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
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.