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FREE Community Nature Expo

All events occur in the Grand Ballroom of the festival venue, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel—Reid Park.

Exhibitors Include

Presenting Sponsor:

Associate Sponsors:

  • Beaumont & Port Arthur Convention and Visitor Bureaus
  • Natural Selections Tours
  • Naturalist Journeys
  • Sabrewing Nature Tours
  • Swarovski Optik
  • Vortex Optics

Supporting Sponsors:

  • Babita Tours
  • Canopy Family
  • Fujifilm
  • Kowa Sporting Optics
  • Leica Sports Optics
  • Tamron Lenses
  • Wildside Nature Tours

Contributing Sponsors:

  • Audubon Southwest
  • Birding Co-op
  • Hunt’s Photo & Video
  • Town of Marana
  • Visit Tucson
  • WINGS Birding Tours

Festival Exhibitors:

  • American Birding Association
  • Arizona Field Ornithologists
  • Arizona Game & Fish
  • Arizona Master Naturalists
  • Bird Uganda Safaris
  • Birdability
  • Canopy Family
  • Focus on Feathers
  • Friends of Madera Canyon
  • KS Nature Photography
  • Marcy Gray Jewelry
  • Mary M Spencer Design
  • Olympus OM System
  • Raebird Creations
  • Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
  • San Diego Bird Festival
  • Southern Arizona Accessible Wildlife Refuge
  • Splendido at Rancho Vistoso
  • Talking Birds with Ray Brown
  • Trenton Jung Nature Illustration
  • Tucson Audubon Nature Shop
  • Tucson Audubon’s “Bringing Birds Home”
  • Victor Emanual Nature Tours
  • Western National Parks Association

 

Wednesday, August 9

  • 4pm – 6pm
    • Registration Opens
      • All festival registrants receive a “SWAG BAG” (contents to be unveiled here soon)
    • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
    • Door Prizes
    • Nature Expo Opening
    • Unveiling of Bird and Wildlife Big Boards

Thursday, August 10

  • 12pm – 5:30pm
    • Nature Expo Open
    • Swarovski Optik Mobile Experience outside Expo
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm
    • Festival Celebration sponsored by BWD Magazine
      • Meet some of the BWD team
      • Guess the next BWD cover bird for prizes
    • Festival Celebration: Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
    • Sonoran Plein Air Painters Showcase
      • Come see how vibrant local artists interpret our favorite birding hotspot, Sweetwater Wetlands
    • Photos from participants
    • Update on Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally
    • Book Signing with Phil Chaon, “Habitats of the World: A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and Ecologists”

Friday, August 11

  • 12pm – 5:30pm
    • Nature Expo Open
    • Swarovski Optik Mobile Experience outside Expo
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm
    • Festival Celebration: Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
    • Unveiling of new Arizona Bird Trail Online Presence
    • Photos from participants
    • Update on Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally
    • Book Signing with Arjan Dwarshuis, “The (Big) Year that Flew By”

Saturday, August 12

  • 9:00am – 11:00am
    • Roadrunner Adventure Day (RAD) OFF-SITE at REID PARK
  • 10:00am – 5:30pm
    • Nature Expo Open
    • Swarovski Optik Mobile Experience outside Expo
  • 10:00am – 1:00pm
    • Reid Park Zoo with Live Animals!
  • 10:00am – 5:30pm
    • Arizona Game & Fish with Live Birds!
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm
    • Festival Celebration: Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
    • Photos from participants
    • Final Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

 

Fun for the whole family!

  • Appearance by Mr. Nature!
  • Lunch provided for kids
  • Story time introducing Tatai, the Greater Roadrunner
  • Get details