Southeast Arizona Birding Festival

09/14/2026

Our team of staff, volunteers, exhibitors, presenters, field trip leaders, and all of you, made the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival an amazing success and created a welcoming atmosphere for everyone who attended.

Feedback survey: If you haven't taken the participant survey yet, find it at https://tas.app.neoncrm.com/forms/269

And here are some fun bird numbers from this year's festival!

🐦240 Bird Species Seen. This is the second most we've ever recorded! See everything on the eBird trip report at https://ebird.org/tripreport/557012

🐦 388 eBird Checklists. Almost a 20% increase from last year.

🐦 3 New Festival Bird Species Recorded. Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Common Ringed Plover, and Lewis's Woodpecker were all brand new festival birds!

🐦 12 Hummingbird Species. The most common was 518 Broad-billed Hummingbirds!

Thanks again for being part of our mission to inspire people to enjoy and protect birds. Save the dates for next year, August 11-15.

08/25/2026

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful Festival!
We'll see you next year when we celebrate the Varied Bunting!

08/24/2026

Here is the set of Festival photos participants shared with us. Thanks to all of you. It's obvious we had a great time!

Thanks to everyone for sharing with us!

08/20/2026

You may have heard of the recent earthquake in Colombia--on behalf of Southeast Arizona Birding Festival friend, sponsor, and presenter, Giovani Ortiz of Icaro Birding Tours, we share this message of seeking help for those affected:
"If you have traveled to Colombia for birding or plan to soon, I can assure you you'll remember much more than the birds. You'll remember the guides who shared their knowledge and passion with you, the families who welcomed you, the lodges and reserves that opened their doors, and the people who made your experience in Colombia possible. Today, some of them need our help.
Following the recent earthquake, birders, guides, families, reserves, lodges, and birding places have been affected. Colombia’s birding community have come together to reactivate , an initiative originally created in 2020 during the pandemic to support our community in difficult times. We are currently identifying and verifying affected people and places and raising funds to provide support where it is most needed.
If Colombia and its birds have given (or will give) you special memories, today we invite you to stand with the people who helped make those experiences possible. Every contribution, no matter the amount, can make a difference.
https://vaki.co/en/vaki/birders-together
Important note about your donation: When you make your contribution, Vaki may automatically suggest an additional 15% contribution to support the Vaki platform. This amount does not go to and is completely optional.
If you can't contribute financially, sharing this campaign with other birders, travelers, and friends of Colombia is also a meaningful way to help.
Once again, we come together. Thank you for being part of this community."
--Giovani Ortiz and Icaro Birding Tours

Colombia needs our help.Birders Together is bringing the birding community together once again to support birders, guides, families, reserves, lodges, and birdwatching places that need us today.Your contribution will help support cases identified and verified by the campaign. Once again, we come tog...

08/18/2026

We really appreciate you being part of this year's Southeast Arizona Birding Festival! The birds were plentiful, the people were joyful, and our community was inspired. Thank you! Here are a few numbers to highlight:

* Preliminary species count is 236. This would be our second highest total, with only 2022 coming in ahead at 241. Once we have all the eBird lists together we will share the final number. See the eBird Trip Report at https://ebird.org/tripreport/557012

* Total registrants for the festival: 960! This doesn't include the 150+ who attended the Family Birding Day and the many people who visited the Nature Expo throughout the week.

* 124 Volunteers, 115 Field Trip Leaders, and 26 Presenters. Huge thanks to each and every one who shared their expertise, time, and resources with us!

We hope to see you next year: August 11–15, 2027!

08/14/2026

Thanks to all who have sent festival photos, they are great! Here's a small selection from today--be sure to see the full set on the monitor at the check in tables.
We look forward to more!

08/14/2026

Calling all junior birders and families! Tomorrow is Family Birding Day at Reid Park! Come on out for some early morning nature fun. 8-10am.

08/13/2026

The Festival has begun! Some quick highlights so far...

08/13/2026

Bonner Black in concert tomorrow night! Tix still available at https://www.ticketmaster.com/bonner-black-191-toole-tucson-arizona-08-14-2026/event/1900647AA20057B5

Tucson, Arizona! I’m coming to do my 2 favorite things on earth on my birthday with you 😭 I could not be more excited. Forreal gonna named my future kid Tucson Bird Alliance (Tuc for short).

08/12/2026

Back by popular demand, share your festival photos with us this weekend! Send bird photos, trip photos, landscapes, wildlife shots, etc to Matt at [email protected] and we'll add them to the slideshow playing near the stage in the Nature Expo. It's a great way to showcase the full festival experience. Thank you!