Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds

05/26/2026

A favorite photo keynote Peter Cavanagh took of a Yellow-headed Blackbird on a Festival of Birds field trip and inserted into his presentation! Cavanagh has birded every continent.
Ria Leonard photo

05/17/2026

Peter Cavanagh's presentation on How Birds Fly was not only insightful, his photography and videography are beyond amazing!
His books are available at Tamarac Refuge's Visitor Center.

05/16/2026

Did you or your parents grow up in the era of outdoor outhouses? Attendees were rolling with laughter during Al Batt's storytelling at Fair Hills Resort Friday evening!

05/15/2026

What a great morning at Bluestem Prairie and Buffalo River State Park. Bird watchers were able to record 95 species! Highlights included the greater prairie chicken, grasshopper sparrow, sedge wren, black-billed magpie, red-headed woodpecker, and blackburnian warbler. The migration timing has been just right!

📸 Paige Tollefson

05/15/2026

And they're off birding!
5:30 am departure to Bluestem Prairie/Buffalo River State Park.

05/11/2026

It's Festival of Birds week and the birds are migrating in!

04/29/2026

Spring has arrived in Detroit Lakes! More and more birds are arriving. We're so excited to show you the hot spots of the area - have you signed up for your favorite trip? From prairies to wetlands to the forests there's so much to see! Fieldtrips are filling up!
Register Here: https://visitdetroitlakes.com/event/festival-of-birds-in-detroit-lakes-minnesota/

04/23/2026

Register yet?
Early bird deadline to register for Festival of Birds is this Fri, April 24!

Bring your optics to bird with the experts and learn at presentations and workshops during Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds

04/08/2026

Peter Cavanagh is our Festival of Birds keynote with How Birds Fly, Saturday May 16 at Detroit Lakes M State. He'll sign his books that afternoon. Check out his amazing bird photography, as he travels the world!
To register: https://business.visitdetroitlakes.com/events/details/festival-of-birds-36649
https://www.petercavanagh.us/

10/15/2025

Afton Press announces the launch of Carrol Henderson's book:
6 pm-9 pm, Wed, October 22, 2025 at
The Loft Literary Center
1011 Washington Avenue South, Suite 200
Minneapolis MN 55415
RSVP by Oct 20: [email protected], 612-791-0285
Books available, $49.95.