About the International Migratory Bird Day/Wings of Spring Migratory Bird Festival

International Migratory Bird Day, (IMBD) is held each year on the second Saturday of May.  IMBD was created in 1993 by visionaries at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. From 1995 to 2006, the program was under the direction of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Because of its consistent growth and its international scope, IMBD is now the premier education project of Environment for the Americas.  IMBD continues to focus attention on one of the most important and spectacular events in the life of a migratory bird -- its journey between its summer and winter homes. Today, it is celebrated in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Central America through bird festivals and bird walks, education programs, and Bird Day.