Southeast Arizona Birding Festival

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 Birding Tours
• Icaro Birding Tours
• Kowa Optics
• Natural Selections Tours
• Summit Hut
• Town of Marana

Contributing Sponsors:

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

More Festival Exhibitors:

• Arizona Field Ornithologists
• Asa Wright & Hadco Experiences
• 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
• Olympus OM System
• Pima County Master Naturalists
• Renewal by Anderson
• Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
• The Spark Bird Project
• Tucson Bird Alliance Nature Shop
• Western National Parks Association

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