Bird/Nature Photography: The Paton Center for Hummingbirds--Wednesday 12/10/2025

Bird/Nature Photography: The Paton Center for Hummingbirds--Wednesday 12/10/2025

Free but you must register to attend

NOTE -- IMPORTANT CHANGES:

Be sure to have your GVR card with you for each and every field trip. Without it, you won't be allowed to go on the trip. No refunds will be granted for failure to comply with this requirement.  To protect GVR and club member benefits, GVR has implemented a new process that requires each field trip participant to come into the club and scan his/her GVR card to confirm eligibility. We no longer have the option of typing in your name or GVR number – only the physical GVR card will do.

We will no longer meet in the parking lot. We will meet in the GVR Photography Club where you will scan your GVR card confirming your eligibility to go on the trip. We’ll also review important/late-breaking information, pair up drivers and riders, provide driving directions, and give participants a chance to visit the restrooms prior to departure. Again, be sure to have your GVR card with you.

NOTE: This trip is designed especially for those members who have mobility issues. There is a covered sitting area which is easily accessed through a beautiful butterfly garden. You can simply sit and enjoy/photograph the birds.

Located on the edge of Patagonia, the Tucson Audubon's Paton Center for Hummingbirds is a place to explore and experience the special birds of southeast Arizona. It is dedicated to the celebration and conservation of hummingbirds—and all of southeast Arizona’s astounding biodiversity—through recreation, education, and sustainable living. 213 bird species have been reported for this cozy home lot on the outskirts of Patagonia, including Violet-crowned Hummingbirds, Gray Hawks, Varied Buntings, Thick-billed Kingbirds, and many more local specialties.

If you have binoculars, you may want to bring them along. A small notebook and pen or pencil would be useful to record your sightings. 

Lunch details will be provided via email when we get closer to the event.

For those carpooling, $15.00 is an appropriate contribution to the driver for gas. 

Meet at the Photography Club at 7:30 AM for carpooling, departure at 8:00. 

Please contact Denise at (309) 830-0177 or email her at rurt2dede@gmail.com if you have any questions.

GVR requires that every person participating in Photography Club Field Trips must sign a one-time waiver prior to departure absolving GVR of any liability.  You may sign the waiver the morning of the trip, if you have not already done so.

If you need to canceI, please contact Field Trip Co-Chair Lynn Rozema at (719) 351-5193 or lrozema51@gmail.com. On the day of departure call Denise.

NOTICE:  

All participants need to be responsible for an assessment of their mobility and health issues relating to field trips. Some trips may not be appropriate, but you must make that determination. However, the trip leader may deny participation in a specific field trip to anyone deemed not suitably prepared or able to walk with the group.

The club strives to provide several field trips specifically designed for members with physical limitations. 

In order to participate in this event, you must be a member of the GVR Photography Club and GVR.