May 31st – Arrive to Tucson, AZ.  If you fly in, we will arrange your transfer to Green Valley, AZ.  We will have an initial dinner and then head out for our first bat photography session.  Hotel: Best Western, Green Valley.

June 1st and 2nd – Morning and afternoon bird photography sessions in the desert blinds at Amado, AZ.  Target species here include Gambel’s Quail, Roadrunner, Phainopepla, Orioles, Pyrrhuloxia and many others.  We will also visit other bird photography blinds in the mountains nearby which attract other species such as Acorn Woodpecker, Scott’s Oriole, Varied and Lazuli Buntings, Painted Redstart and more.  We will also have one session with captive reptiles including Gila Monster. We will have one more evening bat photography session during which we also have a good chance to photograph Screech Owls with multi-flash.  Best Western Green Valley.

June 3rd – Morning bird photography at Amado, AZ, then we will transfer to the Sierra Vista, Arizona area.  We will have our first multi-flash hummingbird sessions here.  The most common species are Anna’s, Broad-billed and Black-chinned, but there are usually some male Rivoli’s, Lucifer and Rufous Hummingbirds around.  A nice hotel in Sierra Vista. 

June 4th – This morning, we will spend in the blinds at Ash Canyon.  In the morning a wide variety of birds use the water and feeders at this setup including Hooded, Scott’s and Bullock’s Orioles, Mexican Jays and many others.  There are numerous hummingbird feeders on the Ash Canyon grounds.  In the afternoon we will visit another local feeding station which attracts other species and then photograph the resident Elf Owls.  A nice hotel in Sierra Vista.

June 5th – We will have another morning session in the very productive Ash Canyon blinds.  Occasionally the amazing Montezuma Quail shows up here.  In the afternoon we will visit Ramsey Canyon where they have hummingbird feeders and it’s a good spot to find Blue-throated Mountain Gem, Elegant Trogon and Painted Redstart.  A nice hotel in Sierra Vista.    

June 6^th – We will visit another local feeding station which is good for Cactus Wren, Curve-billed Thrasher, Pyrrhuloxia and other species.  In the afternoon we will have more multi-flash sessions in Ash Canyon.  Those who aren’t using the multi-flash at any given time can either photograph in the blinds or do natural light hummingbird photography.  Ash Canyon usually gets some rare hummingbirds each summer, possibilities include Violet-crowned and Beryline among others.  A nice hotel in Sierra Vista 

June 7th – Morning bird photography at Ash Canyon in the blinds and hummingbird photography, then we will return to Tucson and drop people off for their afternoon flights home.