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Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival

Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival
901 Colombo Avenue
520-266-0149

About:

Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival is Arizona's oldest birding festival. We began offering trips in 1991. This is the premiere nature festival in Arizona, consistently voted one of the top 5 birding and nature festivals in the country. Southwest Wings Spring Fling is held in May each year. The Spring Fling offers guided trips to the many nearby birding hotspots in southeast Arizona. The Summer festival held in August is our big event with free programs, wildlife exhibits, vendors, guided trips and a keynote buffet. Southwest Wings is an educational celebration of the diversity of birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects, in their environment; the sky islands in southern Arizona. The unique confluence of three climate zones ensures that the species count is high and many are only found in this area of the United States. We average about 200 species each festival. Our high elevation location guarantees moderate temperatures during our field trips.

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Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival 2023

The 32nd Southwest Wings Summer Birding and Nature Festival will be held August 2-5, 2023. Registration opens on Saturday April 1 and closes on Saturday July 15, 2023. This family friendly event is our main one with expertly guided field trips,…

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31st Annual Southwest Wings Summer Birding and Nature Festival

The 31st Southwest Wings Summer Birding and Nature Festival is family friendly event is our main one with expertly guided field trips, pre-festival Jamboree, free programs, including some new ones just for kids, exhibitors, vendors, live animals,…

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