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Tucson Bird Count

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The Tucson Bird Count is now being coordinated by the Tucson Audubon Society in partnership with University of Arizona.

The spring count of the Tucson Bird Count is underway! Any birder that can readily identify the birds of Tucson is invited to adopt a route to survey. It only takes one morning of your choice between April 15 – May 15 to conduct 5 minute counts at each of the stops along your route. Many of the routes are in urban Tucson and don’t require any hiking, you can easily drive from point to point. Other routes are in more natural areas and do require some hiking. There are even a few routes that are only hiking.

If you are interested in helping with the Tucson Bird Count, please take a look at the maps and route descriptions below. If you would like to adopt a route for the 2012 spring count, please contact Jennie at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Ecuador Birding Tour with Tucson Audubon

SPECIAL for Tucson Audubon Members only!

Ecuador: The Northern Andes
Tucson Audubon and Birds & Business Alliance member Tropical Birding are pleased to announce a summer 2012 tour to the Andes of Ecuador, led by Scott Olmstead. Safe and accessible, Ecuador boasts abundant birdlife, friendly people, and delightfully cool temperatures. Based out of comfortable lodges renowned for an appealing mix of good food, warm hospitality, and superb birding, this customized itinerary offers an introduction to unique and fascinating Andean landscapes. Our tour explores a range of ecosystems from moss-draped cloudforests of the foothills to dense windswept elfin forests of the higher elevations that finally give way to open páramo above treeline. We'll search for birds that live up to their evocative and superlative names like: Velvet-purple Coronet, Empress Brilliant, Powerful Woodpecker, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Glistening-green Tanager, Golden-headed Quetzal, Plate-billed Mountain Toucan, and Giant Antpitta!

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Tucson Audubon Field Trip Leaders

Learn a little more about the dynamic people that volunteer their valuable time to lead the varied field trips that Tucson Audubon has to offer.

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Birds & Business Alliance - Birding Travel

bba_generic_largeHere are organizations that support Tucson Audubon as Birds & Business Alliance Members. These businesses are partners in our efforts to serve the community through conservation, education, and recreational programs. Please take a look at what they have to offer in their international birding tours lead by expert guides!

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Southeast Arizona Rare Bird Alert

RCWAThe Tucson Audubon Society's Rare Bird Alert is updated every week! Find all the info you need for the latest rare birds in southeast Arizona. Phone your reports to 520-629-0510 X 3, or email rarebirdalert.

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Arizona Christmas Bird Counts - 2011/2012

The National Audubon Society has conducted Christmas bird counts since 1900. Volunteers from across North America and beyond take to the field during one calendar day between December 14 and January 5 to record every bird species and individual bird encountered within a designated 15-mile diameter circle.
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Tucson Region Additional Bird Walks

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Tucson Audubon wants to bring birding to the masses by encouraging people to start birding walks in the urban area. We hope to expand this program to other urban locations as well. To start an urban bird walk near your neighborhood, or to volunteer to lead an urban bird walk, contact Kendall Kroesen, 206-9900.

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Free Birding Field Trips

October 2001 birding trip led by Larry Liese at Tucson Audubon Mason CenterGeneral Information: Tucson Audubon leads over 150 free field trips every year! Contact trip leader for more information about each field trip, or contact the Field Trip Coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Birds of Southeastern Arizona
By Rick Taylor
In this pocket-sized photographic guide, Taylor works in 410 species of birds, and includes almost every species you could conceivably see in this corner of the state. The species accounts are concise and clear, and contain "noteworthy" facts for many species.

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