Southeastern Arizona Birding

March 21 -26, 2019

Your ears and eyes will delight with the beautiful songs and colors of Southeastern Arizona Birding, guided by renowned and expert naturalists John Bates and Mary Burns. This Birding Trip of a Lifetime to birding grounds of the southwest takes place March 21-26, 2019 and includes Coronado National Monument, hummingbird hotspot Ramsey Canyon, Madera Canyon, Saguaro National Monument and much more. Full trip itinerary here.

You'll begin along the San Pedro River at the Holy Trinity Monastery in St. David. Dinner and accommodations in Bisbee, including the Copper Queen Hotel, Arizona's oldest continually running hotel.

Visit the Coronado National Monument, Mary Jo's famous Ash Canyon bird feeding station in the Huachuca Mountains, and the Ramsey Canyon, one of America's best-known sites for hummingbirds, followed by dinner in Sierra Vista. You'll also explore San Pedro House and San Pedro river, a migratory hot spot for birding.

You'll spend a morning in Box Canyon, where views stretch across mountain ranges and basins of the Coronado National Forest, and the afternoon and evening in Madera Canyon, one of the most famous birding spots in the United States.

Your final day, you'll visit Saguaro National Monument, located in a vast expanse of saguaro and cholla cacti, palo verde and mesquite trees, and a variety of flowering shrubs situated in the verdant Sonoran desert. You'll travel through several life zones in the Coronado National Forest, driving from 3,500 feet to nearly 10,000 feet in elevation, with dinner and accommodations back in Tucson.

Add to your life list of birds with possible sightings of Lark Sparrow, Phainopepla, Gila Woodpecker, Cassin's Kingbird, Green-tailed Towhee, Greater Roadrunner, Bewick's Wren, Northern Mockingbird, Rufous-backed Robin, Gray Hawk, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Bridled Titmouse, Painted Redstart, Montezuma Quail, Hepatic Tanager, Cassin's Finch, Pine Siskins, Lesser Goldfinches, Spotted Towhee, Mexican Jay, Scott's Oriole, Arizona Woodpecker, Bushtit, 14 species of Hummingbirds, Acorn woodpeckers, Vermilion Flycatchter, Says Phoebe, Black Phoebe, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Elf Owl, Whiskered Screech-owl, and many, many more.  Please call the Discovery Center to register and book the trip.