08/24/2026
🥳🥳 Registration for our 2026 Festival opens THIS WEEKEND, Saturday August 29 at 12pm CDT! www.rgvbf.org
Last year MANY of our most popular trips sold out Day 1, so be sure to plan your favorite trips now to be ready for opening day! On our website navigate to Festival Information to see our full Field Trip and Festival Event Schedule, detailed Field Trip Descriptions, application for our updated Conservation Grants, and more. If you want to be fully prepared for registration at opening, be sure to read all of the helpful tips below!
❗️Activities in the registration system are sorted by day, category (Field Trips, Photo Track, Seminars, Special Events and Workshops) and finally by departure time.
❗️The $75 per person registration fee includes full access to Keynotes, Seminars, Workshops, Special Events (Trivia Night, Take It or Leave It: Birding Hot Takes Live with the American Birding Association), the Tuesday Welcome Reception, and Kiskadee Kordials.
❗️Since Keynotes, Speakers, Seminars, and Workshops are included in your registration fee, you don't need to sign up for them. You do need to sign up for Photo Track Seminars separately if you want to attend those.
❗️Have a first, second, and third field trip choice (or more) identified for each day before you register just in case your preferred field trips are not available.
❗️Click Field Trip Descriptions for details on each field trip including descriptions and expected species. The interactive Table of Contents makes it especially easy to use.
❗️Be sure you choose only one field trip per morning.
❗️Remember there are afternoon and evening activities.
❗️If booking morning and afternoon/ evening field trips on the same day, leave a half hour between so you can get to the departure point. Field trips leave as scheduled.
❗️You can register multiple people on one registration by adding your friends and family on the second page. You will need a unique email address and an emergency name and phone number for each.
❗️Make note of your registration confirmation number (created and emailed to you when you complete your registration) so you can enter that number if you need to make modifications at a later time.
❗️Sign up for our EBlasts on our website to receive important news and updates for 2026 and subsequent years (don't worry, we don't send out any spam or fluff!)
