Chapters’ Corner, November 2026

Bird Alliance of Southwestern New Mexico offers Pinyon Jay Community Science Training 

If you are in the lovely Silver City area on November 13, join students from our newest campus chapter as well as community members for an evening classroom session about Pinyon Jay natural history and about how to report your sightings using your smart phone. It is easy and fun, and data is being used by the Great Basin Bird Observatory and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. No experience necessary but RSVP requested. Learn more here. 

Desert Rivers Audubon Society celebrates 20 years! 

Way back in 2006, Phoenix’s East Valley gained a new Audubon chapter: Desert Rivers. This chapter is known for their commitment to bird education programs, and Plants for Birds activities including an annual “Tour de Bird” during which participants visit wildlife-friendly home gardens in the area and can meet other gardeners for advice and ideas. Desert Rivers celebrated the anniversary by releasing a special edition magazine- style newsletter with a feature story on Pinyon Jay. Read part of the story here. 

Northern Arizona Audubon Society November Events are Still On!  

Despite a serious soaking Halloween week and significant subsequent flooding, Northern Arizona Audubon plans to continue with planned events this month. Check out the schedule here, and remember to RSVP so that trip leaders can contact you in case logistics need to change. Our thoughts go out to those affected by the flooding! 

Tucson Bird Alliance Raises Awareness of “Death Pipes” in Arizona Game and Fish Video 

Silent bird-killers dot the western landscape—“death pipes” are hollow pipes that birds and other animals fall into and then cannot get out. Tucson Bird Alliance and other partners are spearheading an effort to cover these traps either by capping them or filling them with cement. Learn more about this effort, as well as fence removal work, ongoing in the Tucson area. Volunteers are needed!