What To See & Do

Reprinted by permission of the Arizona Office of Tourism Spend time outdoors, then sample the local cuisine and arts scene in this small town south of Tucson. Set your sights on birds. Patagonia sits along a prime avian migratory path […]
AZ Office of Tourism – Presents a profile on Patagonia

Reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society The Violet-crowned Hummingbird is the signature species of Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia. More people have first laid eyes on this species at this location than anywhere else on […]
Recent news from the Paton Center for Hummingbirds

Reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society Winter birding is in a holding pattern at the Paton Center for Hummingbirds, with the same notable birds being seen regularly. A flock of Inca Doves shows up at the brush piles […]
January news from the Paton Center for Hummingbirds

Katherine Cudney – Nature Artist and Portrait Painter When people ask why I paint I tell them I’m just following my bliss. Basically, I simply feel compelled to celebrate the living world by painting about it. Here’s a sampling of […]
Colibri’ Art Studio & Gallery

Wildlife Biologist, Ethnobotanist, Naturalist, Wilderness Survival Instructor, and amateur Astronomer Vincent Pinto has been leading quality Birding, Biodiversity, and Ethnobotany tours in Arizona’s famed Sky Islands region since 1993. For over 30 years Vincent, has led thousands of birders, hikers, […]
Ravens-Way Wild Journeys

The Patagonia Birding & Butterfly Co. is a small, local, bird and butterfly tour company based in Patagonia, Arizona owned and operated by Matt Brown. Matt has taken hundreds of birders, butterfliers, and nature lovers around Santa Cruz and Cochise […]
The Patagonia Birding & Butterfly Co.

Reprinted by permission of Aaron Mrotek, The Nature Conservancy… The Geoffrey Platts Loop Trail is OPEN! On October 15, 2022, local volunteers worked together to clear and re-open the Geoffrey Platts Loop Trail for public use. Volunteers worked to brush […]
Big News: The Geoffrey Platts & Cemetary Trails are open

Written by Sarah Lapidus. Reprinted by permission of the Arizona Republic Borderlands Restoration Network, an environmental conservation and restoration nonprofit in southern Arizona received almost $1 million in federal funding to work alongside numerous agencies for a large-scale three-year project […]
Nonprofit to conserve southern AZ’s landscapes

Reprinted by permission of the Tucson Audubon Society Cooler temperatures have been luring more people to the Paton Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia over the last week or so. While most visitors have been from Arizona, we’ve had folks from […]
News from the Paton Center for Hummingbirds

Reprinted by permission of Borderlands Wildlife Preserve It is official! The Casa Blanca Trailhead for the Arizona Trail (AZT) is open! We are so happy to partner with the Arizona Trail Association and wish you all the best hiking on […]
Now Open – The Casa Blanca Trailhead

written by Sarah Klingenstein PRT editorial team, reprinted by permission of Borderlands Restoration Team Mayor Andrea Wood signed a new conservation easement on May 2 at the Patagonia Town Hall. The town, in cooperation with Borderlands Restoration Network (BRN), will […]