Our mission is to promote conservation of the birds of southeastern Arizona, their habitats, and the diversity of species which share those habitats through research, monitoring and public education. The most prominent of these efforts is a long-term study of hummingbird migration on the San Pedro River in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management and the Friends of the San Pedro River. Banding and recapture of both summer resident and migrant hummingbirds will help scientists assess the importance of this increasingly rare habitat to up to ten species of hummingbirds. SABO also monitors breeding populations of songbirds in cooperation with the National Park Service and wintering raptors of the Sulphur Springs Valley in an independent study.
Conservation begins with understanding and appreciation.
SABO's educational programs include walks, workshops and tours at a variety of outstanding natural areas throughout Cochise County, the heart of southeastern Arizona's birding paradise. Community workshops, school programs and publications help to build a local constituency for conservation of Arizona's wildlife and habitats. SABO also actively promotes ecotourism as a component of sustainable rural economies, acting as consultant to both the public and private sector and cultivating birder-friendly businesses . How You Can Help Your tax-deductible membership or donation helps make all this possible. Benefits of membership include a quarterly newsletter, discounts on activities such as walks and workshops, and most of all the satisfaction of contributing to the future of southeastern Arizona's imperiled wildlife and wild lands.