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Events

Explore, learn, and connect through our upcoming events.

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Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85257

Ecuador 2025 – with Jeff Goulding

Travel through Ecuador with Jeff Goulding, MBA Membership Chair and accomplished photographer, as he shares breathtaking bird photography and stories

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Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85257

The Little-known Little Feather – with Matt van Wallene

Join Matt van Wallene for “The Little-known Little Feather” — a captivating look into ear coverts and their role across

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Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren, 2450 N 64th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85257

Hybrids – Presented by Pierre Deviche

Join Dr. Pierre Deviche for an insightful presentation on avian hybrids — how cross-species breeding helps scientists understand evolution, speciation,

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The Big Sit
Granite Reef, Tonto National Forest

29th Annual Herb Fibel Big Sit! Fundraiser

MBA friends will gather to count bird species seen from a 17’ diameter circle at Granite Reef Recreation Area. Funds

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Field Trips
Northsight Park, 8400 E Thunderbird Rd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85620

Northsight Park with Brian Ison

Come along for birding at this fantastic city park that provides both good park birding, and lush desert habitat –

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Field Trips
Jewel of the Creek Preserve, Cave Creek, AZ, 85331

Jewel of the Creek Preserve with Kathe Anderson

We’ll start at about 6:15am in Scottsdale, and explore this exquisite migrant trap for about 2+ hours, wrapping up by

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Christmas Bird Counts Event
Multiple designated Christmas Bird Count Circles across Arizona

Annual Arizona Christmas Bird Count

CALLING ALL BIRDERS Including Beginners! Every year the Maricopa Bird Alliance participates in the Christmas Bird Count. Your observations add

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Christmas Bird Counts Event
Multiple designated Christmas Bird Count Circles across Arizona

Annual Arizona Christmas Bird Count

CALLING ALL BIRDERS Including Beginners! Every year the Maricopa Bird Alliance participates in the Christmas Bird Count. Your observations add

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Christmas Bird Counts
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Multiple designated Christmas Bird Count Circles across Arizona

Annual Arizona Christmas Bird Count

Every year between December 14 and January 5 the Maricopa Bird Alliance participates in the Christmas Bird Count to add

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Christmas Bird Counts Event

Annual Arizona Christmas Bird Count

CALLING ALL BIRDERS Including Beginners! Every year the Maricopa Bird Alliance participates in the Christmas Bird Count. Your observations add

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Event Meetings

November 3: Identifying small-scale habitat use and seasonal movements of three grassland sparrow species in Southern Arizona with the use of Motus technology

Grasslands have seen the largest decline in bird populations of any terrestrial biome in the last 50 years. The drivers

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30th Annual Fundraiser Herbert S. Fibel Big Sit!

The national Big Sit is a a semi-competitive fundraiser originated by the New Haven Bird Club in 1992. The main

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Event Meetings

October 6: Odyssey in the South Atlantic: Birds, Whales, and Hantavirus

For four grueling weeks, we surveyed one of the most inaccessible corners of the globe: the isolated islands of the

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Event Meetings

September 1: Flammulated Owls & Disease in Maricopa County

During the fall of 2024 concerned citizens transported 54 Flammulated Owls (Psiloscops flammeolus) to two wildlife rehabilitation centers in Maricopa County.

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Event Meetings

May 5: Wildlife Management at the Gila River Indian Community

Join us for a talk by Alex Greenwood who works as a Wildlife Biologist on the Gila River Indian Community.