Let your love for birds take flight during World Bird Day!

Included with general Zoo admission. No additional purchase or reservation is required for Zoo members.

Celebrate World Bird Day with a full day of fun, feathers and fascinating facts as our Education team spotlights the incredible birds that call Franklin Park Zoo home.

Enjoy bird chats and activities, where you’ll discover amazing avian adaptations from around the world. Visit the Children’s Zoo to learn about birds native to Asia, including the scaly-sided merganser, hooded crane, baikal teal and golden pheasants. Stop by the wattled crane habitat to hear how conservation is helping this species thrive, and explore the Bird's World swamp habitat to see biofacts that reveal why birds are essential to healthy ecosystems.

Step inside the Tropical Forest Pavilion to watch free-flight birds including hadada ibis, yellow-billed storks and Madagascar sacred ibis soar overhead—plus discover how we're is working with partners like Birds Caribbean to protect birds in the wild.

Don’t miss the Festival of Feathers in the Meeting Barn, where you can get an up-close look at feathers from birds around the world and learn how their shape, color and structure help birds survive.

Committed to Conservation

🐦 Songbird Conservation
Nearly three billion birds have disappeared from North America in the last 50 years. By tracking where birds migrate and the threats they face along the way, Zoo New England collaborates with the Massachusetts Audubon Society, using cutting-edge tracking technology to help researchers better understand bird migration and support smarter conservation solutions.

🐦 BirdsCaribbean: Conserving Migratory Birds
Zoo New England partners with BirdsCaribbean to help protect the many rare endemic and migratory birds that spend time on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.