2024 Bird Holidays & Awareness Days

The birds we celebrate in our yards every day get special recognition during designated bird holidays and awareness days in 2024. From bird counts for obtaining important data from everyday bird lovers to awareness days that spotlight particular bird species, these designated months, weeks and days highlight the vital role our feathered friends play in our environment.

January

Jan. 5: National Bird Day
Jan. 10: Save the Eagles Day
Jan. 20: Penguin Awareness Day
Jan. 21: Squirrel Appreciation Day
Jan. 26-28, 2024: Big Garden Birdwatch (UK). This annual event, founded by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, has been called the world’s largest bird count.

February

National Bird Feeding Month
National Wild Bird Feeding Month
Feb. 3: Feed the Birds Day (US)
Feb. 5: Western Monarch Day
Feb. 12-18, 2024: Homes for Birds Week (2nd Full Week of February)
Feb. 14-21: National Nestbox Week
Feb. 16-29, 2024: Great Backyard Bird Count
Feb. 18-24, 2024: Bird Health Awareness Week (Last Full Week of February)
Feb. 22: National Wildlife Day

March

March 3: World Wildlife Day
March 14: Learn About Butterflies Day
March 11-17: Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
March 15: Buzzards Day
March 15: National Catio Day
March 19: Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
March 20: World Sparrow Day
March 21: World Planting Day
March 28: National Weed Appreciation Day

April

April 1-7, 2024: Be Kind to Spiders Week (1st Full Week of April)
April 4-9, 2024: National Wildlife Week
April 8: Draw a Bird Day
April 13: International Plant Appreciation
April 17: International Bat Appreciation Day
April 21: World Curlew Day
April 22: Earth Day
April 25: World Penguin Day
April 26: Audubon Day
April 27: International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day
April 27: Woody Woodpecker Day
April 28: Arbor Day
April 27, 2024: National Go Birding Day (Last Saturday of April)

May

Be Kind to Animals Month
Gardening for Wildlife Month
May 4: Bird Day
May 4: International Respect for Chickens Day
May 3-12, 2024: The Biggest Week in American Birding®. This annual festival, hosted by the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, takes place in a portion of northwest Ohio called “The Warbler Capital of the World.”
May 6: Start Seeing Monarchs Day (First Saturday in May)
May 5, 2024: International Dawn Chorus Day (First Sunday in May)
May 5-11, 2024: Be Kind to Animals Week® (First Full Week in May)
May 11, 2024: World Migratory Bird Day (2nd Saturday in May in U.S. & Canada)
May 17, 2024: Endangered Species Day (3rd Friday in May)
May 20: World Bee Day
May 28: Whooping Crane Day
May 29: Learn About Composting Day
May 31: World Parrot Day

June

National Pollinators Month
June 5: World Environment Day
June 7: June Bug Day
June 13: National Pigeon Day
June 16-22, 2024: Carpenter Ant Awareness Week (Last Full Week of June)
June 20-26, 2024: National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
June 24-30, 2024: National Insect Week
June 17-23, 2024: National Pollinator Week
June 19: World Albatross Day
June 20: National American Eagle Day
June 23: Pink Flamingo Day
June 28: Scarlet Macaw Day

July

Wild About Wildlife Month
July 15-21: Rabbit Week
July 23: Mosquito Day
July 20-28, 2024: National Moth Week (last week in July)
July 28: World Nature Conservation Day

August

Aug. 6: National Tree Day
Aug. 14: World Lizard Day
Aug. 17, 2024: National Honey Bee Day (3rd Saturday of August)
August 24-25, 2024: International Bat Night (Last Full Weekend in August)

September

National Organic Month
Sept. 7, 2024: International Vulture Awareness Day (First Saturday in September)
Sept. 7, 2024: National Hummingbird Day (First Saturday in September)
Sept. 4: National Wildlife Day
Sept. 6: World Shorebirds Day
Sept. 7: National Threatened Species Day
Sept. 24: National Bluebird of Happiness Day
Sept. 28, 2024: National Wildlife Ecology Day (4th Saturday in September)
Sept. 14 – 22, 2024: International Hawk Migration Week (IHMW)

October

Bat Appreciation Month
Squirrel Awareness Month
World Animal Month
Oct. 1: International Raccoon Appreciation Day
Oct. 3: Butterfly and Hummingbird Day
Oct. 7, 2024: World Habitat Day (first Monday of October)
Oct. 4: World Animal Day
Oct. 7: World Habitat Day
Oct. 12, 2024: World Migratory Bird Day (in Mexico, Central and South America & Caribbean). Always the second Saturday in October.
Oct. 21: American Frog Day
Oct. 21: National Reptile Awareness Day
Oct. 23: International Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day
Oct. 24-31, 2024: Bat Week
Oct. 29: Feed the Birds Day (UK)