ST. BERNARD BIRD FESTIVAL is scheduled for May 2nd – 3rd, 2025
Additional information: St. Bernard Office of Tourism and Film, (504) 278 – 4242 or www.visitstbernard.com
The St. Bernard Bird Festival is scheduled for the weekend of Friday, May 2nd, 2025, and Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, at Los Isleños Museum Complex, 1345 – 1357 Bayou Road, St. Bernard, LA 70085. Hours each day are 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary, and this is the first year that St. Bernard Parish Government has assumed responsibility for organizing the event. Founded by Anthony A. “Tony” and Roselyn Fernandez, the festival educates St. Bernard school students and the public about the incredible variety and significance of birds to our lives. The festival will include presentations by accomplished ornithologist Erik Johnson, Ph.D., Audubon Delta, Audubon National Society; birding tours led by Glenn Ousset; tours of the Big Mar Waterbird Rookery (May 2nd and May 3rd) – space limited; guided walking tour of native plants by Linda van Aman; wood carving of birds by nationally renowned folk artists; Common Ground Relief discussing native trees and plants; and Krista Adams presenting about Purple Martins. For more details, please see the attached schedule of events.
ST. BERNARD BIRD FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
MAY 2ND & 3RD, 2025
LOS ISLENOS MUSEUM COMPLEX
1345-1357 BAYOU ROAD
ST. BERNARD, LA 70085
504-278-4242
WWW.VISITSTBERNARD.COM
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025
9:00 am till
Birding Festival Begins (Students arrive early.)
4:00 p.m.
- Bird Capture and Banding—Dr. Erik Johnson, Ph.D., Director of Conservation Science, Audubon Delta (Outdoor Pavilion) Woodcarving Exhibit (Inside Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
- St. Bernard Art Guild (Inside Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
- Purple Martin Exhibit—Krista Adams (in Pavilion)
- Common Ground Relief Wetlands, LLC—Christina Lehew (Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
- Airboat Tours of Waterbird Rookery (Big Mar) begin at 8 am—3 Tours a day—3 passengers per tour (Sign-in Sheet available at Pavilion)
10:00 am
*Guided Birding Tour begins, led by Glenn Ousset (Outdoor Pavilion)
1:00 pm
Presentation by Christina Lehew, Executive Director, Common Ground Relief Organization. The topic will be trees and native Plants and their benefits to migratory birds. (Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
1:30 pm
*Guided Birding Tour Begins led by Glenn Ousset (Outdoor Pavilion)
1:30 pm
Guided Native Plant Walking Tour led by Linda van Aman (Outdoor Pavilion).
Includes discussion of a 2000-year-old log along the trail
4:00 pm
The Bird Festival ends for today.
* All birding tours will begin at the Outdoor Pavilion and last approximately one hour. Birding sites are approximately three miles away from the Bird Festival grounds. Visitors must provide their own transportation.
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025
9:00 am till
Bird Capture and Banding—Dr. Erik Johnson, Ph.D., Director of
4:00 p.m.
- Conservation Science, Audubon Delta (Outdoor Pavilion) Woodcarving Exhibit (Inside Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
- St. Bernard Art Guild (Inside Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
- Purple Martin Exhibit–Krista Adams (Outdoor Pavilion) Common Ground Relief Wetlands, LLC—Josh Benitez (Frank M.
- Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
- Airboat Tours of Waterbird Rookery (Big Mar) begin at 8 am— 3 tours a day—3 passengers per tour (Sign-in Sheet available at Outdoor Pavilion)
10:00 am
*Guided Birding Tour Begins led by Glenn Ousset (Outdoor Pavilion)
1:00 pm
Presentation by Dr. Erik Johnson, Ph.D., Director of Conservation Science, Audubon Delta, entitled “New risks and new technologies to learn about songbird migration.”
1:30 pm
*Guided Birding Tour Begins led by Glenn Ousset (Outdoor Pavilion)
1:30 pm
Guided Native Plant Walking Tour led by Linda van Aman (Outdoor Pavilion).
Includes discussion of a 2000-year-old log along the trail.
4:00 pm
Birding Festival Ends
* All birding tours will begin at the Outdoor Pavilion and last approximately one hour. Birding sites are located approximately three miles away from the Bird Festival grounds. Visitors must provide their own transportation.
