Hawk Watch
March 1st -31st
Expert birders will be available every day to show and share their birding skills and tell you more about the many other birds that migrate through Santa Cruz County.
Join a bird walk or bring your favorite camp chair and sit, watch and listen as Hawk Watch veterans identify the Common Blackhawks (and other bird species) as they journey up the Santa Cruz Valley.
Special Hawkfest Celebration
Saturday, March 16th from 8 am to 2 pm
- 8 am Kids Zone opens with birding and nature activities including how to use binoculars, learning amazing hawk facts, bird ID’s, and other fun things with the Nature Center Education staff members.
- 11 am Peter Collins share his history with the Hawk Watch.
- 1 pm Tubac Community Center talk by Scott Weidensaul
- 2 pm hands on hawk watching with Scott and the International HawkWatch team
Optics, Birdwalks & More
March 17th – 20th
Is it time for you to see, feel and try out the latest in birding optics? You’ll be astounded by the latest technology in binoculars, scopes and more. Be sure to visit the optics dealers at the park March 17 – 20. SWAROVSKI, ZEISS, LEICA, VORTEX, KOWA. They can guide you through the process of choosing the right tools to enhance your birding skills. TUCSON AUDUBON will also be on hand with t-shirts, hats, books and more!
Scott Weidensaul
Scott Weidensaul is the author of nearly 30 books on natural history, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist "Living on the Wind" and his latest, the New York Times bestseller "A World on the Wing." Weidensaul is a contributing editor for Audubon and writes for a variety of other publications, including BWD and Living Bird. He is a Fellow of the American Ornithological Society and an active field researcher, studying saw-whet owl migration for more than 25 years, as well as winter hummingbirds in the East, bird migration in Alaska, and the winter movements of snowy owls through Project SNOWstorm, which he co-founded.