Tucson Audubon Society
Urban Bird Walks
For general information about these walks
contact Kendall Kroesen, (520) 206-9900

Birding Opportunities in the Tucson Metro Area

Agua Caliente Park
"Wake up with the Birds"
Tuesdays at 8:00 a.m. March -May
Pima County Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation offers guided bird walks especially for beginning bird watchers. Binoculars will be available for use during the walk. Location: Roy P. Drachman Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road. Meet at the Visitor's Center. Free. For more information, call 877-6111.

La Encantada
"Bird Walk in the Foothills"
1st Thursday of each month at 7:30 a.m. (starting in March the walk will start at 7:00 a.m.)
The walk is oriented toward beginners in the foothills area. Meet at the La Encantada parking lot off Campbell Ave. From Campbell and Skyline, go north on Campbell and take the first entrance to La Encantada parking lot on your left. Be prepared to walk over a mile, sometimes on uneven ground along the edge of local streets. Free. Contact Michael Smith, 299-0122, for more information.

Mason Audubon Center
"Beginning Birding Walks"
3rd Saturday of the month, 8:00 a.m.
Walks are oriented toward beginners and represent another way that the Mason Audubon Center can serve people on the northwest side. Free, though you must call and sign up. Contact Lia Sansom, 971-6238 to sign up. Note: There will be no walk in December

Sam Lena Park and the Ed Pastor Kino Ecological Restoration Project
"Urban Bird Walk"
This walk is no longer happening. Want to get it going again? Contact Kendall Kroesen for possibilities, 206-9900 (office), or 971-2385 (cell).

Tucson Audubon wants to bring birding to the masses by encouraging people to start birding walks in the urban area. The idea is to reach out to beginners and families in local communities around Tucson, and all trips are free. We hope to expand this program to other urban locations as well. To start an urban bird walk near your neighborhood, or to volunteer to lead an urban bird walk, contact Kendall Kroesen, 206-9900.

Urban birding walks are an attempt to get more people involved in birding, and to raise awareness of Tucson Audubon in the community. We already offer more birding fieldtrips than any other Audubon chapter, but there are a lot of people they do not reach. These new walks bring birding right to people’s own neighborhoods. They start at a reasonable hour, do not last a long time, and welcome families and people with low mobility.

The walks will be especially good for beginners in that they will focus on common urban birds. However, because these locations have a wide variety of birds, they also offer good birding to intermediate and advanced birders. Loaner binoculars usually will be available.