One of the largest birding and wildlife festivals in the United States!
Discover why Florida’s Space Coast is your launch pad to incredible nature-based experiences. The Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival features world class photographers, field trips, workshops and presentations.
Meet Our Keynote Speakers
Meet Our Spotlight Speakers
Swarovski Optik
Birding South Texas – Adding to your North America List!
Birds of Prey of the Southeastern U.S.
Flights of Fancy Adventures
Owls of North America
Owl Research Institute
Long-eared Owls: Indicators of Grassland Health
Wildside Nature Tours
Owl All Over the Place
Avian Research & Conservation
Great Horned Owls the Ultimate Predator: A Kite’s Perspective
Daily Schedules
Keynotes and Spotlight Presentations
Keynote: Adaptations of Owls by Denver Holt
6:00pm-9:00pm, $60, dinner included
Owls of North America
Sam Fried (Flights of Fancy Adventures)
3:30pm-5:00pm; AUD; $10
Field Trips
T. M. Goodwin WMA – Broadmoor Unit
5:00am-3:00pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $100
David Simpson (Birding with David Simpson)
Lake Apopka Northshore
5:00am-4:00pm, Limit 19 Registrants; $115
Rosi Mulholland (SJRWMD), Jim Peterson (SJRWMD) & Maria Zondervan (SJRWMD) with Jim Eager (Obsessive Compulsive Birding) and David Goodwin
Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area
6:15am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $40
Lynn Proenza (FWC) & Casey Dorsch (FWC)
Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera
6:15am-11:30am; Limit 17 Registrants; $65
Tom Ledford
River to the Sea Rundown (Formerly North Brevard Hotspots)
6:30am-3:30pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $85
Lorne Malo (FWC) & Sarah Linney with TBD
Turkey Creek Tract – Charles H. Bronson State Forest
6:45am-11:00am; Limit 8 Registrants; $60
Stephen Stipkovits (Florida Forestry Service) & David Hartgrove with TBD
Beginning Birding Field Trip at MINWR
8:00am-11:30m; Limit 12 Registrants; $30
Jeff Gordon (ABA), Liz Gordon (ABA) & Betty Salter
Wildflowers, Plants, & Other Things of the North Brevard Area
8:45am-3:30pm; Limit 16 Registrants; $20
Jim Stahl
Beginning Bird Walk at Chain of Lakes
1:30pm-3:30pm; Limit 10 Registrants; $20
Selena Kiser
Black Rails at the St. Johns NWR
4:00pm-7:00pm; Limit 14 Registrants; $60
David Simpson (Birding with David Simpson), Kimberly King-Wrenn (USFWS)
Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Field Trips
South Lake Conservation Area
9:00am-10:30am, Limit 20 Registrants; 15
Damien Keene, Jonny Baker
Boat Trips
Port Canaveral/Lagoon Boat Tour
2:00pm-4:30pm; Limit 47 Registrants; $35
Mark & Michelle Anderson
Workshops
Gull ID at the Brevard County Landfill
7:30am-11:30am; Limit 10 Registrants; $25
Amar Ayyash & Michael Brothers with Joel Reynolds & Rita Perini
Birding by Impression
7:30am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $60
Kevin T. Karlson and Joao Jara (Birds and Nature Tours Portugal)
Gulls Simplified: A Comparative Approach to Identification
1:00pm-2:30pm: AUD; $15
Kevin Karlson and Michael Brothers
Learning Gull ID – Intermediate and Advanced Topics
3:30pm-5:00pm; 4-119; Limit 40 Registrants; $
Amar Ayyash (Blogger/Speaker)
Classrooms
Coming soon
Photography and Digiscoping
A Flight to Remember at Orlando Wetlands Park
6:30am-9:30am; $60
Lisa Langell
Bird Photography at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
6:30am-9:30am; $60
David Akoubian
Shooting the Darkside
10:45am-12:15pm; $35
Indoor Classroom
Lisa Langell
Painting a Photograph
10:45am-12:15pm; $35
Indoor Classroom
David Akoubian
Waterfowl Photography (From a Duck’s Eye View)
1:00pm-2:30pm, $35
Indoor Classroom (outside portion January 24th)
Brian Zwiebel
Bird Photography at Orlando Wetlands Park
3:30pm-6:30pm; $60
David Akoubian
Afternoon, Sunset, Silhouettes and the Darkside
3:30pm-6:30pm; $60
Lisa Langell
Keynotes and Spotlight Presentations
Keynote: Are Birders Having an Identity Crisis? By Iain Campbell
6:00pm-7:00pm, $20
Birds of Prey of the Southeastern U.S.
Kevin T. Karlsen
1:00pm-2:30pm; AUD; $10
Birding South Texas – Adding to your North America List!
Clay Taylor (Swarovski Optik)
2:45pm-3:45pm; AUD; $10
Long-eared Owls: Indicators of Grassland Health
Denver Holt (Owl Research Institute)
Jan. 24, 4:00pm-5:00pm; AUD; $10
Field Trips
St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park
4:30am-12:00pm; limit 16 Registrants, $75
Samantha McGee (Florida State Parks) & David Simpson (Birding with David Simpson)
Central Florida Specialties
5:00am-4:00pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $115
Jim Eager (Obsessive Compulsive Birding) and David Goodwin
Lake Apopka Northshore
5:00am-4:00pm, Limit 19 Registrants; $115
Rosi Mulholland (SJRWMD), Jim Peterson (SJRWMD) & Maria Zondervan (SJRWMD) with Adam Kent (FOS), Gina Kent (Avian Research & Conservation Institute)
Shiloh’s Sharptails, Marshbirds and More
6:15am-11:00am; Limit 16 Registrants; $60
Mitchell Harris
Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area
6:15am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $40
Lynn Proenza (FWC) & Casey Dorsch (FWC)
River to the Sea Rundown (Formerly North Brevard Hotspots)
6:30am-3:30pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $85
Lorne Malo (FWC) & Sarah Linney with TBD
Learning to Look
7:00am-10:30am; Orlando Wetlands Park; Limit 14 Registrants; $55
Richard Crossley
Celebrity Walk with Denver Holt and Kevin Karlson
7:45am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $70
Florida Wildlife Hospital Tour
9:00am-11:00am; Limit 20 Registrants; $15
Beginning Bird Walk at Chain of Lakes
1:30pm-3:30pm; Limit 10 Registrants; $20
Selena Kiser
Historic Pritchard House and Gardens Tour
2:30pm-4:30pm; Limit 16 Registrants; $20
North Brevard Heritage Foundation, Inc.
Black Rails at the St. Johns NWR
4:00pm-7:00pm; Limit 14 Registrants; $60
David Simpson (Birding with David Simpson), Kimberly King-Wrenn (USFWS)
Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Field Trips
Birding by Ear
7:30am-9:30am; Limit 16 Registrants; $15
Lora Losi and Matt Heyden
Florida Scrub Jay Hike at Cruickshank Sanctuary
8:30am-10:30am; Limit 20 Registrants; $15
Vince Lamb and Mark Prynoski
Scottsmoor Flatwoods Sanctuary Trailer Tour</span >
9:00am-11:00am, Limit 16 Registrants; $15
Selena Kiser, Jen Howell, Deb Robinson
Snake Presentation at Enchanted Forest</span >
10:00am-11:00am, Limit 20 Registrants; $15
Alex Robertson
Owls of Florida
6:00pm-8:30pm; Limit 20 Registrants; $15
Corianne Conway, Martha Pessaro and Featuring Susan Boorse
Boat Trips
Manatees at Blue Spring State Park
7:15am-2:15pm; Limit 34 Registrants
Madison Hall (University of Central Florida) and Tiffany Barrineau
Barrier Island Center and Pelican Island Sunset Fly-In
9:30am-7:30pm; Limit 25 Registrants
Anne Birch (The Nature Conservancy) & Ross Hinkle (University of Central Florida)
Port Canaveral/Lagoon Boat Tour
2:00pm-4:30pm; Limit 47 Registrants; $35
Mark & Michelle Anderson
Workshops
Gull ID at the Brevard County Landfill
7:30am-11:30am; Limit 10 Registrants; $25
Amar Ayyash & Michael Brothers with Joel Reynolds & Rita Perini
Gull Fly-In at Daytona Beach Shores
3:30pm-6:00pm; Limit 30 Registrants; $45
Amar Ayyash & Michael Brothers with additional Leaders TBD
Classrooms
Coming soon
Photography and Digiscoping
A Flight to Remember at Viera Wetlands
6:30am-9:30am; $60
Lisa Langell
Bird Photography at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
6:30am-9:30am; $60
David Akoubian
Waterfowl Photography (From a Duck’s Eye View)
7:00am-10:00am, $60
Iinside portion January 23rd
Brian Zwiebel
Digiscoping: Just Another Tool in the Photographer’s Bag
8:00am-11:00am, $15
Robert Wilson
Shooting the Darkside
10:45am-12:15pm; $35
Indoor Classroom
Lisa Langell
Landscape Photography
10:45am-12:15pm; $35
Indoor Classroom
David Akoubian
Introducing Point and Shoot Nature Photography: Birds and Wildlife, Macro and Landscape
10:45am-12:15pm; $15
Indoor Classroom
Steven Ingraham
Introduction to Post-Processing
1:00pm-2:30pm, $35
Indoor Classroom
Roy Thoman
Bird Photography at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
3:30pm-6:30pm; $60
David Akoubian
Afternoon, Sunset, Silhouettes and the Darkside
3:30pm-6:30pm; $60
Lisa Langell
Nighttime Photography at the A. Max Brewer Bridge
5:15pm-8:00pm, $60
Roy Thoman
Keynotes and Spotlight Presentations
Keynote: Caught in the SNOWstorm by Scott Weidensaul
6:00pm-7:00pm, $25
Owl All Over the Place
Kevin Loughlin (Wildside Nature Tours)
Jan. 25, 1:00pm-2:30pm; AUD; $10
Great Horned Owls
Gina Kent (Avian Research & Conservation Institute)
Jan. 25, 2:30pm-3:30pm; AUD; $10
Barn Owls: Nature’s Mousetrap
Dr. Richard Raid (University of Florida)
Jan. 25, 4:00pm-5:00pm; AUD; $10
Field Trips
T. M. Goodwin WMA – Broadmoor Unit
5:00am-3:00pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $100
David Simpson (Birding with David Simpson)
Central Florida Specialties
5:00am-4:00pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $115
Jim Eager (Obsessive Compulsive Birding) and David Goodwin
Red-cockaded Woodpeckers & More at Hal Scott
5:00am-11:30am; Limit 16 Registrants; $60
Maria Zondervan (SJRWMD) & Lorne Malo (FWC)
Shiloh’s Sharptails, Marshbirds and More
6:15am-11:00am; Limit 16 Registrants; $60
Mitchell Harris
Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area
6:15am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $40
Lynn Proenza (FWC) & Casey Dorsch (FWC)
Orlando Wetlands Park Tram Tour
6:30am-11:30am; Limit 18; $65
Simon Thompson (Ventures Birding Tours)
Salt Lake Wildlife Management Area
6:45am-11:30am; Limit 24 Registrants; $20
Dave Turner (FWC) & Bryan Ames (FWC)
Turkey Creek Tract – Charles H. Bronson State Forest
6:45am-11:00am; Limit 8 Registrants; $60
Stephen Stipkovits (Florida Forestry Service) & David Hartgrove
Blowing Rocks Preserve and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
7:00am-6:00pm; 13 Registrants
Anne Birch (The Nature Conservancy)
Learning to Look
7:00am-10:30am; Orlando Wetlands Park; Limit 14 Registrants; $60
Richard Crossley
A Walk at Blue Heron Wetlands
7:20am-10:30am; Limit 16 Registrants; $35
Lora Losi and Matt Heyden
Beginning Birding Field Trip at MINWR
8:00am-11:30m; Limit 12 Registrants; $30
Jeff Gordon (ABA), Liz Gordon (ABA) & Betty Salter
Celebrity Walk with Scott Weidensaul and Alex Lamoreaux
8:00am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $65
Florida Scrub-Jay & Scrub Fire Ecology
8:30am-12:30pm; Limit 40 Registrants; $15
David Breininger, PhD. and Paul Schmalzer, PhD.
Wildflowers, Plants, & Other Things of the North Brevard Area
9:45am-4:30pm; Limit 16 Registrants; $20
Jim Stahl
Beginning Bird Walk at Chain of Lakes
1:30pm-3:30pm; Limit 10 Registrants; $20
Selena Kiser
Historic Pritchard House and Gardens Tour
2:30pm-4:30pm; Limit 16 Registrants; $20
North Brevard Heritage Foundation, Inc.
Gull Fly-In at Daytona Beach Shores
3:30pm-6:00pm; Limit 30 Registrants; $40
Amar Ayyash & Michael Brothers
Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Field Trips
Malabar Scrub Hiking Tour
8:00am-10:00am; Limit 15 Registrants; $15
Chris O’Hara, EEL South Region Manager
Shorebirds of the Carr Refuge
9:30am-11:00am; Limit 15 Registrants; $15
Mike Lee, EEL Volunteer, Master Naturalist, and Shorebird Alliance Surveyor
Boat Trips
Manatees at Blue Spring State Park
7:15am-2:15pm; Limit 34 Registrants
Madison Hall (University of Central Florida) and Tiffany Barrineau
Port Canaveral/Lagoon Boat Tour
2:00pm-4:30pm; Limit 47 Registrants; $35
Mark & Michelle Anderson
Workshops
Gull ID at the Brevard County Landfill
7:30am-11:30am; Limit 10 Registrants; $25
Amar Ayyash & Michael Brothers with Joel Reynolds & Rita Perini
Shorebirds Simplified: A Different Approach to Field ID
3:30pm-5:00pm; 4-119; Limit 40 Registrants; $15
Kevin T. Karlson
Gull Fly-In at Daytona Beach Shores
3:30pm-6:00pm; Limit 30 Registrants; $45
Amar Ayyash & Michael Brothers with additional Leaders TBD
Sparrow ID Indoor Workshop
3:30pm-5:00pm; 4-119; Limit 40 Registrants; $15
Adam Kent (Florida Ornithological Society)
Classrooms
Coming soon
Photography and Digiscoping
Bird Photography 101 — Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
6:30am-9:30am, $60
Maresa Pryor-Luzier
Bird Photography at Viera Wetlands
6:30am-9:30am; $60
David Akoubian
Nature Story: How to Capture Great Bird Images Using Mirrorless Cameras
7:00am-10:00am, $15
Shiv Verma
Digiscoping Field Workshop
8:00am-11:00am, $15
Clay Taylor
Photographing Birds of Prey
9:00am-11:00am; $60
Lisa Langell
Field Techniques for P&S Nature Photography
9:00am-10:30am; $15
Steven Ingraham
Building a Bird Environment in Your Backyard
10:45am-12:15pm; $35
Indoor Classroom
David Akoubian
Basic Camera Settings for Bird Photography
10:45am-12:15pm, $35
Indoor Classroom
Maresa Pryor-Luzier
From Birds to Butterflies: Capturing Great Nature Images
10:45am-12:15pm, $15
Indoor Classroom
Ken Hubbard
High Speed Hummingbird Photography
1:00pm-2:30pm; $35
Cindy Walpole and Chuck Fritsch
Watch Your Backgrounds — Viera Wetlands
3:30pm-6:30pm, $60
Maresa Pryor-Luzier
Nighttime Photography at the A. Max Brewer Bridge
5:15pm-8:00pm, $60
Roy Thoman
Keynotes and Spotlight Presentations
Keynote: Mac Stone
6:30pm-7:30pm, $30, includes taco bar
Field Trips
St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park
4:30am-12:00pm; limit 16 Registrants, $75
Samantha McGee (Florida State Parks) & David Simpson (Birding with David Simpson)
Central Florida Specialties
5:00am-4:00pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $115
Jim Eager (Obsessive Compulsive Birding) and David Goodwin
Lake Woodruff NWR
5:00am-12:30pm; 24 Registrants; $80
David Hartgrove
Birding by Ear and Habitat
6:30am-12:30pm; Limit 12 Registrants; $50
Paddy Cunningham (Birding Adventures)
Orlando Wetlands Park Tram Tour
6:30am-11:30am; Limit 18; $65
Simon Thompson (Ventures Birding Tours)
Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera
6:15am-11:30am; Limit 17 Registrants; $65
Tom Ledford
River to the Sea Rundown (Formerly North Brevard Hotspots)
6:30am-3:30pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $85
Lorne Malo (FWC) & Sarah Linney with TBD
Smyrna Dunes Park
8am-11:30am; Limit 26 Registrants; $35
Joan Tague with TBD
Playalinda Beach: Sea-birding from Shore
7:15am-10:00am; Limit 12 Registrants; $45
Mitchell Harris
A Drive at Blue Heron Wetlands
7:20am-10:30am; Limit 16 Registrants; $35
Lora Losi and Matt Heyden
Florida Scrub-Jay & Scrub Fire Ecology
8:30am-12:30pm; Limit 40 Registrants; $15
David Breininger, PhD. and Paul Schmalzer, PhD.
Historic Sites of Canaveral National Seashore
8:30am-4:30pm; Limit 12 Registrants; $75
John & Edie Stiner
Beginning Bird Walk at Chain of Lakes
10:00am-12:00pm; Limit 10 Registrants; $20
Selena Kiser
Historic Pritchard House and Gardens Tour
12:30pm – 2:30pm; Limit 16 registrants; $20
North Brevard Heritage Foundation, Inc.
Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Field Trips
Really Rare Plant Walk
9:00am-12:00pm; Limit 16 Registrants; $15
Jim Stahl
South Pine Flatwoods Hike at Pine Island Conservation Area
10am-12:00pm; Limit 20 Registrants$15
Corianne Conway
Nocturnal Nature Hike at Enchanted Forest
6:30pm-8:30pm, Limit 20 Registrants; $15
Alex Robertson, Jen Howell, Patty Rendon
Boat Trips
Beach Birds Intro & Field Trip
7:00am-8:30am Classroom Intro
then 9:30am-4:00pm Field Trip; Limit 36 Registrants; $90
Adam Kent (FOS), Gina Kent (Avian Research & Conservation Institute), Michael Brothers, and Jim Danzenbaker
Port Canaveral/Lagoon Boat Tour
2:00pm-4:30pm; Limit 47 Registrants; $35
Mark & Michelle Anderson
Workshops
Birding by Ear and Habitat
6:30am-12:30pm; Limit 12 Registrants; $55
Paddy Cunningham (Birding Adventures)
Gulls and More at Jetty Park
7:30am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $30
Amar Ayyash & TBD
Shorebird ID Workshop
7:30am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $60
Kevin T. Karlson & Raymond VanBuskirk (BRANT)
Eastern Warblers – A Comparative Interactive Workshop
1:00pm-2:30pm; 4-119; Limit 40 Registrants; $15
Kevin T. Karlson
Classrooms
Coming soon
Photography and Digiscoping
Capturing Birds and Wildlife in Their Habitat
6:30am-9:30am, $15
Ken Hubbard
Bird Behavior — Orlando Wetlands
6:30am-9:30am, $60
Maresa Pryor-Luzier
Bird Photography at Orlando Wetlands Park
6:30am-9:30am; $60
David Akoubian
A Flight to Remember at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
6:30am-9:30am; $60
Lisa Langell
Advanced and Specialized Modes for P&S Nature Photography
8:00am-9:30am; $15
Steven Ingraham
High Speed Hummingbird Photography
10:45am-12:15pm; $35
Cindy Walpole and Chuck Fritsch
Getting Started with Bird Photography
10:45am-12:15pm, $35
Indoor Classroom
Lisa Langell
Painting a Photograph
10:45am-12:15pm; $35
Indoor Classroom
David Akoubian
Waterfowl Photography (From a Bird’s Eye View)
10:45am-12:15pm, $35
Indoor Classroom (outside portion January 27th)
Brian Zwiebel
How to Set Up Your Backyard for Photography
1:00pm-2:30pm, $35
Indoor Classroom
Maresa Pryor-Luzier
Art of Composition: Nature, Photography and Negative Space
3:00pm-4:30pm, $35
Indoor Classroom
Lisa Langell
Bird Photography at Viera Wetlands
3:30pm-6:30pm; $60
David Akoubian
Keynotes and Spotlight Presentations
Coming soon
Field Trips
T. M. Goodwin WMA – Broadmoor Unit
5:00am-3:00pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $100
David Simpson (Birding with David Simpson)
Central Florida Specialties
5:00am-4:00pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $115
Jim Eager (Obsessive Compulsive Birding) and David Goodwin
Lake Woodruff NWR
5:00am-12:30pm; 24 Registrants; $80
David Hartgrove
Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands at Viera
6:15am-11:30am; Limit 17 Registrants; $65
Tom Ledford
River to the Sea Rundown (Formerly North Brevard Hotspots)
6:30am-3:30pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $85
Lorne Malo (FWC) & Sarah Linney with TBD
Orlando Wetlands Park Tram Tour
6:30am-11:30am; Limit 18; $65
Simon Thompson (Ventures Birding Tours)
River to the Sea Rundown (Formerly North Brevard Hotspots)
6:30am-3:30pm; Limit 24 Registrants; $85
Lorne Malo (FWC) & Sarah Linney
A Walk at Blue Heron Wetlands
7:20am-10:30am; Limit 16 Registrants; $35
Lora Losi and Matt Heyden
Smyrna Dunes Park
8am-11:30am; Limit 26 Registrants; $35
Joan Tague with Kevin Karlson
Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Field Trips
Florida Scrub Jay Hike at Cruickshank Sanctuary
8:30am-10:30am; Limit 20 Registrants; $15
Vince Lamb and Mark Prynoski
Pine Island Conservation Area Trailer Tour
9:00am-11:00am, Limit 16 Registrants; $15
David DeMeyer, Martha Pessaro
Up-cycled Bird Feeders and Nesting Dispensers (Youth)
1:00pm-2:30pm; Limit 15 Children + 15 accompanying adults; $15
EEL Staff and Volunteers
Boat Trips
Mosquito Lagoon Restoration Boat Tour
Dr. Linda Walters, Dr. Melinda Donnelly, Jessy Wayles, and Laurilee Thompson
9:00am-12:00pm; Limit 35 Registrants; $45
Port Canaveral/Lagoon Boat Tour
2:00pm-4:30pm; Limit 47 Registrants; $35
Mark & Michelle Anderson
Workshops
Birding by Ear and Habitat
6:30am-12:30pm; Limit 12 Registrants; $55
Paddy Cunningham (Birding Adventures)
Gulls and More at Jetty Park
7:30am-11:30am; Limit 18 Registrants; $30
Amar Ayyash & TBD
Classrooms
Coming soon
Photography and Digiscoping
A Flight to Remember at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
6:30am-9:30am; $60
Lisa Langell
Waterfowl Photography (From a Duck’s Eye View)
7:00am-10:00am, $60
Inside portion January 26th
Brian Zwiebel
P&S Nature Photography Workshop at Viera Wetlands
8:00am-12:00pm; $15
Steven Ingraham
Keynotes and Spotlight Presentations
Coming soon
Boat Trips
Offshore Birding and Wildlife Adventure
Michael Brothers, Jim Danzenbaker, Tom Dunkerton, Jim Eager, Dave Goodwin, David Hartgrove & David Simpson
7:30am-5:00pm; Limit 68 Registrants; $185 (Includes tips for the crew)
Workshops
Coming soon
Classrooms
Coming soon
Photography and Digiscoping
Coming soon
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About the Space Coast
Florida is rich in native populations of wildlife and birds, but it is also on a busy route for migrating birds stopping over for the winter. Florida’s Space Coast – home to Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Canaveral National Seashore, and Kennedy Space Center, is one of the best birding locations in the United States because it is situated at the convergence of two zones — temperate and tropical — creating a natural diversity of unique habitats that attract varied bird species.
For a crash course on Florida’s wildlife, this Festival is ideal for all ages, from beginners to veterans.
Photo Gallery
Take in some of the sights and exciting bird species of the Space Coast with a collection of spectacular photos from festival attendees.
Photo Gallery
Take in some of the sights and exciting bird species of the Space Coast with a collection of spectacular photos from festival attendees.
Festival Sponsors
Thank you to our generous sponsors who help make our festival possible. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, check out our sponsorship guide!
Manatee Sponsors
Eagle Sponsors
Panther Sponsors
Scrub-Jay Sponsors
Pelican Sponsors
Pileated Woodpecker Sponsors
In Memoriam
The Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival remembers Neta Harris. Neta was an integral part of the festival since its inception 20 years ago. Because of her work, the festival is not just known by Space Coast residents, but by birders from across the country and around the world. With her persistence, time, and energy the festival became one of the best and well known in the country. We’d like to think there is one more bird singing in heaven today!
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