AZFO Field Expedition Reports
AZFO Field Expeditions are birding field trips with a purpose, designed to contribute to the understanding of the seasonal status of birds around our state. What we learn can contribute to the management of lesser known areas and species, benefiting birds and habitat across Arizona.
Read on to explore the record of past expeditions and, where they are available, read reports from the field.
2024
May 2024: Mountain Plovers
April 2024: Avra Valley
January 2024: Lake Havasu Boat Trip
2023
July 2023: Green Kingfisher Survey on the Santa Cruz River
2019
November 2019: Alamo Lake and the Santa Maria River
June 2019: Southern Bradshaw Mountains
April 2019: Southern Patagonia Mountains
2018
May 2018: San Carlos River and Lake
2017
December 2017: Chuska Mountains
July 2017: Mazatzal Mountains
June 2017: Agua Fria River/Dewey-Humboldt
April 2017: Big Lue Mountains and the Gila River
February 2017: Virgin Mountains and River
2016
November 2016: Agua Fria Grasslands
May 2016: Superstition Mountains
January 2016: Agua Fria Grasslands
2015
May 2015: Galiuro Mountains
April 2015: Black Canyon City
March 2015: Organ Pipe National Monument
February 2015: Muleshoe Ranch Preserve
2014
November 2014: Lake Mead Aquatic Bird Survey
August 2014: Mogollon Rim/Blue Ridge Snowmelt Drainages
June 2014: Kaibab Plateau-North Rim of Grand Canyon
May 2014: Big Lue Mountains and the Gila River
April 2014: Second Crested Caracara Survey on the Santa Cruz Flats
2013
November 2013: San Carlos River and Lake
March 2013: Crested Caracara Survey on the Santa Cruz Flats
2012
May 2012: Upper Eagle Creek, Greenlee County
2011
December 2011: Gray Vireo Surveys
2010
June 2010: Chuska Mountains
2009
April 2009: Lower Colorado and Bill Williams Rivers
February 2009: Graham and Greenlee Counties
2008
November 2008: Northeastern Arizona/White Mountains Reservoirs
September 2008: Gila Box
July 2008: Sierra Ancha Mountains
May/July 2008: Virgin River and Beaver Dam Wash
April 2008: Mogollon Rim Drainages
February 2008: Vekol Valley Wash and Grassland
2007
November 2007: Lower Colorado River Valley (south of I-10)
September 2007: Mohave County Vagrant Traps
July 2007: Peloncillo Mountains, Cottonwood Creek, Skelton, and Guadalupe
April 2007: Graham and Greenlee Counties
February 2007: Graham and Greenlee Counties
2006
November 2006: Lower Colorado River Valley
July 2006: White Mountains
Support AZFO's Field Expeditions and Workshops!
AZFO is committed to enhancing bird identification skills and overall knowledge of distributions of Arizona's birds through Field Expeditions and Workshops. To support these activities we have created a new “Field Expedition and Workshop" Fund to help cover related costs, including trip leader compensation and expense reimbursements, insurances, communications, supplies and equipment, and all other expenditures that the board deems necessary to maintain and improve these programs. Your contribution would be greatly appreciated and would directly support our field expeditions and workshops. To donate, click below and type "Field Expeditions" into the notes section of the donation form.
(AZFO Field Expedition. Photo: Jennie Macfarland)