Desert Rivers Audubon Society Calendar


2011 - 2012 Season

Oct 11
Nov 8
Dec 13
Jan 10
Feb 14
Mar 13
Apr 10

Join us in May for a special event. Watch for details.

Volunteer opportunities abound at Desert Rivers Audubon.

If you like to get your hands dirty, you'll enjoy our Hummingbird and Burrowing Owl Habitat Projects.

Love technology? We need your help with monthly AV setups, social media, mobile technology and citizen scientist databases.

If you enjoy passing along your love of birds and the outdoors, we'll be training bird walk leaders late November 2011 (announcement here soon).

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Desert Rivers meetings are held every second Tuesday of the month, September through May each year, at the Gilbert Community Center located at Page Park- 132 E. Bruce Ave, Gilbert. Bruce is just north of Elliot Rd, and the park is one block west of Gilbert Rd. We meet in the new community center in the large hall/dining room from 7 to 9PM. Enter straight ahead on Bruce and park to the right near the Community Center. Volunteers to help set up are welcome at 6pm. When doors open at 6:30, you’re invited to enjoy some homemade (volunteer bakers wanted!) refreshments, meet other members and browse our mobile bookshop.

Past presentations have included Sonoran Songbirds' Silly Love Songs: Romance & Monsoons with Pierre Deviche, and Wild at Heart: Help Build Burrowing Owl Homes with Greg Clark. We host an annual meeting in the Spring with Liberty Wildlife at which many raptors are displayed with expert teaching.


The Gilbert Family Walks are held every third Saturday, October through March, at the Gilbert Riparian Preserve on the southeast corner of Guadalupe and Greenfield Roads in Gilbert, east of the library. 30-45 minute walks start at 8AM and run until noon.
More info here

Both Walks are free, and we provide expert guides, loaner binoculars, Bird Bingo for kids and learning opportunities for adults, high school science classes and Scouting groups. Liberty Wildlife is present at all walks with LIVE RAPTORS and teachers to teach you and your family about various Arizona raptors.

The Chandler Family Walks are on first Saturdays, November through April, at the City of Chandler's Veterans Oasis Park at 4050 E. Chandler Heights Rd in Chandler, near the Env. Ed. Center building. (NE Corner of Chandler Heights Rd. and Lindsay Rd.) These walks also run 8AM to noon.
More info here