New Year's Day at Tres Rios with Robert Carter
New Year's Day at Tres Rios with Robert Carter
Estrella Village, AZ
Start your year list off with a bang at Tres Rios. We’ll be taking a walk along the South side of the overbank wetlands looking for waterfowl at dawn, make our way along the path between the marsh, and desert scrub, and then take a walk to the end of the flow regulated wetlands, checking the mesqui…
Wednesday, January 1 2025
7:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Coon Bluff with With Brian Ison
Coon Bluff with With Brian Ison
Mesa, AZ
Boasting a riparian zone, mesquite bosque, Sonoran thornscrub and a raptor-attracting cliff face, you can't really beat Coon Bluff for a birding outing. Join leader Brian Ison for a field trip exploring the diverse habitats of Coon Bluff on the Salt River. Year-round and wintering birds make this a…
Saturday, November 9 2024
7:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Fountain Hills Botanical Garden and Lake with Kathe
Fountain Hills Botanical Garden and Lake with Kathe
Fountain Hills, AZ
We’ll meet about 7:30 to 7:45 in Fountain Hills, to start birding at the Botanical Garden, hoping to catch the common desert birds. We will then move onto the lake, where we should find a variety of waterfowl, plus waders, shorebirds and surprises. We’ll wrap up about 10:30 in Fountain Hills. Di…
Sunday, December 1 2024
7:30 AM
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10:30 PM
Lake Pleasant with Charles Babbitt
Lake Pleasant with Charles Babbitt
Morristown, AZ
Lake Pleasant Tuesday December 10, 2024 We will spend most of the morning scanning the lake from various locations looking for water birds (ducks, grebes, loons and gulls). Bring a scope if you have one. We will meet at the main entrance to the regional park (41835 N Castle Springs Road) at 8 am…
Tuesday, December 10 2024
8:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Riverview Park and Mesa Recharge Basins
Riverview Park and Mesa Recharge Basins
Mesa, AZ
This is a nice park with a lake and open grassy areas near the Cubs spring training facility. There may be some open space birds like meadowlarks or sparrows around at this season. Incredibly, the lake hosted a Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel in 2016. If we find anything half that rare, we will be doing …
Tuesday, November 19 2024
7:15 AM
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10:00 AM
Scottsdale Community College and Rosseau Sod Farm
Scottsdale Community College and Rosseau Sod Farm
Scottsdale, AZ
Burrowing Owls are the avian stars of Scottsdale Community College. They are virtually guaranteed to be seen here and are very charismatic. The well-landscaped campus holds a variety of other birds as well. Mountain Bluebird and Bendire’s Thrasher were around last winter. We will then head to the n…
Saturday, November 16 2024
7:15 AM
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12:00 PM
Patagonia with Alexis and Jake
Patagonia with Alexis and Jake
Patagonia, AZ
Take trip down south and visit Patagonia, where you'll have a change to see a number of species we don't get in Central Arizona with expert local guides! We will likely be heading up Harshaw Creek rd which is a mix of mesquite & oak woodlands. From Rufous-winged Sparrow to Mexican Jay, we hope to …
Saturday, November 16 2024
7:00 AM
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12:00 PM
Mini-Big Day From Top of the World to Gilbert Water Ranch
Mini-Big Day From Top of the World to Gilbert Water Ranch
Gilbert, AZ
This is a fast-paced field trip to a variety of habitats to see as many birds as we can before lunch (1:30ish) We've usually tallied between 65-75 species, and always have a few nice surprises. We'll start about 6:45 AM from Gilbert, head est to the oak/juniper habitat of Top of the World at about …
Monday, November 18 2024
6:45 AM
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2:30 PM
Sunset Birding at Tempe Marsh with Robert Carter
Sunset Birding at Tempe Marsh with Robert Carter
Tempe, AZ
East of Tempe Town Lake is Tempe Marsh, a productive habitat throughout the year. Winter is especially good for observing waterfowl species. If you’re intrigued by the concept of “weird duck season”,this may just be the outing for you. We might even see some weird non-duck waterfowl, like grebes, c…
Saturday, January 4 2025
4:00 PM
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6:00 PM
Jewel of The Creek Preserve in Cave Creek
Jewel of The Creek Preserve in Cave Creek
Cave Creek, AZ
This beautiful preserve consists of a perennial stream with excellent riparian habitat, and cottonwoods and willows galore. This is a good place and time to turn up a rarity. On the October 2023 MAS trip we had 36 species, including Rufous-crowned Sparrow and Red-naped Sapsucker. The scenery is as …
Tuesday, November 12 2024
7:15 AM
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10:15 AM
