Annual Meetings

Each year, usually in the autumn, IBBA holds an annual conference in a different part of the inland area. There you can meet amateur and professional banders and ornithologists with a wide range of interests and discuss mutual concerns. The two day weekend meeting includes scientific papers and reports, informal talks about birds, workshop sessions on identification and banding techniques, field trips to watch birds and/or observe banding, a business meeting, and annual banquet.

2026 IBBA Meeting

13 – 15 November at the Oklahoma Biological Station in Oklahoma, next to Lake Texoma

Save the dates! IBBA’s 2026 meeting will be held 13 – 15 November at the Oklahoma Biological Station in Oklahoma, next to Lake Texoma.

Attendees will have the option to stay at the biological station in rooms where two people can bunk in a room for $32 USD per person. Our first keynote speaker, Dr. Doug Wood, will take the stage at 7:30 pm on Saturday night after check-in. We have a lot planned for Saturday, including a morning field trip, poster sessions, presentations, a large banquet followed by a talk from keynote speaker Chris Butler, and night-time trivia! We have another morning field trip planned for Sunday morning, with check-out at 12:00 pm for those who are staying at the station.

Keep an eye out for details on registration and meal pricing, as well as a link to register.

We’d also like to take this opportunity to solicit speakers and poster presentations for Saturday afternoon. If you would like to present something, please follow the QR code or fill out the form provided here: https://forms.gle/ct1qp8e93KK8jhBF6. The registration fee will be reduced (and the banquet will be free!) for speakers, poster presentations, and students.

As we’ve done in the past, we’d also like to have a raffle of donated items. The raffle will occur Saturday afternoon/evening. Some raffle items we’ve had in the past have included art, banding pliers, nets, poles, bird bags, calipers, nest boxes, and lightly-used binoculars. If you have items you would like to donate to the raffle, please contact Paula Cimprich.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Oklahoma!

Past Meetings

2023 Meeting

2023 IBBA Meeting

Inland Bird Banding Association Annual Meeting
Warner Park Nature Center, Nashville, Tennessee

November 10-12, 2023

The 2023 annual conference was held at Warner Park Nature Center in Nashville, Tennessee on November 10–12, 2023. This meeting included updates from IBBA and the Bird Banding Laboratory, scientific paper and poster presentations, a Saturday evening banquet, and a Sunday bird watching field trip or Motus workshop option.

We had a wonderful time and look forward to 2024’s meeting,

The 2023 IBBA meeting planning team: David Aborn, Sandy Bivens, Susan Bradfield, Laura Cook, Vera Roberts, Kathy Shaw, Jessica Steele