Songbird Celebration is Blue Jay Point County Park's annual event celebrating the return of migratory songbirds and in honor of World Migratory Bird Day, on Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 11 a.m.–3 p.m with a few early bird hikes and activities starting at 10 a.m.
This is a great outing for individuals, families, scouts and other youth groups. This is a free, family-friendly event for a fun day.
At-Home Content
Can't make it to the celebration? Find here an array of bird-related activities, crafts and more for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home.
- Word Search (printable)
- Connect the Dots (printable)
- Backyard Birds – From Historic Oak View County Park, with several pages of birds!
- Blue Jay
- Hummingbird
- American Goldfinch
- Cardinal
- Games
- Bird Academy Play Lab by The Cornell Lab
- Bird Bingo – play against family and friends online
- Crafts
- TP Bird Feeders – Turn a simple toilet paper roll into a bird feeder and attract birds and other wildlife to your home. Using simple supplies you have around home, try out this fun craft!
- Yarn Wrapped Bird – Pre-K thru lower elementary
- Bird Coloring pages – color online or printable
- Wake County Public Libraries
- General catalog – Great place to find books about birds and so much more!
- Bird magazines – Current available online magazines
- Films on Demand – For all ages, easily searchable for variety of content
- Films on Demand – Just for kids, bird-related content
- Videos
- Hummingbirds – Learn more on how to attract these fierce and fast-flying creatures to your space and watch the aerial acrobatics begin!
- Rainy Day Birds – Stuck inside on a rainy day and have nothing to do? Well, just look to the birds, as they are busy as ever on rainy days. How many different birds do you see? Who’s the bossiest bird of the feeder? Which bird is the fluffiest? Get inspired to put up your own bird feeders, do a drawing of a bird, put together a bird puzzle or just sit by the window and watch – you will never be bored on a rainy day again.
- Ted Ed – The Surprising Secrets of Hummingbird Flight
- Nest Box Information
- All about Bird Houses by NestWatch Audubon
- Mounting Bluebird Nest boxes from Suzy Spencer, NC Bluebird Society member
- PVC Pipe protector for nest boxes from Marti Kane, Wake Audubon and NC Bluebird Society member
- Hardware Cloth Guard from Marti Kane, Wake Audubon and NC Bluebird Society member
- Local Birding Groups
- Wake Audubon
- NC Bluebird Society
- Piedmont Bird Club
- Carolina Birding Clubs – find birding clubs located all over North & South Carolina
- Bird-Related Links
- World Migratory Bird Day
- All about Birds by The Cornell Lab
- NC State Extension – Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants
- Audubon for Kids
- Eastern NC Natural History Quizzes made by ECU Faculty