Southeast Arizona Birding Festival

FREE Community Nature Expo

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

Wednesday, August 7

• 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
  • Free nestboxes from Tucson Bird Alliance (while supplies last)
• 4:30pm – 6:00pm—Opening Party sponsored by Sabrewing Nature Tours
  • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
  • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
  • Nature Expo Opening
  • Unveiling of Bird and Wildlife Big Boards

Thursday, 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
  • Free nestboxes from Tucson Bird Alliance (while supplies last)
• 4:30pm – 5:30pm—Festival Celebration sponsored by BWD Magazine
  • Meet some of the BWD Team
  • Guess the next BWD cover bird for prizes
  • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
  • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
  • Photos from Participants
  • Update on Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

Friday, August 9

• 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
  • Free nestboxes from Tucson Bird Alliance (while supplies last)
• 4:00pm – 5:30pm—Sonoran Plein Air Painters Showcase
  • Check out beautiful paintings of our favorite birds and birding locations
• 4:30pm – 5:30pm—Festival Celebration and Kenn Kaufman Book Signing
  • Bring your favorite Kenn Kaufman book to get signed!
  • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
  • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
  • Photos from participants
  • Update on Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

Saturday, August 10

• 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
  • Free nestboxes from Tucson Bird Alliance (while supplies last)
• 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:

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

Supporting Sponsors:

• Babita Tours
• BWD
• Fujifilm
• Icaro Birding Tours
• Kowa Optics
• Land, Sea, & Sky
• Summit Hut courtesy of Kuhl & LOWA
• Tamron Lenses
• Wildside Nature Tours

Contributing Sponsors:

• American Birding Association
• Canopy Family
• Hunt’s Photo & Video
• Town of Marana
• Victor Emanuel Nature Tours
• Visit Tucson
• WINGS Birding Tours

Additional Festival Exhibitors:

• Amphibian & Reptile Conservancy
• Arizona Field Ornithologists
• Arizona Game & Fish
• Arizona Master Naturalists
• Asa Wright & Hadco Experiences
• Bird Uganda Safaris
• Birdability
• Birding Co-op
• East West Birding Tours
• Elsa Jacklitch Photography
• Friends of Madera Canyon
• Habitat at Home/Nestboxes
• International Hummingbird Society
• KS Nature Photography
• Marcy Gray Jewelry
• Neblina Forest
• Olympus OM System
• Renewal by Anderson
• Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
• San Diego Bird Festival
• Southern Arizona Accessible Wildlife Refuge
• Splendido at Rancho Vistoso
• Tucson Bird Alliance Nature Shop
• Valley Nature Center
• Western National Parks Association