For Birders coming to Southeastern Arizona, I (Tom Beatty Sr.) recommend:

1. For those interested in HUMMINGBIRDS Click Here

2. For DIRECTIONS and MILEAGE to Beatty's from any location Click Here

3. For NON US CITIZENS that would like to bird on FORT HUACHUCA, The Sierra Vista Convention
   & Visitors Bureau (SVCVB) is working with Fort Huachuca to have certified people with you during
   your visit.
   
   What this means is that you will need to contact SVCVB's Erika K. Breckel several weeks in advance
   to coordinate your visit.
   Email: Erika K. Breckel
   Phone: 800-288-3861 or 520-417-6960
   Fax: 520-417-4890
   or visit SVCVB at
   1011 N. Coronado Drive
   Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

   If NON US CITIZENS are trying to get on Fort Huachuca just for the Spotted Owl and/or Elegant Trogon
   there is now NO NEED since the Spotted Owl is now more easily seen here in Miller Canyon and the
   Trogon can be seen elsewhere in SEAZ.

   SABO's Video of Miller Canyon MEXICAN SPOTTED OWLS preening

4. JOIN the BIRDWG05 AZ/NM List Server several weeks before your trip, OR READ THE POSTS
   (without the bother of subscribing and receiving the emails and then forgetting how to unsubscribe)
   at http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/AZNM.html or in the public archives of the BIRDWG05
   listserv at http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdwg05.html.
   
   The list has around 1100 members and the emails from the list contain the latest AZ/NM bird sightings etc..
   
   You can also use the above JOIN link to LEAVE the BIRDWG05 List Server.
   
   One can also use the Tucson Audubon Society SEAZ Bird hotline to listen to the RBA by dialing
   (520) 629-0510 ext 3 and then press 1 or Visit the Tucson Audubon Society for Rare Bird Alerts
   and daily birding tours etc.
   
   To report a rare bird, dial (520) 629-0510 ext 3 and then press 2 or EMAIL reports to
   rarebirdalert@tucsonaudubon.org

5. Join the FREE BIRDAZ text message system for field reporting/reports of uncommon birds or
   ornithological phenomenon in SE Arizona.

6. Read the newest edition of one of the following:
   
   1. The ABA Lane Birdfinding Guide "A Birder's Guide to Southeastern Arizona" by
   Richard Cachor Taylor, 2005
   
   2. "Finding Birds in Southeast Arizona" published by & available from the Tucson Audubon Society.
   For changes in access to sites described in this guide Visit Tucson Audubon Birding Updates
   
   For a close look at these two birding guides go to http://www.azfo.org/birding/review_2006.htm
   or click on Stuart Healy's review to these GUIDES and other birding guide/checklist info.
   
   Note: The ABA guide contains more info about SEAZ Birding, while the TAS guide contains more
   info on Southern Arizona/Tucson locations.

7. VISIT Stuart Healy's website for all kinds of SEAZ birding info.
   
   Note: STUART'S SITE is more than about birding SEAZ, it is a comprehensive travel guide for SEAZ.
   For example, check out his information on RESTAURANTS/BUSINESSES for the SIERRA VISTA area.

8. VISIT Sierra Nevada Avian Center's ARIZONA PAGE for a Great SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA tour.

9. Part of an email from Malkolm Boothroyd: "I'm an avid 15 year old birder. In June (2007) my parents
   and I will cycle from our home in Whitehorse, Yukon for a fossil-fuel-free "big year." It will not just be
   a birding adventure; it will be a conservation project. We will cycle through BC, down the coast until
   southern California, then east to Florida and finally back to Texas." See how he DID IN SEAZ etc.

10. Mary Scott's "Birding America Arizona Section". This website gives good info on about 20
    of Southeastern Arizona's birding hotspots.
    
    She was the person who first saw the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Arkansas ~ in 2003. The report
    from the kayaker that led to the first verified sighting also came to her first ~ after analyzing it,
    as she had done for hundreds and hundreds of "reports"; over the last 6 years, forwarded it to
    friends at Cornell. She now lives in Arivaca, AZ.
    
    Her story is online at http://www.birdingamerica.com/ivorybilledwoodpecker.htm

11. Birders trying for Black-capped Gnatcatchers, Rufous-backed Robin, and Elegant Trogon.
    Visit Rich Hoyer's Patagonia Lake State Park Map where he has added x's to mark roughly
    the places where they have been reported.
    
    Also Visit Rich Hoyer's MONTOSA CANYON Black-capped Gnatcatcher Area where he
    has added x's to mark roughly the places where they have been reported.

12. For those hard to get any info on areas? Read the guide on the AZFO web site.
    Go to http://www.azfo.org and click on "Birding".

13. Mark Stevenson has written a marvelous birding guide for the Lower Colorado River Valley from
    Parker to Bullhead City. http://azfo.org/birding/BirdingTheLCRV.html

14. Copy of an email from Rick Wright: "This is to announce the 'publication' of my new B-log, an online
    journal about birds, birders, and birding in southeast Arizona--and wherever else I may wander. The
    entries will be short, simple, and without pretension to literary or scientific merit; but I hope that you
    will look at it once in a while, and perhaps pass it on to anyone contemplating a visit to Arizona."
    The address is http://www.birdaz.com/blog.
    
    Best wishes, Rick Wright

15. The newly expanded "Sightings" column of ABA's "Winging It" newsletter is the most
    comprehensive and timely summary of BIRD rarity news in North America. Written by Rick Wright,
    with expert consultants Jon Dunn and Paul Lehman.

16. For Southwest Arizona-mostly Yuma County. Click Henry Detwiler's website: Birding Yuma Area

17. Alan Davies/Ruth Miller embarked from Tucson (01 Jan 2008) on their THE BIGGEST TWITCH.
    A quest to see 5000 species in 2008. The above link contains their daily blog, photos, schedule, trip
    highlights and more as they scour the globe.

18. Visit David Allen Sibley for his latest Bird Notes, Conservation info etc.

19. The NEW HEREFORD ROAD BRIDGE is open and again becoming a birding Hotspot.
    
    SR 92 is being widen to 4 lanes from Carr Canyon past Hunter Canyon and should be done by June 2010.
    A Traffic Light at Hereford Road will be installed. Two retention ponds on the eastside of SR 92 are being
    built.  A small one Southof Miller Creek for its' flow and a larger one North of Miller Creek for Clark's
    Spring Creek flow. Time will tell if these 2 ponds become birding spots. However the area was cleared
    of trees. Might be a good project for some group to make into a wildlife area?
    
    This highway project will mean a more safe Carr-Miller part of SR 92.

20. For Great Bird/Nature photography: With Set up tables and below ground blinds overlooking a Pond etc.
    try Bill Forbes's Professional Photographer setup near Madera Canyon.
    
    His Photographic Trigger System was used at our Cabin A by BOB CLARK to take the following
    of two BLACK-CHINNED females.

21. If having trouble finding a name on a Map etc., try USGS Geographic Names Information System

22. Check out the Slaughter Ranch which is 15 miles east of Douglas for an off the path birding experience
    and while there also visit the adjacent San Bernardino N.W.R.

23. Check out what the Birdwatching Lady says about Arizona in her Great Birding Locations Section.
    Note: If new to Birdwatching this is a great website for info!

24. Check out the "Rail to Trails" link to the NEW Patagonia Train Track Trail " that loops thru the town of
    Patagonia, TNC and the Native Seeds farm.