Southeast Arizona Birding Festival

Wednesday, August 12

• 4:00pm – 6:00pm – Nature Expo Open
  • First 750 festival registrants receive a “SWAG BAG”
  • Free to attend and everyone gets a daily raffle ticket for prizes 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
  • Unveiling of Bird and Wildlife Big Boards
  • Festival Leader Annual Picture

Thursday, August 13

• 12:00pm – 5:30pm—Nature Expo Open
  • Free to attend!
  • Raptor displays with Arizona Raptor Center
• 4:30pm – 5:30pm—Festival Celebration sponsored by BWD
  • Guess the cover of the next BWD magazine for free subscription
  • Book Signing(s)
  • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
  • Free Raffle Ticket for each person
  • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
  • Photos from Participants
  • Update on Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

Friday, August 14

• 12:00pm – 5:30pm—Nature Expo Open
  • Free to attend!
  • Raptor displays with Arizona Raptor Center
• 4:30pm – 5:30pm—Festival Celebration sponsored by Sabrewing Nature Tours
  • Book signing(s)
  • Free Raffle Ticket for each person
  • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
  • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
  • Photos from participants
  • Update on Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

Saturday, August 15

• 10:00am – 5:30pm—Nature Expo Open
  • Free to attend!
• 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 sponsored by Pima County and the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan 25 Year Anniversary

• • Special Guests celebrating the 25 Year Anniversary of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
  • Free Raffle Ticket for each person
  • Raffle Drawings for Prizes
  • Free Appetizers & Cash Bar
  • Photos from Participants
  • Final Official Festival Bird & Wildlife Species Tally

Exhibitors Include

Optics Exhibitors:

• ZEISS
• Hawke Optics
• Vortex Optics
• Swarovski Optik
• Kowa Sporting Optics
• Retailer: Tucson Bird Alliance Nature Shop

Camera Exhibitors:

• Fujifilm
• OM System
• Retailer: Nuzira

U.S. Based Tour Exhibitors:

• Field Guides
• Sabrewing Nature Tours
• Naturalist Journeys
• Natural Selections Tours
• East West Birding Tours
• Hillstar Nature
• WINGS Birding Tours
• Holbrook Travel
• Sisterhood Birding
• Central California Birding Tours

International Based Tour Exhibitors:

• Babita Tours
• Icaro Birding
• Canopy Family
• Emerald Valley Lodge
• Neblina Forest
• Birding Paradise Colombia

Travel Destinations & Bird Festivals:

• Beaumont & Port Arthur
• Town of Marana
• Visit Tucson
• Lower Rio Grande Valley Nature Center
• Rio Grande Birding Festival
• San Diego Bird Festival
• Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival

Art & Photography Exhibitors:

• The Drawing Studio
• Drawing 10,000 Birds
• Elsa Jacklitch Photography
• Ethereal Aves Art
• KS Nature Photography

Apparel and More:

• Beakwings
• Raven Birding Apparel
• The Birding Game
• Tucson Bird Alliance Nature Shop

Local Partners & Non-Profits:

• Arizona Field Ornithologists
• Birdability
• Friends of Madera Canyon
• International Hummingbird Society
• Pima County Master Naturalists
• Splendido at Rancho Vistoso
• Tucson Bird Alliance’s Habitat at Home & Nestboxes
• Western National Parks