2026 ST. BERNARD BIRD FESTIVAL
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY MAY 1, 2026
9:00 am Birding Festival Begins (Students arrive early.) Bird Capture and Banding-Dr. Erik Johnson, Ph.D., LSU (Outdoor Pavilion)
Woodcarving Exhibit (Inside Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
St. Bernard Art Guild (Inside Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
Purple Martin Exhibit-Krista Adams (in Pavilion)
Common Ground Relief Wetlands, LLC
(Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
Airboat Tours of Waterbird Rookery (Big Mar) begin at 8 am
3 Tours a day—3 passengers per tour
(Sign-in Sheet available at Pavilion)
10:00 am *Guided Birding Tour begins led by Glenn Ousset (Outdoor Pavilion)
1:00 pm Presentation (Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
1:30 pm *Guided Birding Tour Begins led by Glenn Ousset (Outdoor Pavilion)
1:30 pm Guided Native Plant Walking Tour led by Linda Van Aman (Outdoor Pavilion). Includes discussion of 2000 year old log along the trail
4:00 pm Bird Festival ends for today.
* All birding tours will begin at the Outdoor Pavilion and last approximately one hour. Birding sites are approximately three miles away from the Bird Festival grounds. Visitors must provide their own transportation.
SATURDAY MAY 2, 2026
9:00 am Bird Capture and Banding-Dr. Erik Johnson, Ph.D., LSU (Outdoor Pavilion)
Woodcarving Exhibit (Inside Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose
Building)
St. Bernard Art Guild (Inside Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
Purple Martin Exhibit-Krista Adams (Outdoor Pavilion)
Common Ground Relief Wetlands, LLC (Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
Airboat Tours of Waterbird Rookery (Big Mar) begin at 8am
3 tours a day—3 passengers per tour
(Sign-in Sheet available at Outdoor Pavilion)
10:00 am *Guided Birding Tour Begins led by Glenn Ousset (Outdoor Pavilion)
1:00 pm Presentation (Frank M. Fernandez Multi-Purpose Building)
1:30 pm *Guided Birding Tour Begins led by Glenn Ousset (Outdoor Pavilion)
1:30 pm Guided Native Plant Walking Tour led by Linda Van Aman
(Outdoor Pavilion). Includes discussion of 2000 year old log along the trail.
4:00 pm Birding Festival Ends
* All birding tours will begin at the Outdoor Pavilion and last approximately one hour. Birding sites are located approximately three miles away from the Bird Festival grounds. Visitors must provide their own transportation.