Wings over Whidbey 2026

This is a free event featuring expert presentations, field trips, & hands-on engagement with our Bird Specimen Collection. Local vendors, food trucks, & nonprofit booths will share our local community & a reason to stay all day. Learn from presentations in Camp Casey’s auditorium by Eric Wagner (“Seabirds as Sentinels”), Connie Sidles (“Why Bother about Birds?”), and Tom Bancroft (“Marvelous Wings: Birds of the Pacific Northwest”), and see live raptors with a presentation by Northwest Game Hawkers. Sign up here for field trips to Deception Pass, Fort Ebey State Park, Fort Casey State Park, around Camp Casey for native bees, & family-friendly birding around Camp Casey & Crockett Lake. Take the opportunity to see birds close-up with specimens from our Bird Specimen Collection & to pose questions to bird professionals Matt Klope & Connie Sidles.

On Friday, September 25th , there is a special pre-festival dinner event at the Whidbey Island Nordic Lodge near Coupeville featuring a presentation by Paul Bannick, “The Heartbeat of the Western Forest: Exploring the Lives of our Keystone Birds”. See the festival’s website for time & ticket information. Getting to know about our birds can be fun & for the entire family – come join us!