Registration for the 2024 festival is closed.

Need help editing or confirming your existing registration? Email Jessica Miller at jessicamiller@elpasoco.com.

The Festival Committee is excited to share the 2024 Pikes Peak Birding & Nature Festival, scheduled for May 16-19, 2024. We recommend you decide on all your choices on this website and then visit the registration link. Some trips and programs fill quickly, so include some second choices as backups. If you have attended a popular trip in the past, please allow others to register for that trip this year. The good news? Birds are everywhere!

Your registration fee covers most events, but there are a few field trips and events which have additional fees, These include Friday’s Orchard House Tour, Chico Basin Ranch lunch, live “Birds of Prey,” Saturday’s Mountain Lion Hike, and Sunday’s Pikes Peak Highway trip. There may also be a required daily pass or parking fee for certain field trips. Please read each event description carefully.

Early Bird registration begins 10:00 am on Saturday, March 23:

• Adults: $40
• Military: $30
• Youth (12 and under): $25

Regular registration begins on Sunday, April 7:

• Adults: $35
• Military: $25
• Youth (12 and under): $15

All registrants may purchase a festival T-shirt for $15

Please complete and submit your registration by Sunday, April 28, 2024 and ensure that payment is included. Field trips are ONLY open to those who pay the festival registration fee. Trips allow a limited number of participants, and may sell out quickly, so register early!

• Please print out your online registration information beforehand so you can reference it during the festival. Your name will be printed the way you enter it during the registration process. Name tags and pre-ordered T-shirts must be picked up at Fountain Creek Nature Center prior to your first field trip. Pick-up times are Wednesday after noon, Thursday and Friday from 9 am to 4 pm and Saturday from 6 am to 4 pm. If you have an early Thursday morning trip meeting somewhere other than Fountain Creek Nature Center, please coordinate with Jessica Miller, jessicamiller@elpasoco.com, to pick-up your name tag.
• Cancellations and Refunds: Please don’t—we want you to join us! But if you must cancel, please be aware that no refunds will be given.
• Event Substitutions: The Pikes Peak Bird & Nature Festival organizers reserve the right to cancel any festival activity or make qualified substitutions. If a cancellation is necessary, we will do our best to notify all registered participants. Please note that no refund will be issued for any cancellations. Festival changes or cancellations will be posted here on this website prior to the festival.
• Registration is not transferable among individuals.
• If you have attended a popular trip in the past, please allow others to register for that trip this year.
• As the festival nears, if you haven’t received an email from a trip leader, please check your Spam folder.
  

T-Shirt

 During registration, you may pre-purchase shirts. This year, we are offereing both short and long sleeves! Sizes are unisex, adult S – 3XL. Shortsleeves $15, Long sleeves ($20).

Festival Hat

This year we will also be selling khaki colored, baseball caps featuring the Pikes Peak Birding & Nature Festival logo! There is a limited quantity so make sure to order yours when you register. Hats sell for $20.

Birds, Brews & Bites Happy Hour

Saturday’s “Birds, Brews & Bites” Happy Hour and art auction is scheduled for 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, outdoors at the Bear Creek Regional Park pavilions, 1850 21^st Street (on the west side of 21^st Street), Colorado Springs, CO, 80906 (map). Beer will again be provided by our partner Phantom Canyon Brewing Company; there will be a variety of non-alcoholic drinks as well. Please remember to bring your picture ID – we are required by law to verify everyone’s age since alcohol is being served.

Sandwiches will be provided by Colonel Mustard’s Sandwich Emporium with other sides and desserts. There will be vegan and gluten-free options available. Festival artist, Martha Livingston, our sponsors and partners will all have tables. Visit with field trip leaders and other birders and bid on the festival artwork. Title Breeze Jazz will provide live music and there will be great door prizes—hopefully your ticket number will be chosen!