Daily Activities
The National Aviary offers a variety of Daily Activities for an optimum visitor experience. Visit one of our habitats for an insightful feeding, watch birds soar over the audience during a live bird show, or get up close with your favorite species during an Animal Encounter! Members visit for free and receive discounts on Animal Encounters and our live, immersive bird shows!
Reserve General Admission TicketsGet Close:
Included with Admission
10:30 am
Penguin Feeding
11:30 am
Rainforest Melodies Expert Talk
During Tropical Rainforest Feeding
Noon
Guest Favorite! Wetlands Feeding
12:30 pm
Mining Marvels Expert Talk
1:30 pm
Tropical Rainforest Feeding
2:30 pm
Fabulous Flamingoes Expert Talk
During Wetlands Feeding
3:00 pm
Tweet That Tune
4 pm
Penguin Feeding
Get Closer:
Prices per person
10 am – 4:30 pm
Ride Birdly® | $3
Presented by Vitro Architectural Glass
10:30 am
Rainbow Lorikeet Feeding | $3
11 am
COMING SOON: Live, Immersive Bird Show
Presented by AAA Travel
Noon
Rainbow Lorikeet Feeding | $3
2 pm
COMING SOON: Live, Immersive Bird Show
Presented by AAA Travel
2:30 pm
Rainbow Lorikeet Feeding | $3
4:30 pm
Rainbow Lorikeet Feeding | $3
Get Even Closer:
Prices per person
9:30 am
Sloth Encounter | $99
10:15 am
Penguin Feeding Encounter | $99
Starts March 1
10:15 am
Jr. Penguin | $33
11:30 am
Penguin Encounter | $54
12:15 pm
Sloth Painting + Encounter | $125
1:00 pm
Owl Encounter | $74
1:45 pm
Falcon Encounter | $74
2:30 pm
Penguin Encounter | $54
3:45 pm
Penguin Feeding Encounter | $99
Starts March 1
ONE WEEKEND ONLY: Peregrine Falcon Meet-and-Greet
Sun. – Mon., January 18 – 20 | 1 pm | Included with General Admission
We’re counting down to the return of the National Aviary’s Peregrine FalconCam season (which returns on Sat., February 1) in an exhilarating way!
Fly to our Helen M. Schmidt™ FliteZone Theater to meet one of the FASTEST birds on the planet…our new male Peregrine Falcon Animal Ambassador! Witness this species’ striking beauty up close, uncover the secrets behind their exceptional hunting abilities, and learn what makes this bird of prey oh-so talon-ted from an Aviary expert.
Reserve General Admission TicketsTHIS WINTER ONLY: Rainforest Retreat
Discover the vibrant symphony of the rainforest, where colorful parrots squawk and the wings of Victoria Crowned Pigeons flutter, in our Rainforest Melodies Expert Talk. Dig into how birds play a crucial role in alerting us to environmental dangers, much like canaries once did for coal miners, during Mining Marvels. Meanwhile, social wetland birds like flamingoes communicate through distinct calls to signal danger or express their status within the flock, as explored in our Fabulous Flamingoes Expert Talk. To cap it all off, head to the Helen M. Schmidt FliteZone™ Theater for Tweet That Tune, where you can test your knowledge by guessing bird species based on their calls, all while gaining insights from an Aviary expert. Let us help you plan your visit to the only Aviary with a national designation! Learn more about our Ultimate Aviary Pass here!
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