Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds

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Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds Migration celebration each Mid-May in Detroit Lakes, MN In a small geographic area, birders may find 275 species of birds. Mid-May birding is spectacular!

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota is located in a transition zone of tallgrass prairie, hardwood and conifer forests and a landscape peppered with wetlands and lakes. Great numbers of woodland warblers may be located right next to a plentiful array of prairie sparrows or vast numbers of shorebirds. Grab your binocs and field guides and join the morning fieldtrips, educational workshops and evening presentations/socials. We'll see You at the Lakes!

Congrats to Minnesotan Bob Hautman on his fourth win of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest with this acrylic painting of lon...
09/28/2026

Congrats to Minnesotan Bob Hautman on his fourth win of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest with this acrylic painting of long-tailed ducks. Bob and his two brothers have won the stamp contest 17 times!
Joe Hautman was a presenter at the 2016 Detroit Lakes Festival of Birds. Get your stamp starting June 2027 to support conservation of wetland habitats in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

A favorite photo keynote Peter Cavanagh took of a Yellow-headed Blackbird on a Festival of Birds field trip and inserted...
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.

Did you or your parents grow up in the era of outdoor outhouses? Attendees were rolling with laughter during Al Batt's s...
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!

What a great morning at Bluestem Prairie and Buffalo River State Park. Bird watchers were able to record 95 species! Hi...
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

And they're off birding!5:30 am departure to Bluestem Prairie/Buffalo River State Park.
05/15/2026

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

It's Festival of Birds week and the birds are migrating in!
05/11/2026

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

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

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700 Summit Avenue
Detroit Lakes, MN
56501

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+12188479202

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