Are you mammal obsessed? This is the tour for you!  Our Private Mammal Tour is a great option to meet some of our furry friends, watch feeding demonstrations, and learn more about the mammal residents at PHS! Your VIP-Inspired Experience Includes: Capybara interaction for the group. Meet, pet, and feed our adorable capybara "Spud"! Opossum interaction...

Join us for a frightfully fun week of spooky activities! In this special Storytime we'll be reading I'm NOT Scary by Raahat Kaduji and creating our own spooky (and not so spooky) bat friends. It's going to be BAT-tastic!

Join a Pima County Conservation Lands and Resources naturalist online via Zoom for a monthly look at amphibians and reptiles. There are many frogs around the world that are known as tree frogs. This month we explore North America’s tree frogs, members of the Hylidae. They can be very colorful, and some don’t spend much...

Are you new to birding? Need help getting started? Birding is a great way to get outside to explore nature, learn more about wildlife and wildlife behavior, hone your observation skills, reduce stress, and connect with others. Join a Pima County naturalist for a casual birding experience to familiarize yourself with birding basics. Loaner binoculars...

Are you mammal obsessed? This is the tour for you!  Our Private Mammal Tour is a great option to meet some of our furry friends, watch feeding demonstrations, and learn more about the mammal residents at PHS! Your VIP-Inspired Experience Includes: Capybara interaction for the group. Meet, pet, and feed our adorable capybara "Spud"! Opossum interaction...

Please join us as we gaze at the ponds and wander the park in search of local birds and recently returned winter migrants. Please wear sturdy shoes, bring your curiosity, binoculars or other optics, and water bottle. Ft. Lowell Park is a wonderful and easy place to bird and we always have a lot of...

This month's book is "Weird Sea Creatures" by Laura Marsh Read the book at home and then join us for fun activities, discussion and so much more!

Trip difficulty: Easy; Walking distance: ~1 mile, Trip Duration: 2.5 hrs, Elevation gain: none, but with chance of slight inclines/declines; Ground condition: groomed gravel trails. Drinking water and restrooms available at park’s entrance. Benches available at periodic intervals around the Wetlands. This popular birding hotspot in urban Tucson offers an easy walk through marshes created...

October through April we are open to the public from 10am until 1pm. Our admission is $10 per adult (18+) and $5 per student (under 18). Children 4 and under are free. We will have daily programs and presentations that will be advertised in the lobby upon your arrival for a different experience each visit.

Let's walk the lovely Scenic trail and have a look at the local ecosystem. We'll examine and identify plants and animals we see (or try to, at least) and talk about how they interact to make our desert unique.   This roughly 4-mile medium difficultly hike will take us down the aptly named Scenic trail which...

A guided tour includes a Liberty Wildlife guide to walk you around the public areas of our facility. You will learn more about our organization’s history, our non-Eagle Feather Repository, information about our hospital as well as some of the Education Ambassadors in our program. Each Wed, Sat and Sun from October through April we will have...

Are you mammal obsessed? This is the tour for you!  Our Private Mammal Tour is a great option to meet some of our furry friends, watch feeding demonstrations, and learn more about the mammal residents at PHS! Your VIP-Inspired Experience Includes: Capybara interaction for the group. Meet, pet, and feed our adorable capybara "Spud"! Opossum interaction...

Join Ranger Kevin for a spooky season stroll through the grounds of the preserve.  Enjoy a roughly 1.5-mile walk on the Palm Lake, Mesquite Meander and Lions trails. We’ll make our way through a portion of the preserve in search of a wide range of spooky season critters, including snakes, scorpions, spiders, bats, bugs and...

When you think about Halloween, it’s normal to think of spooky and scary symbols like spiders, spider webs, and bats. But if you learn a little more about these creatures in the Sonoran Desert, you may discover that there is not much to be afraid of! So, join us while we turn Halloween on its...

Join Ranger Kevin for a leisurely morning paddle up Castle Creek.   Looking to get out on the water, but don’t want to do it alone? Just want to spend some quality paddle time on the lake? We’ve got just the thing! Sign up for this morning kayak excursion on Lake Pleasant. We’ll begin at Castle...

Are you mammal obsessed? This is the tour for you!  Our Private Mammal Tour is a great option to meet some of our furry friends, watch feeding demonstrations, and learn more about the mammal residents at PHS! Your VIP-Inspired Experience Includes: Capybara interaction for the group. Meet, pet, and feed our adorable capybara "Spud"! Opossum interaction...

Join a Pima County Conservation Lands and Resources naturalist online via Zoom to explore the amazing world of mammals. Tis the season of monsters and ghouls. It is a good time to talk about vampires, bats with amazing adaptations for their bloody lifestyle and more spooky tales than they deserve.

From flying over the Mississippi River in tiny planes to counting birds on a Florida nude beach, Sharon has turned some unusual “offices” into a career. In this lively presentation, she shares hilarious and heartfelt stories about nemesis birds, chauffeuring drunk waxwings, and life in the Alaskan wilderness. Equal parts comedy and natural history, Today’s Office is...

The Devil’s Playground: Exploring a Crazy Landscape October 31, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm MST Instructor: Christa Sadler Petrified Forest National Park is one of the most interesting landscapes in the world. Geologically, the deposits of petrified wood and colored rocks tell an incredible story of this region more than 200 million years ago. Ancient peoples have called this...

Learn about the incredible plants and animals of our Sonoran Desert during this hike with Ranger Nikki.   Ranger Nikki will point out a variety of plants, cacti, birds, lizards and more as you learn how these organisms adapt and survive in our extreme desert climate. We will also visit some of the tallest saguaros in...

Are you mammal obsessed? This is the tour for you!  Our Private Mammal Tour is a great option to meet some of our furry friends, watch feeding demonstrations, and learn more about the mammal residents at PHS! Your VIP-Inspired Experience Includes: Capybara interaction for the group. Meet, pet, and feed our adorable capybara "Spud"! Opossum interaction...

Learn the secrets of the “rainforests of the sea” as you embark on an oceanic safari of the world’s most vibrant— and endangered—marine ecosystems. Narrated by Tony Award® winner Lea Salonga, the all-digital Expedition Reef immerses you in the undersea adventure. Audience: General, all ages Style: Fulldome film + live Earth science talk    ...

A Heritage Park Zoo Tradition! Boo at the Zoo is a fun family event held every October 31st. This year, gates will open for Boo at 5:00 pm for families with children 6 and under and at 6pm for all ages. Last admission will be at 8:30 pm. Come in costume and trick-or-treat at different...

Join Ranger Kevin for a one-of-a-kind Halloween hike.   Why not take a break from scrounging the neighborhood for free candy and join us? This program is designed for kids and families of all ages. We’ll burn off some pre-candy calories on a one-mile walk on the Merkle trail. Participants are encouraged to come in costume...

Feeling spoooooky? Come with Ranger Shaun for a Halloween unlike any other! We'll head into the desert in the dark to search for critter!   Depending on the temperature we could still find scorpions, spiders, snakes, bats, who knows? If we can't find any critters, well, maybe we'll talk about all the people who once lived...

Join Ranger Kevin for a night stroll through the desert on Halloween.  Celebrate the culmination of spooky season with a roughly 2-mile walk on the Blevins and Noso trails. We’ll make our way through a darkened desert, seeking out the spooky season critters our park is known for: snakes, scorpions, spiders, bats, bugs and more....

Look for and learn about birds of this desert oasis with seasoned birder, bird bander, and preserve docent Anne Leight on this guided, easy walk. Please bring your own binoculars if you have them, but some are available to borrow from the front desk of the Visitor Center. Please wear closed-toed, sturdy footwear and sun...

Walking through the desert gives you half the story. There is a hidden world of nocturnal critters. If you look carefully, you can see the evidence of their middens, burrows, and holes. What else is concealed around you? Let us unlock those mysteries on the Camino Campana Trail and reveal the hidden desert. Restrooms are...

In this one day workshop learn to assess Pet's Vitals, Bleeding & Shock Management, Choking Management, Heat Emergencies, Pets & Disaster Safety Checklist, Bites & Stings, Restraining & Muzzling, Primary Assessment (know what actions to take in the first 15-25 seconds) , Rescue Breathing & CPR. No pets allowed.

You may ask questions like, "What is that large black bug with the orange wings?" or "I saw this pretty little bird the other day, I wonder what it is...?" If you are new to the Valley and know little about the Sonoran Desert and its natural inhabitants, this program might be for you! Join Maricopa...

How do we take care of rescued reptiles with medical needs? How would you take care of a tailless alligator? A three-legged lizard? Learn how our team provides special care for these animals and how these medical needs can be helped and prevented in the future. Get up close and personal with a variety of...

Make your plans to join us for the 2025 Wishes for Wildlife event, featuring "Mammals in the Moonlight!" This year’s Wishes for Wildlife event and auction is entitled “Mammals in the Moonlight” in honor of our new educational exhibit of non releasable mammals. Best known for the hundreds of bird species that we treat each...

In the Land of Color: An Exploration of Petrified Forest’s Wilderness Loop Through the Black Forest November 2, 2025 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm MST Instructor: Christa Sadler Petrified Forest National Park is known as one of the best records of Late Triassic paleontology and geology in the world; important new finds are being made regularly here. But the thing...

Join our bird experts on this 2-hour walk for a good chance to see some of our year-round bird residents such as: cactus wren, Gila woodpecker, ladder-backed woodpecker, Harris’s hawk, verdin or Say’s phoebe – as well as some seasonal arrivals. Restrooms available at the trailhead, but no water. Bring water and snacks for the...

Do you think you have an eye for photography? Do you wish you could get special access to the grounds and animals for photos? If so, this Photography Tour is just the thing for you! In the morning, an hour before the park opens, Bring your best camera and get some amazing behind-the-scenes photos of...

October through April we are open to the public from 10am until 1pm. Our admission is $10 per adult (18+) and $5 per student (under 18). Children 4 and under are free. We will have daily programs and presentations that will be advertised in the lobby upon your arrival for a different experience each visit.

Sign up for a Guided Tour before our flight and eagle show: https://libertywildlife.org/about-us/plan-your-visit/ Space for 15 people Cost $15 per person paid onsite via cash, check or card