The Pascagoula River Audubon Center will host its annual Hummingbird Festival on September 20 and 21, 2024.
The festival highlights the Ruby-throated Hummingbird migrating through the Mississippi Gulf Coast in search of its wintering grounds in Central America. To celebrate the fascinating hummingbird and its fall migration, guests will learn more about the tiny birds, create bird-friendly habitats, and understand how to become environmentally conscious citizens.
The festival will include an exhibit showcasing the banding of hummingbirds and other songbirds. This banding is part of scientific research regarding migration trends and helps document the increase or decline of certain species.
Throughout the two-day festival, guests can tour the Rhodes Bayou property and observe various bird species. Performances, guided tours, exhibitors, crafts, and games will be available.
On Friday, September 20, the center will welcome Mississippi artist and storyteller Jerry Jenkins, raptor, and large bird demonstrations from the Environmental Studies Center through the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant. On Saturday, September 21, "The Dancing Story Lady" Deborah Ferguson will join us with raptors from the Freedom Ranch in Purvis, MS.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and military members, and $5 for children. Children under age 5 are FREE with the purchase of an adult ticket.
The Pascagoula River Audubon Center, located in historic downtown Moss Point, Mississippi, serves as the gateway to and promoter of conservation along the Pascagoula River, one of the last, large, free-flowing rivers in the contiguous United States. It is also part of the tri-state Audubon Delta Region of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The region is part of the larger National Audubon Society that focuses on protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Since 1905, Audubon's vision has been a world where people and wildlife thrive. Audubon is a nonprofit conservation organization.
