Southeast Arizona Birding Festival

Thursday, Aug 7, 2025 at 5:00am

The Doubletree by Hilton at Reid Park
445 South Alvernon way
520-209-1811

Schedule:

12:00 p.m - 5:30 p.m: Registration Desk Open 
5:00 a.m - 3:30 p.m: Van Field Trip: Sycamore Canyon $125 DoubleTree 
5:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Big Day Adventure $125 DoubleTree 
5:00 a.m - 3:30 p.m: Van Field Trip: Carr/Ramsey/Ash Canyon $125 DoubleTree 
5:00 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Van Field Trip: Florida/Box Canyons $70 DoubleTree 
5:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m: Van Field Trip: Santa Cruz Flats $70 DoubleTree 
5:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Ramsey Canyon Bird Photography $100 DoubleTree 
5:30 a.m - 3:30 p.m: Van Field Trip: Mt. Lemmon $125 DoubleTree 
5:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Oracle SP/Peppersauce Canyon $70 DoubleTree 
5:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Arivaca Cienega $70 DoubleTree 
5:30 a.m - 2:30 p.m: Van Field Trip: Las Cienegas Grasslands and Patagonia $125 DoubleTree 
5:30 a.m - 2:30 p.m: Van Field Trip: IBA Focus Patagonia Mountains and Sonoita Creek $125 DoubleTree 
5:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Montosa Canyon $70 DoubleTree 
5:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Mid-Mountain Meander in the Catalinas $70 DoubleTree 
6:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Madera Canyon $70 DoubleTree 
6:00 a.m - 12:30 p.m: Van Field Trip: High Elevation in the Catalinas $70 DoubleTree 
6:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Tubac De Anza Trail $70 DoubleTree 
6:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Birding with a Purpose: Paton Center for Hummingbirds $70 DoubleTree 
6:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Willcox and Cochise Lake $70 DoubleTree 
6:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Bird Banding at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds $25 Paton Center 
6:00 a.m - 8:30 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: El Rio Preserve Big Sit Accessible Birding $15 El Rio Preserve 
6:00 a.m - 8:30 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Sweetwater Wetlands $15 Sweetwater Wetlands 
6:30 a.m - 9:30 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: De Anza Trail at Santa Gertrudis $35 Santa Gertrudis Lane 
6:30 a.m - 9:00 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Isabella Lee $15 Isabella Lee Park 
6:30 a.m - 9:00 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Photography: Birding with a Camera $25 Sweetwater Wetlands 
6:30 a.m - 8:30 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Spark Bird Project at Reid Park $10 Rose Canyon Lake 
6:30 a.m - 9:00 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Sabino Canyon $15 Sabino Canyon 
6:30 a.m - 9:00 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Honey Bee Canyon $15 Honey Bee Canyon 
6:30 a.m - 9:00 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Birding with Merlin at Fort Lowell Park $15 Fort Lowell Park 
6:30 a.m - 8:30 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: A Bird Photography Adventure at Reid Park $15 Reid Park 
7:00 a.m - 10:00 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Patagonia-Sonoita Nature Preserve $15 PSNP 
7:30 a.m - 9:00 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Bird Sit at Santa Rita Lodge $15 Santa Rita Lodge 
7:30 a.m - 8:30 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Tucson Botanical Gardens Free TBG 
8:00 a.m - 9:30 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Misson Garden Free Mission Garden 
8:30 a.m - 9:45 a.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Tohono Chul Free Tohono Chul 
9:30 a.m - 11:30 a.m: Workshop: Bird Art Basics $25 The Drawing Studio 
12:00 p.m - 5:30 p.m: Nature Expo Public DoubleTree 
12:00 p.m - 12:40 p.m: Presentation: Innovative Nestbox Research in the Desert Southwest Free DoubleTree 
12:30 p.m - 1:30 p.m: Presentation: Photography--Action and Interaction Free DoubleTree 
1:00 p.m - 1:40 p.m: Presentation: Costa Rica Free DoubleTree 
1:30 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Beyond Birds-Hummingbird Murals of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe $35 DoubleTree 
2:00 p.m - 2:40 p.m: Presentation: Presence & Wonder in Nature Free DoubleTree 
2:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m: Presentation: Getting the Most Out of Your Photography Free DoubleTree 
3:00 p.m - 3:40 p.m: Presentation: A Photographic Journey around Ecuador and Galápagos Islands Free DoubleTree 
3:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m: Presentation: The Geometry of Birding Free DoubleTree 
4:00 p.m - 4:40 p.m: Presentation: Colombia--Where Every Trail Leads to a ‘Lifer’ Free DoubleTree 
4:30 p.m - 5:30 p.m: Festival Celebration Public DoubleTree 
4:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m: Van Field Trip: Looking for Burrowing Owls $50 DoubleTree 
5:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m: Presentation: Birdie Big Year--Elevating Women Birders Free DoubleTree 
5:45 p.m - 7:15 p.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Sunset Birding at Reid Park $20 Reid Park 
5:45 p.m - 7:15 p.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Sunset Birding at Sweetwater $15 Sweetwater Wetlands 
5:45 p.m - 7:15 p.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Sunset Birding at Lakeside Park $15 Lakeside Park 
6:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m: Van Field Trip: Photography: Bats at Elephant Head $125 DoubleTree 
6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m: Social: Birds and Bingo at Bawker Bawker Cider House Free Bawker Bawker 
6:00 p.m - 9:30 p.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Sabino Canyon Evening Hike $25 Sabino Canyon 
6:30 p.m - 8:00 p.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Going Batty $10 Pantano Wash 
7:30 p.m - 10:00 p.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Moths - a Nocturnal Exploration $10 Sabino Canyon 
7:30 p.m - 9:30 p.m: Drive Yourself Field Trip: Scorpions $25 


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