Tucson Bird Count

Welcome to the Tucson Bird Count website! Data entry, resources for surveyor and summaries are located under the Results and Data Entry Tab.

Welcome to the Tucson Bird Count!

Where Birds Thrive, People Prosper

The Tucson Bird Count is dedicated to making Tucson a better place for birds and for all of us

The Tucson Bird Count aims to help people make informed decisions regarding the impacts of human actions on wildlife. Urbanization is a movement that is well established and will continue to grow in the future and one way to reconcile that loss of habitat is to endeavor to share our urban space with native birds and wildlife. Through informed decisions we can all help Tucson sustain a diverse bird community which is good for the birds and also enhances the quality of life for Tucson’s human inhabitants.

The Tucson Bird Count is a citizen-science driven effort that has documented how native birds use the habitat within and surrounding Tucson for over a decade. The information gained through this study has allowed informed recommendations on what Tucsonans can do within their yards, neighborhoods and communities to make Tucson a better place for birds. As Tucsonans make changes and efforts to share their city space with native birds, the count effort itself will document how birds respond to all of our efforts to provide habitat for native birds right within our own habitat.

Whether you are helping with the volunteer annual bird counting efforts or enhancing your urban habitat for the benefit of native birds, you are helping make Tucson a better place for birds and for all of us. Thank you.

2020 Tucson Bird Count

Available Routes

These are the routes that are currently available and in need of a counter. Each route is a series of multiple points and each route is a different color. Please email Jennie at jmacfarland@tucsonaudubon.org to claim a route. I am doing my best to keep this map current and routes are first come, first served.

List of Routes Available in 2020

RouteID	Name and Description
156	North East – Houghton from Tanque Verde Rd to Snyder Rd
171	South West – Ajo and Kinney
941	Sabino Canyon – Main Road
943	Sabino Canyon – Bear Canyon
111	North West – Oracle from River to Magee
120	North West – West of Silverbell at Orange Grove, includes some desert locations
153	Central East – Kolb from 22nd to Tanque Verde
133	South West – I-19 conection with I-10 north to Congress
140	Central South – Campbell from Valencia to Benson Hwy
141	Central South – west of Alvernon from Valenica to Silverlake
142	Central South – west of Alvernon from Valencia to 36th St.
155	Central East – Golflinks from Wilmot to Houghton
170	North West – Oracle and Ina
174	North West – Naranja and 1st Ave
175	North West – Cortaro Farms Rd west of I-10
176	North West – Cortaro and Silverbell
179	Marana – Silverbell and Twin Peaks
185	South West – Ajo east of Kinney Rd.
501	Craycroft/Rillito Neighborhood
502	Kennedy Park – Park Route – 4 times a year
538	Barrio Kroeger Lane Neighborhood – Park Route – 4 times a year
544	Big Wash/OVMP – Park Route – 4 times a year
548	Avra Valley WWTP – Park Route – 4 times a year