TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETY

Engages in bird conservation and habitat restoration through recreation, education, and community involvement, including invasive plant removal, habitat maintenance, and community science projects.

Engages in bird conservation and habitat restoration through recreation, education, and community involvement, including invasive plant removal, habitat maintenance, and community science projects. This includes providing services for invasive plant removal and treatment, and offering design and installation services for sustainable native-plant landscapes.

Supports monitoring of bird populations in Arizona's Important Bird Areas to protect critical habitats and conducts monthly bird surveys for the Santa Cruz Heritage Project to document changes in the bird community.

Conducts the Bird Safe Buildings program, engaging volunteers in seasonal surveys and reporting to document bird mortality from window strikes in Tucson.

Organizes an annual month-long community fundraising event called "Birdathon" from April 1-30, where participants count birds to raise funds, with a virtual kick-off event and a wrap-up party.

Organizes and leads guided birding field trips in Southeast Arizona at various locations, with a limit of two trips per person per month to allow broader participation.

Organizes and leads birding field trips in Southeast Arizona, including international tours, and hosts the annual Southeast Arizona Birding Festival. This also includes organizing an annual "Birdathon" community fundraising event.

Operates a Desert Nestbox Program where volunteers monitor artificial nestboxes used by cavity-nesting birds like Eastern "Azure" bluebirds, American Kestrels, and Lucy’s Warblers.

Hosts an online Fall Native Plant Sale to encourage the creation of bird habitat.

Plans and installs corrective features for habitat restoration and erosion control, including sheetflow spreaders and trincheras.

Operates the "Habitat at Home" program to help community members transform outdoor spaces into urban wildlife habitats, providing educational materials and a yard sign. This includes maintaining a Facebook Group for community members to share photos of their yards.

Operates the "Habitat at Home" program to help community members transform outdoor spaces into urban wildlife habitats, providing yard signs, educational materials, and maintaining a Facebook Group for participants.

Operates the "Habitat at Home" program to help community members transform outdoor spaces into urban wildlife habitats, providing yard signs, educational materials, and a Facebook group for sharing.

Provides hazardous fuels mitigation services, including thinning and treating non-native woody vegetation, chipping material on site, and assessing and mitigating fire risk from invasive grasses and ladder fuels to create defensible spaces.

Provides In-lieu Fee Mitigation to offset impacts to jurisdictional waters, with one project underway providing mitigation for impacts to the Santa Cruz River watershed and over 30 advance credits available for sale at $85,000 per credit as of August 2022.

Provides services for ecologically sensitive invasive plant removal and treatment, utilizing digital mapping and precision treatment, and offering web-based documentation of infestation conditions and treatment progress.

Installed Motus network base stations at the Mason Center for Ironwood Preservation and Environmental Education and the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, and partners with regional groups to install additional stations.

Installed Motus network base stations at the Mason Center for Ironwood Preservation and Environmental Education and the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, and partners with regional groups to install additional stations.

Hosts an online Fall Native Plant Sale to encourage the creation of bird habitat.

Operates a Nature Shop, available both in-store and online.

Provides resources and "Approved" stickers for creating niche habitats for Sonoran Desert wildlife, including monarch butterflies, native bees, moths, bats, lizards, and cavity-nesters, as well as promoting dark skies and poison-free environments.

Operates and maintains the Paton Center, a premier birding site.

Provides project clearance surveys for federally protected bird species including southwest Willow Flycatchers, western Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Mexican Spotted Owls, and western Burrowing Owls.

Educates the public on various dangers to birds and wildlife, including window strikes, uncovered vertical pipes, outdoor cats, rodenticides, and drowning in pools and water troughs.

Educates the public on various dangers to birds and wildlife, including window strikes, uncovered vertical pipes, outdoor cats, rodenticides, and drowning in pools, and provides information on prevention.

Publishes and maintains a "Rare Bird Alert" report that lists bird sightings by order of overall rarity within specific localities in Southeast Arizona, and allows for reporting of rare bird sightings.

Publishes a "Rare Bird Alert" report that lists bird sightings by order of overall rarity within specific localities in Southeast Arizona and allows for reporting of rare bird sightings.

Organizes the annual Southeast Arizona Birding Festival, which includes a free Nature Expo, "Roadrunner Adventure Day" for children and families, and offers scholarships for activities.

Offers design and installation services for sustainable native-plant landscapes, including tortoise burrows, tortoise-specific habitat vegetation, integrated rainwater harvesting, and upgrading stormwater detention areas into functional habitats.

Offers design and installation services for sustainable native-plant landscapes, including tortoise burrows and tortoise-specific habitat vegetation, and works with HOAs, businesses, and homeowners to integrate rainwater harvesting and upgrade stormwater detention areas into functional habitats.

Installs natural-looking prefab fountain systems, custom ponds, streams, and wetland complexes to support wildlife and provide refugia for endangered fish and plants in southeastern Arizona.

Engages in advocacy efforts for birds and their habitats at local, regional, state, and federal levels.

Engages in advocacy efforts for birds and their habitats at local, regional, state, and federal levels. This includes educating the public on preventing bird window strikes, the dangers of uncovered vertical pipes, outdoor cats, rodenticides, and wildlife drowning in pools.

Conducts and supports bird monitoring and research projects, including the Tucson Bird Count, Bird Safe Buildings program, and monthly bird surveys for the Santa Cruz Heritage Project. This also includes collaborative research with various institutions on critical species conservation issues and providing project clearance surveys for federally protected bird species.

Engages in collaborative research with various institutions on critical species conservation issues related to plants, animals, and birds.

Co-created three guides (Arizona Deserts Guide, Arizona Riparian Guide, Arizona Grasslands Guide) on how to improve properties for birds and wildlife, available at their Nature Shop or for download.

Coordinates and conducts the Tucson Bird Count, a community science bird survey project since 2012, to collect bird data, identify areas utilized by native birds, determine beneficial urban habitat features, and share discoveries with the public.

Co-created three guides (Arizona Deserts Guide, Arizona Riparian Guide, Arizona Grasslands Guide) on how to improve properties for birds and wildlife, available at their Nature Shop or for download.

Provides 3-day Wilderness First Aid training and certification for groups of up to 10 people.