Tucson Bird Count

Where Birds Thrive, People Prosper

Check out our new data-viewing features! You can choose a bird species and see where in the study area they have been detected. Click on one of those points and see how the detections have changed over time with an auto generated graph and corresponding table. See this data analysis feature here or click the image below of a sample graph.

Welcome to the Tucson Bird Count website! Data entry, resources for surveyor and summaries are located under the Results and Data Entry Tab.

Welcome to the Tucson Bird Count!

Where Birds Thrive, People Prosper

The Tucson Bird Count is dedicated to making Tucson a better place for birds and for all of us

The Tucson Bird Count aims to help people make informed decisions regarding the impacts of human actions on wildlife. Urbanization is a movement that is well established and will continue to grow in the future and one way to reconcile that loss of habitat is to endeavor to share our urban space with native birds and wildlife. Through informed decisions we can all help Tucson sustain a diverse bird community which is good for the birds and also enhances the quality of life for Tucson’s human inhabitants.

The Tucson Bird Count is a citizen-science driven effort that has documented how native birds use the habitat within and surrounding Tucson for over a decade. The information gained through this study has allowed informed recommendations on what Tucsonans can do within their yards, neighborhoods and communities to make Tucson a better place for birds. As Tucsonans make changes and efforts to share their city space with native birds, the count effort itself will document how birds respond to all of our efforts to provide habitat for native birds right within our own habitat.

Whether you are helping with the volunteer annual bird counting efforts or enhancing your urban habitat for the benefit of native birds, you are helping make Tucson a better place for birds and for all of us. Thank you.

2023 Tucson Bird Count

Available Routes

These are the routes that are currently available and in need of a counter. Each route is a series of multiple points and each route is a different color. Please email Jennie at jmacfarland@tucsonaudubon.org to claim a route. I am doing my best to keep this map current and routes are first come, first served.

List of Spring Routes Available in 2023 – Counted Once a Year

RouteID	Name
103	Central North – Kolb from River to Sunrise
111	North West – Oracle from River to Magee
112	North West – Oracle from Ina to Hardy
113	North West – Oracle from River to Hardy
116	North West – Ina from Silverbell to La Cholla
117	North West – I-10 from Ruthrauff to Orange Grove
119	North West – Silverbell and Sunset, west of I-10
120	North West – West of Silverbell at Orange Grove, inlcudes some desert locations
121	North West – Sunset and Gerhart
123	Central West – West of Silverbell around Sweetwater Drive
126	Central West – Speedway west into Tucson Mountain Park
129	Central West – I-10 from Speedway to Wetmore
132	Central West – From Starr Pass and Greasewood to Grant and 1st St.
133 135	South West – I-19 conection with I-10 north to Congress South West – Ajo and Kinney Rd.
136	South West – Ajo and Mission Rd near Kennedy Park
138	South West – I-19 from Valencia to Ajo
140	Central South – Campbell from Valencia to Benson Hwy
141	Central South – west of Alvernon from Valenica to Silverlake
142	Central South – west of Alvernon from Valencia to 36th St.
143	Central South – Valencia and Alvernon
144	Central South – north of Valencia and east of Alvernon
149	North East – Houghton and Catalina Highway
155	Central East – Golflinks from Wilmot to Houghton
156	North East – Houghton from Tanque Verde Rd. to Snyder Rd.
157	Central East – Harrison from 22nd to Wrightstown
162	North East – north of Reddington, east of Soldier Trail
164	Central East – Broadway from Harrison to Freeman into Saguaro NP East
168	Central East – Houghton and Drexel
169	South East – Houghton and Invington
170	North West – Oracle and Ina
172	North West – Oracle and Lambert
175	North West – Cortaro Farms Rd west of I-10
176	North West – Cortaro and Silverbell
179	Marana – Silverbell and Twin Peaks
180	Oro Valley – Thornydale and Lambert
185	South West – Ajo east of Kinney Rd.

List of Park Routes Available in 2024 – Counted Four Times a Year

507	Arroyo Chico Wash, Tucson to Randolph
510	Arthur Pack Regional Park
516	Fred Enke Wash
524	Tanque Verde Wash
530	Tucson Mountain Park
541	Pima Canyon Estates
538	Barrio Kroeger Lane Neighborhood
544	Big Wash/OVMP
548	Avra Valley WWTP
552	Michael Perry Park
922	Saguaro NP East: South Route
943	Sabino Canyon – Bear Canyon
943	Sabino Canyon – Bear Canyon