Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival
oCTOBER 13-18 AND December 4-6, 2026
& WOW Encore December 5-7, 2025
WE are monitoring the U.S. Government Shutdown. If We see that it is going to affect Wings Over Water WE Will contact all registrants. Questions call 252-553-0276.
About Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival
Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival began in 1997 to connect the public with wildlife and wildland experiences in regional national wildlife refuges. Hosted across six refuges in northeastern North Carolina, the festival features about 60 programs, including birding, paddling, photography, and natural history, making it one of the premier East Coast wildlife festivals.
It also supports refuge conservation and education through the Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society.
2026 Keynote Speaker
sCOTT wEIDENSAUL
Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly 30 books on natural history, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist, Living on the Wind and his the New York Times bestseller, A World on the Wing. His latest book, Return of the Oystercatcher, coming in April 2026, showcases what’s working for bird conservation around the world. Weidensaul is a contributing editor for Audubon magazine, a columnist for, Bird Watcher’s Digest, and writes for a variety of other publications including, Living Bird. He is a Fellow of the American Ornithological Society and an active field researcher, studying saw-whet owl migration for 30 years, as well as winter hummingbirds in the East, bird migration in Alaska, and the winter movements of snowy owls through Project SNOWstorm, which he co-founded.
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Products are available in the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center Gift Shop as well as at Coastal North Carolina National Wildlife Refuges Gateway Visitor Center on Roanoke Island.
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