
In the Media
In the Media
San Diego Bird Festival has been featured in local and national news, podcasts, and television segments celebrating birding, conservation, and community. Explore highlights from recent coverage below!
📰 News & Articles
- San Diego Union-Tribune – “Lederer on Language at the San Diego Bird Festival: The Bird Is the Word” (Mar 1, 2025) A commentary exploring how bird-watching culture and language intersect at the festival.
- San Diego Union-Tribune – “Annual San Diego Bird Festival Lands Feb. 21–25” (Feb 17, 2024) Festival announcement article outlining dates, key sessions, and special guests.
- San Diego Union-Tribune – “Super Bowl of Birding: 7 Birds to Watch for as Millions Fly Through San Diego This Spring” (Feb 28, 2024) Feature story tying into the festival, sharing highlight bird species and migration context.
🎙 Podcasts
- Talkin’ Birds – Episode #1,020 – Preview of the 2025 Festival Host Ray Brown previews the upcoming festival with interviews from organizers and participants.
- Out There With the Birds – “Jen Hajj and the San Diego Bird Festival” A conversation with Jen Hajj about festival programming, birding culture, and connecting people to nature.
- Hannah and Erik Go Birding – “Birds, Food, and Fun in San Diego” The hosts share their firsthand experience attending the festival and birding across San Diego County.
- Looking at Birds – Episode 43 – San Diego Bird Festival 2023 Interviews with participants about the variety of field trips and the community that makes the event special.
- KPBS – The Finest Podcast – “Chasing 100 Birds in 1 Day in America’s Birdiest County: Inside the Birding Boom” (2025) An episode of KPBS’s The Finest podcast featuring the San Diego Bird Festival, exploring birding’s growing popularity in the region.
📺 TV & Video
- CBS 8 San Diego – “San Diego Bird Festival Takes Flight This Week” (Morning Extra) A morning-show feature introducing the festival and showcasing local birding attractions.
- NBC 7 San Diego – “Things to Do This Weekend in San Diego” Included the Bird Festival in its weekend round-up of top local happenings.
- KPBS – “Video Diary: The Finest Podcast Chases 100 Birds in 1 Day in San Diego” (2025) A video companion to the KPBS podcast episode, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the birding challenge and the festival’s connection to it.
- Orange Audubon Society – Bird Chat: The San Diego Bird Festival (Rick Grove & Jen Hajj) A casual video discussion about the festival’s history and its role in inspiring new birders.
🌎 Event Listings & Partners
- San Diego Reader – “Outdoors – Bird Festival” (Feb 24, 2025) Feature story highlighting the festival’s activities at Mission Bay and its impact on local ecotourism.
- Times of San Diego – “Weekend Guide: Feb 28–March 2” (Feb 28, 2025) Included as one of the top cultural events in the city’s weekend guide.
- OB Rag – “The 2024 San Diego Bird Festival Begins at Marina Village” (Feb 20, 2024) Community coverage announcing the festival’s kickoff and highlighting guest speakers and field trips.
- Palomar Audubon – “Flight School — 2024 San Diego Bird Festival Lands Feb. 21–25” Summary of a San Diego Union-Tribune feature on the festival’s programs and conservation mission.
- KPBS – 2025 Festival Listing Official community events calendar listing on KPBS.org.
- CNPS San Diego – Chapter Event Post Promotes the festival’s connection to native plant conservation.
- SanDiego.org – Tourism Listing (2026) Tourism Authority event feature emphasizing eco-tourism opportunities.
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology – All About Birds – National Event Listing Showcases the festival to a national birding audience.