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Southeast Arizona Birding Festival

August 6–10, 2025

Nature Expo

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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.

Wednesday, August 6

  • 4:00pm – 6:00pm – Nature Expo Open
    • All festival registrants receive a “SWAG BAG” (contents to be unveiled here soon)
    • Free to attend and everyone gets a daily raffle ticket to be drawn between 4:30pm – 6:00pm
  • 4:30pm – 6:00pm—Opening Party sponsored by Vortex Optics
    • Free Appetizers & Enjoy a free drink courtesy of Vortex Optics!
    • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
    • Nature Expo Opening
    • Unveiling of Bird and Wildlife Big Boards

Thursday, August 7

  • 12:00pm – 5:30pm—Nature Expo Open
    • Free to attend and everyone gets a daily raffle ticket to be drawn between 4:30pm – 5:30pm
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm—Festival Celebration sponsored by BWD
    • Meet some of the Tucson Bird Alliance & BWD Team
    • Win a copy of BWD’s new book, Bird Watching for Dummies 
    • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
    • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
    • Photos from Participants
    • Update on Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

Friday, August 8

  • 12:00pm – 5:30pm—Nature Expo Open
    • Free to attend and everyone gets a daily raffle ticket to be drawn between 4:30pm – 5:30pm
  • 4:30pm – 5:30pm—Festival Celebration sponsored by Sabrewing Nature Tours
    • David Lindo book signing
    • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
    • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
    • Photos from participants
    • Update on Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

Saturday, August 9

  • 10:00am – 5:30pm—Nature Expo Open
    • Free to attend and everyone gets a daily raffle ticket to be drawn between 3:30pm – 5:30pm
  • 10:00am – 1:00pm—Reid Park Zoo with Live Animals!
  • 10:00am – 5:00pm—Arizona Game & Fish with Live Raptors!
  • 3:30pm – 5:30pm—Festival Celebration
    • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
    • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
    • Photos from Participants
    • Final Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

 

Exhibitors Include:

Presenting Sponsors:

  • ZEISS
  • Sabrewing Nature Tours

Associate Sponsors:

  • Hawke Optics
  • Naturalist Journeys
  • Vortex Optics

Supporting Sponsors:

  • American Birding Association
  • Babita Tours
  • Beaumont & Port Arthur Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • East West Birding Tours
  • Hawaii Bird Tours
  • Icaro Birding Tours
  • Kowa Optics
  • Natural Selections Tours
  • Summit Hut
  • Town of Marana
  • Visit Tucson

Contributing Sponsors:

  • Apex Windows & Bath
  • Canopy Family
  • Fujifilm
  • Land, Sea, & Sky
  • Neblina Forest
  • Swarovski Optik
  • Victor Emanuel Nature Tours
  • WINGS Birding Tours

More Festival Exhibitors:

  • Ancillaerie
  • Arizona Field Ornithologists
  • Birdability
  • Birding by Ear and Beyond
  • The Birding Co-Op
  • Bosque Winter Wings
  • Drawing 10,000 Birds
  • Elsa Jacklitch Photography
  • Experience Nature Tours
  • Explore in Focus
  • Friends of Madera Canyon
  • Habitat at Home
  • Hunt’s Photo & Video
  • International Hummingbird Society
  • KS Nature Photography
  • Lower Rio Grande Valley Nature Center
  • Olympus OM System
  • Pima County Master Naturalists
  • Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds
  • Renewal by Anderson
  • Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
  • Splendido
  • The Spark Bird Project
  • Tamron
  • Tucson Bird Alliance Nature Shop
  • Western National Parks Association
  • Wildside Nature Tours

FAMILY BIRDING DAY

Fun for the whole family!
Saturday, August 9, 8-10 am

Reid Park, Ramada 17

  • Free food
  • Face-painting
  • Bird walks every half hour
  • Mr. Nature’s Music Hour! Kindness, compassion, and mindfulness engagement through song, dance, and interactive music
  • Hands-on learning activities for all ages

Purchase Your Favorite Bird at the Nature Expo!

We had almost 200 high quality wood bird figurines donated to us and they’ll be on display and for sale at the Festival. Most of them are from “Hummingbird Studio.”

Red-faced Warbler, Acorn Woodpecker, Many-banded Aracari, American Avocet, Kookaburra, Western Tanager—we have them all and many, many more! We’ll be selling them starting at only $40.

Find them in the back of the Nature Expo!

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Donate a Vehicle

Cars- Moving Forward Together

Tucson Bird Allaince is able to accept donated vehicles. We use teh proceeds from donated cars, trucks, SUVs, RVs, boats, motercycels and even airplanes to help fund our mission. Tucson Bird Allaince partners with CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) to help run our vehicle donation program. CARS is a nonprofit that has been processing vehicle donations for nonprofits since 2003. 

 

Donate your Vehicle

Donate Stocks or Give Through your IRA

Gifts of appreciated stocks, bonds, and mutual funds

If you would like to donate stocks to Tucson Bird Alliance, please use our Stock Donation Form. 

After completing and signing the form, please: 

  • Send one copy to your broker (only your broker can initiate the stock transfer)
  • Email a copy to efreese@tucsonbirds.org or mail to
    Tucson Bird Alliance
    Attn: Erica Freese
    PO Box 91770
    Tucson, AZ, 85752

Gifts through your IRA

If you are 73 years of age or older, your gift may count toward your required minimum distribution (RMD) for the year in which the check is issued and is excluded from your taxable income.

Please provide your broker or financial institution with the following information:  

Legal Name:  Tucson Audubon Society (DBA Tucson Bird Alliance)

Mailing Address: 
Tucson Bird Alliance 
PO Box 91770
Tucson, AZ, 85752

Phone: (520) 629-0510

Tax ID#: 86-6053779

Give Through a Donor-Advised Fund (DAF)

Ways to give through a donor-advised fund (DAF)

  • Make an outright gift now by recommending a grant to Tucson Bird Alliance.
  • Make recurring gifts with ease so that your contributions can make an immediate difference when needed most. 
  • Create a succession plan to recommend that Tucson Bird Alliance receives all or a portion of your DAF’s value upon it’s termination. 

You can select the option that best suits your philanthropic and financial goals. Contact your DAF administrator to recommend a grant to Tucson Bird Alliance and use the following information: 

Legal Name: Tucson Audubon Society (DBA Tucson Bird Alliance)  

Mailing Address: 
Tucson Bird Alliance 
PO Box 91770
Tucson, AZ, 85752

Phone: (520) 629-0510

Tax ID#: 86-6053779

If you make a contribution to Tucson Bird Alliance from your DAF, please let us know at efreese@tucsonbirds.org along with the date the request was sent, grant or reference number, name of the issuing institution, and gift amount. We value the opportunity to thank you. 

Workplace Giving & Corporate Matching

Workplace Giving

Contact your HR department to see if your company’s giving program includes Tucson Bird Alliance (formerly Tucson Audubon Society).  With this option, you can have your contributions automatically deducted from your paycheck. You choose how much and how often you’d like to give. 

Corporate Matching

If your company has a matching program, you can make your donation go twice as far! Use the information below to fill out your company’s matching gift form. 

Organization: Tucson Bird Alliance (formerly Tucson Audubon Society) 

Mailing Address: 
Tucson Bird Alliance 
PO Box 91770
Tucson, AZ, 85752

Phone: (520) 629-0510

Tax ID#: 86-6053779

Tucson Bird Alliance Vermilion Legacy Society

There are many types of Planned Gifts to Explore: Gifts left by bequest in a will or trust, charitable gift annuities, and beneficiary designations for your IRA or 401k.

Please consult with an experienced estate planning attorney and financial advisor to determine the right legacy choice for you. 

If you include Tucson Bird Alliance in your estate plans, we hope you will let us know. Please fill out the form below and send it back to us at efreese@tucsonbirds,org.

Planned Giving Form