Birdability outing to Sweetwater Wetlands with Birdability’s Virginia Rose and Freya McGregor, and Tucson Audubon accessible outing leader Marcia OBara
Date: Friday August 13th, 8:00am – 10:30am.
Difficulty: 1. For detailed accessibility information on this location, please visit the Sweetwater Wetlands Birdability Site Review on the Birdability Map.
Distance: The concrete loop is 0.35 miles. The optional hard packed dirt trail is a loop approximately 1 mile total.
Bathrooms: Bathrooms are available and are wheelchair accessible. No soap is provided, so bring hand sanitizer.
Type of bird outing: This trip is designed to be intentionally inclusive and accessible for beginner and advanced birders who experience accessibility challenges as a result of a disability or other health concern. The three outing leaders experience their own accessibility challenges, including one who uses a manual wheelchair, and the location’s accessibility features have been documented in detail to help you decide if you’d like to attend.
Description: Join us for a leisurely birding experience at Sweetwater Wetlands. We will meet at the parking area, and bird from the shaded viewing area. Benches and scopes will be available there, with one set up at the height of a seated person and one at the height of a standing person. We will continue along the flat, wide, concrete loop trail for 0.35 miles. There will be the option of continuing on the hard packed dirt trail (a 1 mile loop), or the group splitting and some of us staying on the paved trail and some continuing on.
Target birds: Harris’s Hawk, Sora, Least Bittern, Vermillion Flycatcher, Tropical and Western Kingbirds, Neotropic Cormorant.
Number of attendees: Limited to 15 participants, with up to five additional attendants if you need to bring someone to help you participate.
Additional information: 12 pairs of loaner binoculars will be available, and scopes to use at the observation area. Outing is free with festival registration. Please feel free to email info@birdability.org with any additional questions you may have about this event. To learn more about Birdability, please visit birdability.org
To learn more about the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival, including the other fieldtrips and workshops offered, and to register, visit the Southeast Arizona Birding Festival webpage.