Songbird Celebration will return in 2026!
Songbird Celebration is Blue Jay Point County Park's annual event celebrating the return of migratory songbirds and in honor of World Migratory Bird Day, from 11 a.m.–3 p.m with a few early bird hikes and activities starting at 10 a.m.
This is a great outing for individuals, families, scouts and other youth groups. This is a free, family-friendly event for a fun day.
At-Home Content
Can't make it to the celebration? Find here an array of bird-related activities, crafts and more for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home.
- Word Search (printable)
- Connect the Dots (printable)
- – From Historic Oak View County Park, with several pages of birds!
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- Games
- by The Cornell Lab
- – play against family and friends online
- Crafts
- – Turn a simple toilet paper roll into a bird feeder and attract birds and other wildlife to your home. Using simple supplies you have around home, try out this fun craft!
- – Pre-K thru lower elementary
- – color online or printable
- С»ÆѼÊÓƵ County Public Libraries
- – Great place to find books about birds and so much more!
- – Current available online magazines
- – For all ages, easily searchable for variety of content
- – Just for kids, bird-related content
- Videos
- – Learn more on how to attract these fierce and fast-flying creatures to your space and watch the aerial acrobatics begin!
- – Stuck inside on a rainy day and have nothing to do? Well, just look to the birds, as they are busy as ever on rainy days. How many different birds do you see? Who’s the bossiest bird of the feeder? Which bird is the fluffiest? Get inspired to put up your own bird feeders, do a drawing of a bird, put together a bird puzzle or just sit by the window and watch – you will never be bored on a rainy day again.
- Ted Ed –
- Nest Box Information
- by NestWatch Audubon
- from Suzy Spencer, NC Bluebird Society member
- for nest boxes from Marti Kane, С»ÆѼÊÓƵ Audubon and NC Bluebird Society member
- from Marti Kane, С»ÆѼÊÓƵ Audubon and NC Bluebird Society member
- Local Birding Groups
- – find birding clubs located all over North & South Carolina
- – find birding clubs located all over North & South Carolina
- Bird-Related Links
- by The Cornell Lab
- NC State Extension –
- made by ECU Faculty