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Flamingo Fest

February 24 | 11 am - 3 pm

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Flamingo Fest | Saturday & Sunday, February 24 – 25 | 11 am – 3 pm | Included with admission

Get ready to fla-mingle! Put on your finest pink attire and head to the National Aviary for the return of Flamingo Fest. Make a fun flamingo craft, learn about all things flamingo from the experts at the Aviary, and meet the flock in the beautifully renovated Wetlands habitat.

Flamingo Fest Schedule of Activities:

10:30 am: Flamingo Talk | Wetlands

11 am – 3 pm: Go on a pink-inspired scavenger hunt | Full Facility

11 am – 3 pm: Flamingo Discovery Zone | Learning Center

Create a flamingo suncatcher craft
Read a story in our Flamingo Book Nook
Where in the World Do Flamingos Live
Flamingo Biofacts
Flamingo Life: Finding Food
Kid-friendly Flamingo-inspired Yoga

11 am – 3 pm: Flamingo Height Chart | Hallway to Wetlands

12 pm: Flamingo Fashion Walk | Helen M. Schmidt FliteZone Theater

1 pm: Flamingo Talk | Wetlands

Have the most fabulous Flamingo Fest ever and buy a ticket for a painting experience with Maria DeSimone Prascak of Maria’s Ideas (MariasIdeas.com) on Saturday, February 24 at 11 am, when you’ll create a flamingo portrait to take home. Register for Brushes & Birds: Flamingo edition here!

For parking information, please click here!

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Guam kingfishers hatched at National Aviary among first released into wild in nearly 40 years | CBS News

Three Guam kingfishers that hatched at the National Aviary have been released on an island in the Pacific, marking the first time their species has been in the wild in nearly 40 years.

Guam Sihek Released to the Wild | National Aviary

Nine Guam Kingfishers have been released to the wild on Palmyra Atoll, making them the first of their kind to reside in the wild since the 1980s.

Take an Enchanting Journey through Forests this fall at the National Aviary! | National Aviary

Explore the Aviary’s new fall seasonal theme, Forests Presented by Peoples; learn more about the creatures who inhabit these woodland areas during TWO new daily activities, and say “hello again!” to the adorable Eurasian Eagle-Owl making her Animal Ambassador debut!

  Extinct in the Wild birds head to new home ahead of first wild release | National Aviary

Precious Guam Kingfishers arrived on the Pacific Island as part of a project to re-establish a wild population 

National Aviary works to bring back bird that’s extinct in the wild | CBS News

The National Aviary may be based in Pittsburgh but the important work they do spans the globe - playing an instrumental part in saving a bird that's been extinct in the wild for 40 years.