Schedule & Festival Map
Program Details Listed Below Map

Draft 2025 schedule below. If on mobile device, scroll to the side for description and location. ----->
Time | Event | Location | Description |
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9:30 – 10:00am |
Live Bird Show with Wildlife Revealed |
Pavilion |
A look into the amazing lives of animals and their abilities. We feature animals such as a hawk, owl, falcon, and more. The audience is allowed an up close view of otherwise unapproachable wildlife. *actual species may vary on day-of event. |
10:00 – 10:15am |
Get Your Picture with a Bird! |
Pavilion |
After the live bird show, people will have the opportunity to take a picture with a raptor! |
10:15 – 11:00am | Nature Walk | Meet at the Pavilion. This tour is first come, first serve. No sign-up required. |
Join a naturalist to explore birds, bugs, butterflies, plants, and more as we take a stroll down the Education Trail. It’s approximately a .5 mile journey and the trail is not paved, but generally flat and stroller and wheelchair-friendly*. *weather dependant |
10:45 – 11:15am |
Meet Culebra the King Snake! |
Amphitheater |
Meet Mitchell Lake Audubon Center’s own Animal Ambassador – Culebra! Learn about why snakes are important for our ecosystem and how to be safe around our scaly friends. |
11:30am – 12:00pm |
Live Bird Show with Wildlife Revealed |
Pavilion |
A look into the amazing lives of animals and their abilities. We feature animals such as a hawk, owl, falcon, and more. The audience is allowed an up close view of otherwise unapproachable wildlife. *actual species may vary on day-of event. |
12:00 – 12:15pm | Get Your Picture with a Bird! | Pavilion | After the live bird show, people will have the opportunity to take a picture with a raptor! |
12:15 – 1:00pm | Nature Walk | Meet at the Pavilion. This tour is first come, first serve. No sign-up required. | Join a naturalist to explore birds, bugs, butterflies, plants, and more as we take a stroll down the Education Trail. It’s approximately a .5 mile journey and the trail is not paved, but generally flat and stroller and wheelchair-friendly. |
12:30 – 1:00pm |
Storytime & Craft |
Amphitheater | Join us for storytime and make a craft. |
Ongoing Activities | |||
9:00 – 1:00pm | Golf Cart Wetland Tours | Sign up for a tour at the Lawn Game Area. Tours will also depart from here. |
Hop on a golf cart with a Mitchell Lake naturalist to learn more about our center, wetlands, and the birds that use our site as a stopover during their migration journey. Tours last approximately 30-45 minutes. Sign up for a tour at the Lawn Games area – limited seats available on a first come, first serve basis. |
9:00 – 1:00pm |
Activity Booth: Helping Hands for Birds & Migration Madness |
Pavilion |
Assist a stuffed bird friend into different migration areas to learn about different ways to help birds. |
9:00 – 1:00pm | Lawn Games: Feed the Pelican & Pollinator Tic Tac Toe | Across from Leeper House Visitor Center | Enjoy lawn games while waiting for your golf cart, or just to enjoy! Games include a bean-bag toss to “Feed the Pelican” and tic tac toe with pollinators! |
9:00 – 1:00pm | Screen Printing with Dirty Bones Artistry | Festival Area - in front of Leeper House Visitor Center | Make your very own Mitchell Lake Audubon Center screenprint on provided paper or purchase a canvas bag in our gift shop to create your own reusable bag with this one-of-a-kind art, specially designed by Dirty Bones Artistry. |
9:00 – 1:00pm | Lessons from Leopold: Learning from the Land Reading and Book Signing |
Festival Area - in front of Leeper House Visitor Center | Join co-author Iliana Pena in reading excerpts from the book Lessons from Leopold: Learning from the Land by Stephan A. Nelle, which Iliana wrote the introduction for. She will be available for book signings throughout the day. |
9:00 – 1:00pm (every 30 minutes) |
San Antonio Food Bank Healthy Food Chat & Demo |
Festival Area - in front of Leeper House Visitor Center | Join the San Antonio Food Bank for a lively chat about healthy foods every 30 minutes throughout the festival. They will have a short demo and samples available. |
9:00 – 1:00pm (or while supplies last) | Home Depot Bird Feeder Building | Festival Area | Build your own bird feeder to take home with Home Depot. |
9:00 – 1:00pm (or while supplies last) | Pollinatives Native Plant Sales | Festival Area | One of San Antonio's best nurseries for Native Plants is at our festival! Purchase your native plants here to plant at home this spring. |
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