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Accessible Birding

Arts & Crafts

Bear Track Studios
Drawing 10,000 Birds
Felted Nature
G Young Wonnell Art
Gaudy By Nature Goods
Julian Bean Crochet
Julie Bomia Art
Marcy Gray
Nora Steele Art
Rob Liptak Art
Sassafras Wildlife
Tooth and Wing

Birding Travel

Bellbird Tours
Canopy Family Panama
Naturally Avian
Sabrewing Nature Tours
Ventures Birding
Wildside Nature Tours
WINGS Birding Tours

Local Travel Information

Destination Toledo
Metroparks Toledo
Shores & Islands Ohio

Birding Gear & Apparel

Bird Watcher's Choice
Birdfy
Central Garden & Pet
Opticron
Rick Young Outdoors LLC
Terra

Birding Festivals & Destinations

Beaumont/Port Arthur CVB
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival

Books, Magazines, & Apps

BRDR Brand
Bird Watcher's Digest
Princeton University Press

Non-profits

American Bird Conservancy
American Birding Association
Black Swamp Bird Observatory
Ducks Unlimited
Owl Research Institute
Partners for Clean Streams
The Nature Conservancy
Trust for Public Land

2024 Festival Recap

Whew! It's taken us longer than usual to sort through all of the aMAYzing 2024 Biggest Week stats, but by all accounts, this was one of the greatest festivals in Biggest Week history!

Great weather
2,200+ of the nicest participants in the world!
232 birds seen and/or heard in 10 days
The most dedicated volunteers on the planet
The generous support of many sponsors
An amazing array of vendors
Wonderful participants from all over the world
And SO MUCH MORE!

Visit our 2024 Festival Recap page for a total Biggest Week recap including photo galleries, the entire list of birds, sponsors, eBird checklists, and more!

The 2024 Biggest Week Visitors' Guide Magazine

Click the cover image to view the digital version!

Our beautiful festival magazine (expanded to 96 pages this year!) features:
🐦 TONS of festival and birding information
🐦 LOTS of bird conservation messages
🐦 A warbler ID guide with female plumages included
🐦 A gorgeous cover image designed by Paul Riss at BRDR BATL / BRDR BOX (and if you think the cover would make a great t-shirt, you're in luck!)
🐦 An article on accessibility by Freya McGregor with Access Birding that features interviews with disabled birders who will inspire you with their perspectives on birding
🐦 An article on The Great Black Swamp by local historian Jim Mollenkopf
🐦 Updates from our partners at Metroparks Toledo and Ohio Division of Wildlife
🐦 A wonderful "Fun Places to Visit" section created by our Biggest Week co-hosts, Shores & Islands Ohio and Destination Toledo
🐦 A local dining guide
🐦 And SO MUCH MORE!

Pick up your FREE copy on newsstands throughout northwest Ohio or
Click the cover the cover image to view the DIGITAL edition - with clickable web links!