Bird-Enthusiasts Invited to Fourth Annual Birding Festival  

The Belize Audubon Society is calling all birders to flock together for the fourth annual birding festival! This exciting event offers bird enthusiasts a chance to connect, exchange knowledge about Belize’s diverse bird species, and learn about conservation efforts. This year’s festival will take place on October fifth in Spanish Lookout. Miguel Sho, Environmental Education Officer at the Belize Audubon Society, shares more details on what attendees can expect.

 

Miguel Sho, Environmental Education Officer, BAS

“The Belize Birding Festival is a huge event that is, it’s the fourth annual event in Belize itself. And it’s very huge that a lot of birders nature lovers can get together, build network and meet people and also get to learn about, conservation in Belize and how, a bird is contributing to tourism in Belize as well. So the entrance fee for the event is thirty-five Belize per person, and that is at the door. You can also register, we have a website that you can register on, which is the belizebirdingfestival.org. But, the price is the same on the website and at the door. So thirty-five and five for kids. And it’s an entire day event. So it’s, there’s a lot of activities. There’s some workshops that is very useful for persons who are interested in learning birds. And we also collect data on a bird species that we haven’t believed. There’s also a workshop that is being done on how these data are used when it comes to conservation and tourism.”