Are you planning a birding trip to Arizona or New Mexico?
Start Your Birding Adventure with Borderland Birds Today!
With so many amazing birds and locations, wildly different seasons, and vast distances....it can be a challenge to plan and carry out your trip. If you're thinking of spending a day, 3-days, or a full week or more in the area, I can optimize your time to help you experience more.
Whether you're a beginning birder or trying to get in to the "700 Club," searching for Sky Island specialities or winter grassland birds, doing a Big Day or Big Year, Borderland Birds will customize and optimize your trip and help accomplish your goals.
Guiding for All Skill Levels
Providing expert guide services for you or your group. Customized trips to meet your needs and give you the best birding experience possible. That's Borderland Birds!
What I Offer...
Private Daily Guiding
I'll develop a custom birding trip itinerary based on your targets, goals, skills and abilities, and provide daily checklists as well as trip reports (for multiple day trips).
Half Day (4-5 hrs)
Generally we'll visit 1-3 sites or do targeted birding for single species or rarities. For example we might explore the Santa Cruz Valley from Green Valley to Tubac and visit hotspots like Desert Meadows Park, Canoa Ranch Conservation Park, the De Anza Trail at Tubac Bridge/Ron Morriss Park, and Santa Gertrudis Lane. Or we might make a trip to search for rarities at a single site like Pena Blanca Lake, Florida Canyon or Ramanote Canyon.
Full Day (8 hrs)
Generally we'll visit 3 or more sites and sample multiple ecotypes/elevations, or focus on a target list of species. For example we might meet in Green Valley, to visit lower desert sites, then work our way up in elevation to include grassland birds, lower canyon birds, and then visit pine-oak sites in Madera Canyon. Or we could spend the day on Mount Lemmon sampling an elevational gradient from desert scrub to mixed conifer for Sky Island specialties.
Please contact me for information about guided night-birding. As of June 2026, I am only offering owling/night-birding as an 'add-on' service to specific bookings of 3+ days. Typically we focus on finding several species at sites within a local area such as Madera Canyon. We could also add night birding to your Custom Multi-Day Tour and search for specific target species.
Custom Multi-Day Tours
These are multi-day tours specifically planned for you. We'll base out of one location and make multiple Half-Day and/or Full-Day trips based on your target list or goals. Or we could base out of several locations in order to include ecotypes and species that are found in limited locations. Or we could visit locations with scenic beauty and species diversity in order to explore the landscape and its' birds...it's really up to you!
A fully-customized itinerary for your multi-day tour. For example a custom 5-7 day trip might include a combination of Half- and Full-Days, Owling, or visiting and staying in different parts of Arizona or New Mexico.
*Rates include 1-2 people, additional people charged at $50/each; additional hours are charged at $50/hr. Price is before taxes, fees, and a $35-$60 travel meet-up fee.
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