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
Don’t miss our National Pet Days site featuring both pet holidays and wildlife holidays!
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)
November
- Adopt a Turkey Month
- Nov. 10: American Frog Day
December
- Dec. 14, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025 Christmas Bird Count Week (same dates every year)
- Dec. 21: National Robin Day (UK)
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