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Tucson Audubon Society
April 24, 2024
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 Welcome, , to Tucson Audubon's weekly update.
If you live in Marana, we need your help to monitor your hummingbird feeders for bat and hummingbird use. Details below.
Do you feel like searching for some "superflocks" of birds in the Catalinas? If so, Cliff Cathers invites you to join him. Details below.
Learn about birds, birding, using your field guide, creating backyard habitat, and also about bats from world experts, at one of the workshops at the Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival August 13–17. You do need to register, and details are below. This is your chance to hear Robert Mesta and Steve N G Howell speaking in Tucson!
Our nature shops remain open all summer and carry a wide range of books, clothing, feeders, and optics. Enjoy some quiet and cool summer browsing in our peaceful nature shops. This week, why not try out that binocular you've been wondering about?
We can offer you free field trips, and a new home for your unwanted miter saw, and iPad. See below. And finally a date for your calendar: February 10, 2015 for Brad Lancaster and the Tucson Audubon's Seventh Annual Gala.
Meanwhile, can I count on you to be part of Tucson Audubon's $25,000 summer campaign to create oases for birds in Tucson. It's easy of course, just click here!
In three days, a migrating Wilson's Warbler can increase its weight by ten percent eating insects from just one native mesquite tree
Your special summer gift will help people learn how to create bird-friendly oases in their yards and bring more native trees, shrubs, and birds, into our community. Read our full letter and also get your Fast Wilson's Warbler facts.
Thank you for sharing your love of birds, birding, and the places they live through Tucson Audubon.
Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival Is Right Around the Corner!
The Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival is coming in just three weeks, August 13–17!
Check out just some of the many fun activities you can experience. If you know beginning birders or young birders in your life, they may enjoy the Beginning Birding Workshop with Lynn Hassler on Saturday, August 16th, or the Free Youth Birders Field Trip, Sunday, August 17th.
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FREE NATURE EXPO Friday & Saturday & Sunday
Offers fun activities for the whole family with Free Talks, Educational Exhibits, Optics Day, Nature-Related Vendors, kids' activities, Live Critters, an Advocacy Station and more!
Admission is FREE. See schedule
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Workshops Thursday–Sunday
Designed for beginner birders, and first-time visitors to the region will help you learn the basics of birding, teach you how to identify Flycatchers, understand bird molting, identify bats with sonar detectors, and learn the basics of urban gardening and attracting hummingbirds to your backyard. Learn more
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Sky Islands Birding Cup Wednesday Aug. 13
A 24-hour birdwatching competition with results to be announced at the Nightlife Social Aug 14. Learn more.
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Keynote Dinners with Presentations Friday & Saturday (registration required). On Friday Robert Mesta, Coordinator of the Sonoran Joint Venture, will talk about Forty Years of the Endangered Species Act, and on Saturday Steve N. G. Howell, festival keynoter, international bird tour leader and author presents: Shift Happens: Rare (Vagrant) Birds in North America — Why, Where, and Whence?
Learn more
If you would like to be a part of the festival by volunteering your time, we still have a few openings available. Please contact Julie at 520-209-1811 or volunteer@tucsonaudubon.org.
Thanks to our sponsors
Welcome New Faces to Tucson Audubon!
 Diana Rosenblum is Tucson Audubon’s new Membership and Development Assistant. Last summer, Diana interned at the Tucson Audubon and, this year, she was thrilled to discover that a position had opened for which she was well suited. Diana was excited to return to Tucson Audubon and Tucson after completing her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies at Northern Arizona University.
 Welcome to Intern, Tyler Loomis
Hello All! I am a senior at the University of Arizona studying ecology and evolutionary biology. I chose to intern at the Tucson Audubon Society because of my passion for birds and birding, I've been a birder since the age of eight! I look forward to learning a lot and getting to know everyone over the next few months!
Tyler joined Tucson Audubon for his Summer Internship in early July, and will continue his Fall Internship with us over the next few months. He is thrilled to be here, and we are too!
For more information about internship opportunities with Tucson Audubon Society, please contact Julie at volunteer@tucsonaudubon.org.
Meet Bryon: Seven Saturdays in Patagonia Hike Leader
 This fall the Paton Center for Hummingbirds will be offering a suite of monthly Saturday programs beginning with a bird hike to explore the natural heritage of the Patagonia Mountains and surrounding areas. Bryon Lichtenhan has stepped up to lead these hikes, beginning in October. Learn more about Bryon on our Blog.
You can read about the Seven Saturdays in Patagonia programming and support the Paton Center at the link below.
Please contact the Paton Center, Coordinator Keith to learn more about ways to be involved: kashley@tucsonaudubon.org
It's Right Around the Corner!
Sign up today for summer workshops at the Fourth Annual Tucson Bird and Wildlife Festival, August 13–17.
Get to know our resident experts and long-time instructors, Lynn Hassler and Homer Hansen. Learn about creating urban habitat for birds with Kendall, Tucson Audubon Urban Program Manager.
- Beginning Birding with Lynn Hassler
- Flycatchers with Homer Hansen
- Gardening to Attract Hummingbirds with Lynn Hassler
- Landscaping for Wildlife with Kendall Kroesen
Visit the Festival website for details and to register: tucsonaudubon.org/festevents.html.
After the Festival, continue birding with Homer Hansen!
Join Homer for one classroom session and an all-day field trip to gain identification skills and observe these groups of elusive birds.
- Warblers: August 21 & 23, 2014
- Flycatchers: September 4 & 6, 2014
For more details and to register online, click here. For questions, contact Bete Jones.
Many Ways To Support Tucson Audubon
Wish List
Help support the Nature Shops, Paton Center, and the Restoration Crew in upcoming projects! We need the following tools in an effort to
create interactive, informative, and stunning displays in the shop, as
well as to build necessary components for our species-specific
restoration and guest-friendly construction projects. We need:
- Smaller office desks for new Restoration Program office — drawers ok but not required
- Three or four functional, not
broken, good working order, good shape office/desk chairs
- Two drafting stools/barstools for (occasionally)
sitting at the standing desks
- Six to eight inch screen Panasonic Toughpad, iPad or
tablet device for survey work
- 35mm Nikon SLR-compatible
camera lens for field work
- Digital point-and-shoot camera
for field work
- Compound miter saw (ideally double bevel, 12", sliding)
- Table saw (smaller probably better due to lack of storage)
See our full Wish List online
 AmazonSmile
AmazonSmile is a
simple and automatic way for you to support Tucson Audubon, at no cost to you.
When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase
price to Tucson Audubon! Now through March 31, there’s a bonus donation of $5
coming our way for each customer making an eligible purchase.
Click here for more details and to get started, and thanks for shopping our Nature Shops,
too!
Be a Super Hero on New Field Trip
 August 3–Sunday 6:30 AM
Santa Catalina Super Flocks
Join
Tucson Audubon for a morning in the mountains north of Tucson in search
of a superflock or two containing all of the expected migrant warblers
including Hermit & Townsends. Red-faced Warblers (image by Jim Burns) are sometimes in
large numbers and perhaps a Virginia's or two will show up. Meet at the
Tanque Verde and Catalina Highway McDonalds at 6:30 AM. You must
register on the Tucson Audubon website...please do not show up
unregistered. Limit of 20. You must register online.
Contact the leader, Clifford Cathers, at 520-982-3272 with questions.
See the full list of FREE Tucson Audubon birding field trips
New in the Shop, Desert Dreams DVD
 Desert Dreams dispels the notion that deserts are deserted places.
Desert Dreams immerses viewers in a world filled with life and beauty year-round. This 52-minute multimedia tapestry showcases 182 species of Sonoran desert plants and animals in a five-season chronology. Using no narration, Desert Dreams combines natural sounds with a kaleidoscope of flute and percussion vignettes.
$20.00
OPTICS
 Opticron Orgeon 8x32
Geared for the beginner or casual user, the economical Opticron Oregon 4 provides desirable optical features: BAK-4 prisms, fully multi-coated optics, long eye relief, a field of view of 423 feet/1000 yards, and a 6 foot close focus. Waterproofing and fogproofing protect the Oregon 4 in difficult weather situations, and rubber armoring allows for a secure grip.
Member Price $139.50, Regular Price $155.00
Tucson
Audubon's Nature Shops are the best place in our region to try and buy
binoculars. Check out our
prices and you can see why. Come in and see us for
the top brands.
Need directions to
our Nature Shops? Find all the info here.
Bat and Hummingbird Feeders Study
 Volunteers are needed for a hummingbird feeder monitoring study. Participation by people living in or near Marana town limits is especially encouraged to determine the presence of Lesser Long-nosed bats. It’s easy and interesting to volunteer on this citizen science project. Monitor your feeder two or three times per week beginning now and continuing until the bats leave, measuring the level of fluid in the feeder just before it gets dark and again when you rise in the morning. Then input your data online or print hard copies of the data sheets and return them at the end of the season.
If you would like to participate in this study, please contact Ted Fleming at ted@sonaura.net
Learn more at marana.com/520/Bat-Study
Dates For Your Calendar
Wednesdays
Sweetwater Wetlands Bird Walk. Join Mike S. for an easy walk through the wetlands to see waterfowl, regular and visiting warblers, and several exciting species hiding in the reeds. Birders of all experience levels welcome! Contact leader for start time and to sign up, mike.sadat@gmail.com .
Every Thursday!
Wake Up With the Birds at Agua Caliente Park. Explore the ponds and Molino Basin occasionally. FREE. Call 615-7855 for meeting time or see tucsonaudubon.org/fieldtrips.html.
August 13–17, 2014
Registration now open for the Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival. Featuring Steve N.G. Howell. Visit www.tucsonaudubon.org/festival to peruse the offerings for the fourth annual Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival, and register today!
February 10, 2015
Tucson Audubon's Seventh Annual Gala. An Evening for the Birds: Bringing Nature Home. Featuring Brad Lancaster. Oasis Tucson:Transforming Mirage to Reality. Sponsorship details from Kara Kaczmarzyk
Thank you, , for being a part of Tucson Audubon and helping to protect birds, other wildlife, and the places they live in southern Arizona, for future generations. Thank you for making a gift this summer to support the work of restoring natural habitats for birds and for people.
Sincerely,
 
Dr. Paul Green
Executive Director | Tucson Audubon
Connecting
people with birds & the places they live
  
Yellow Warbler banner by Joan Gellatly
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