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World Migratory Bird Day and Global Big Day

In 1993, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center created International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD). This educational campaign celebrated its 25th year in 2018. In 2018, many organizations joined forces to create a single, global bird conservation education campaign, World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD). This new alliance furthers migratory bird conservation around the globe by creating a worldwide campaign organized around the planet’s major migratory bird corridors, the African-Eurasian flyway, the East Asian-Australasian flyway, and the Americas flyway. By promoting the same event name, annual conservation theme, and messaging, we combine our voices into a global chorus to boost the urgent need for migratory bird conservation.

Earlier Event: May 5
Nevada Bird-a-thon 2023 Begins!
Later Event: May 15
Nevada Bird-a-thon 2023 Ends!