Registration will open in March 2025. Stay tuned for more information!

Local Chapter Partner

Many thanks to our local chapter partner Five Valleys Audubon Society!

Festival Logistics

Schedule

FRIDAY, MAY 30
3:00 pm — Registration Opens
4:00 pm — Social with Cash Bar
6:00 pm — Welcome; Buffet Dinner; Keynote presentation

SATURDAY, May 31
5:30–6:45 am — Buffet Breakfast
6:15 am — A Field Trips Depart
6:45 am — B Field Trips Depart
1:00 pm — Field Trips Return (approximate)
2:00–4:00 pm — Bird Science Lectures (times and presenters TBA)
4:00 pm — Social with Cash Bar
5:00 pm — Buffet Dinner; State of the Birds Address; Awards Ceremony; Live Auction

SUNDAY, JUNE 1
5:30–6:45 am —  Buffet Breakfast
6:15 am — A Field Trips Depart
6:45 am — B Field Trips Depart

For more details and information, please see the Registration Brochure.

Registration options

• Member ($245)
• Non-member ($265)
• Non-member and want to become a member, or renew my membership ($295)
• Student ($150)

Each registration includes:

• Your choice of one field trip on Saturday and one field trip on Sunday
• Saturday and Sunday breakfast buffet
• Saturday and Sunday boxed lunch
• Friday and Saturday evening banquet*

*NOTE- there is an option on the registration form to purchase a ticket to bring a guest to one or both of the evening banquets. A guest is someone who is not registered for the festival, and will ONLY attend the banquet. If you are registering for the festival, your banquet tickets for each night are included in the full registration.* 

2025 Wings Across the Big Sky Festival Sponsors

Golden Eagle Sponsor

University of Montana Bird Ecology Lab

Prairie Falcon Sponsor

Long-Billed Curlew Sponsor

Bobolink Sponsor

Chipping Sparrow Sponsor