Desert Rivers Audubon Blog

December 23, 2025: Birds and Brew and Acorn Woodpeckers

Our bird walk at Gilbert Riparian Preserve begins at 7 am followed by an optional coffee break at Empower Coffee Roasters. We meet at the...

November 11, 2025 The Peregrine Fund’s Condor Recovery Program, Tim Hauck Program Director

Tim Hauck, program director for The Peregrine Fund’s Condor Recovery Program in northern Arizona and southern Utah, will update us on the state of California...

Do You Hear What I Hear?

By Jerry Lang Every animal has its own unique communicative abilities to interact with others of its species and with the environment. Sound in the...

October 14 Speaker Meeting: Cutting Edge Migration Research Comes to Riparian Preserve

Atop a pole in the center of Gilbert Riparian Preserve is an array of antennae that transmits data about migrating birds, bats and insects to...

September Begins Our Hybrid Speaker Meetings: Choose In Person or Zoom

September marks the resumption of our hybrid Month Speaker programs (speaker TBA). You can attend in person at the Southeast Library, 775 N. Greenfield Rd.,...

September 23: Birds & Brew Coffee Break Meets at New Coffee Shop

Birds & Brew Coffee Break is a monthly event that combines a bird walk, a social event and an informal presentation. On September 23 our...

Beep beep! Meet the Iconic Roadrunner

Wildlife photographer Jim Burns is our speaker as the hybrid Month Speaker Program resumes on September 9. You can attend in person at the Southeast...

August 12: Learn About Audubon’s Research Ranch in Southern Arizona

Join Ranch Director Steven Prager to learn more about the history, mission, and work of Elgin, Arizona’s 8,000-acre Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch of the National Audubon...

October 20: Higley Ponds Bird Walk

The next of our monthly Higley Ponds Bird Walk will be on October 20. Meet your leader at 7am at the entrance to the ponds,...

Serving Metro-Phoenix and the East Valley

Serving Metro-Phoenix and the East Valley

December 23, 2025: Birds and Brew and Acorn Woodpeckers

November 11, 2025 The Peregrine Fund’s Condor Recovery Program, Tim Hauck Program Director

Do You Hear What I Hear?

October 14 Speaker Meeting: Cutting Edge Migration Research Comes to Riparian Preserve

September Begins Our Hybrid Speaker Meetings: Choose In Person or Zoom

September 23: Birds & Brew Coffee Break Meets at New Coffee Shop

Beep beep! Meet the Iconic Roadrunner

August 12: Learn About Audubon’s Research Ranch in Southern Arizona

October 20: Higley Ponds Bird Walk

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