting and bird banding, bird, butterfly and wildflower walks, vendors, programs, and activities for children. All events are free. For more details, please visit Welcome Back Songbirds Festival - Chinsegut.
 


Field trips, tours, lectures, presentations, exhibits, and children's activities. For details, including a preregistration form for the outings, please visit Pinewoods Bird Festival.
 


Field trips, seminars, exhibits, retailers, photography contest and workshops, walking tours, and boat trips. For more information, visit Florida's First Coast Birding and Nature Festival.
 


Birding, native plant, and marine field trips and presentations. Pre-registration and one day passes. Visit Nature Coast Birding and Wildlife Experience for details of last year's event and plans for this year's.
 


Free educational events and fee-based field trips including boat and kayak excursions. Registration required but can be paid on-site. Florida Keys Birding & Wildlife Festival is currently displaying details of last years festival.
 


Birding and refuge tram tours, shows, classes, and cruises. For more information, including lodging discounts, visit "Ding" Darling Days.
 


Primarily birding field trips but also botany, bats, and archaeology excursions, lectures, and educational exhibits. For more details, check with the Florida Panhandle Birding and Wildflower Festival.
 


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