Experience spring migration on the Gulf Coast and private ranch hotspots including more regions of the world-famous King Ranch.
Roseate Registration is $60.00 per participant and opens online on Tuesday, December 1, 2026. This option will get you your first choice of premiere field trips and includes the fee for the Keynote Address!
Regular Registration will be $50.00 per participant and opens online on Tuesday, December 15, 2026.
There will be 2 Pre-Trips: Rio Grande Valley and Texas Hill Country.
There will also be one Post-Trip to the Rio Grande Valley.
The popular event, “Beer & Birds” returns!
The Birdiest Festival in America will be held at the beautiful South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.
Location
South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center
8545 S. Staples Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78413
361-852-2100
Contact
South Texas Botantical Gardens & Nature Center
361-563-5968
denise@aquariaservicesinc.com (Festival Chair)
Further questions to veteran Chair Denise, 361-563-5968.
The 2026 Keynote Speaker at the Birdiest Festival in America will be Nathan Pieplow, author of the Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds. An avid bird sound recordist, Nathan is author of the bird sound blog, “Earbirding.com,” board member of Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, author of the Colorado Birding Trail, and former editor of the journal, Colorado Birds.
Nathan’s Keynote is entitled “The Internet of Wings - How the Data Revolution Is About to Change the Way You Bird!”