Join us July 31st through August 3rd 2013!
If you are ready to register please do so at our Registration Site!
2013 Festival Highlights
Welcome Reception Jessica Lamberton-Moreno
Thursday, August 1st at 6:00 pm $25 - On Thursday night Our Welcome Address Dinner will feature Jessica Lamberton-Moreno, Wildlife Linkages Program Coordinator for the Sky Island Alliance. Jessica will speak on Where Black Bears and Jaguars Meet: Sky Island Carnivores - read more
Keynote Speaker Scott Weidensaul
Saturday, August 3rd at 6:30 pm - $35 - On Saturday night our Keynote Address Dinner will feature Scott Weidensaul.
Scott's topic will be Of a Feather: A (Brief) History of American Birding
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TIcket and Registration Info
Tickets for the Field Trips and Dinners can be purchased online or at the event registration desk.
There is no online registration fee for purchases at the event.
Dinner Tickets may be purchased in advance in Sierra Vista at We Frame It on Fry Boulevard.
Cochise College - New Sponsor for 2013
Southwest Wings is Arizona's Longest Running Nature Festival, 22 years. We are ranked as one of best Birding Festival in the United States.
Southwest Wings is an celebration of the diversity of birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects, in their unique environment; the sky islands in southern Arizona. Join us July 31st through August 3rd for this year's event. We have added 12 new trips for this year's Festival, including an evening pontoon trip on Patagonia Lake and visits to the Audubon Research Ranch near Sonoita, the Chiricahua National Monument and the Sonita and San Rafael State Natural Areas.
Southwest Wings Festival is headquartered on the Cochise College Campus in Sierra Vista, in Southeast Arizona. Some of the highlights of the Birding and Nature Festival will be Hummingbirds, Trogons, Warblers, Sparrows, Mexican Birds Butterflies, Dragonflies, Bats, Bugs, Snakes, and Owls. It takes place in the spectacular high desert environment of Cochise County, home to the Huachuca and Chiricahua and Mountains and the San Pedro River.
