Guided Hikes with Dr. Eric Kaldahl

Come and take a Guided Hike with Amerind’s CEO Dr. Eric Kaldahl.
Hikes are FREE to all Amerind Members.

Guided hikes for non-members are $22 per adult; $20 seniors (62+) and youth (10-17). This fee includes admission to the Amerind Museum & Art Galley on the day of your hike.

Guided hikes are limited to 20 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can sign up by calling the Amerind Museum Store at (520)586-3666.

Each program will involve 1-2 miles of hiking and last 2 hours. Participants should dress appropriately for the weather and hiking. Don’t forget your water and sun protection (even in winter months). As with all Amerind’s outdoor activities, participants will need to complete a recreational liability waiver just before the hike. All the Texas Canyon Nature Preserve hiking rules apply.

Geology Hikes: Learn more about Texas Canyon’s unique geologic landscape and its formation.

Friday, October 30, 2026, 9-11 am

Saturday, January 9, 2027, 9-11 am

Friday, February 5, 2027, 9-11 am

Friday, March 5, 2027, 8:30-10:30 am

Friday, April 16, 2027, 8:30-10:30 am

Ethnobotany Hikes: Learn about the plants used to make beautiful baskets and other tools. Participants will begin in the classroom with objects from the museum’s collection of contemporary Indigenous baskets and then go on the trails to see the plants used by weavers.

Friday, November 6, 2026, 9-11 am

Friday, January 29, 2027, 9-11 am

Friday, February 12, 2027, 9-11 am

Friday, March 12, 2027, 8:30-10:30 am

Friday, April 2, 2027, 8:30-10:30 am

*Bird Walks at the Amerind with Ornithologist Homer Hansen

Friday, November 20, 2026
8:00 am to 10:00 am
Beginner’s Bird Walk with Homer Hansen

Enjoy a casual walk around the Amerind while spending time learning and practicing basic bird identification skills. Time will be spent at the ponds and along the trails observing and identifying common bird species. Homer will have a spotting scope. Please bring your own binoculars if you have them, and be sure to bring a hat, good hiking shoes, and water.

Friday, March 26, 2027
7:30 am to 9:30 am
Birdwatching for Early Spring Migrants with Homer Hansen

During the month of March, early spring migrants start passing through southeast Arizona. Enjoy a casual walk around the Amerind while looking for returning birds. Time will be spent at the ponds and along the trails observing and identifying our migratory (and resident) bird species. Homer will have a spotting scope. Please bring your own binoculars if you have them, and be sure to bring a hat, good hiking shoes, and water.

Fees and reservations are the same as above and again hikes are limited to 20 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please sign up by calling the Amerind Museum Store at (520)586-3666.

Free to Amerind Members

If you love the outdoors, the most cost effective is a 1-year $50 Nature Club Membership gives two adults and any children or grandchildren under 18 access to the hiking trails at no extra cost during our open hours. This membership will also give you access to guided hikes like these at no extra cost. Nature Club Members also receive four guest passes which you can use to visit the Amerind museum or give away to friends and family. Nature Club Members also get 10% off items in our Museum Store.

Visit our Membership page to learn more.

Exhibit Celebration-Grass, Stone, and Sky

Amerind Exhibit Celebration- Grass, Stone, and Sky
with the Sonoran Plein Air Painters
Saturday, October 17, 2026
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Come and Celebrate with Us!

Come join us on Saturday, October 17th, from 11 am- 12 pm, for a reception with the Sonoran Plein Air Painters to celebrate their group exhibit “Grass, Stone, and Sky.”  These works celebrate the light, movement, and stillness of southeastern Arizona – a terrain that has drawn human attention for countless generations. Painted outdoors and on location, they capture the golden grasslands, ancient rock, and radiant sky that surrounds the museum. The show will be on view through November 30th, 2026.

The Sonoran Plein Air Painters paint “en plein air,” which translates from French to “in the open air.” There is a unique challenge to painting in this way: constantly shifting light, challenging weather and environment, and transporting all materials, including easels, paints, tripods and canvases, to and from the location. Plein air painters embrace these challenges and find joy in the experience of creating art on-site. The process of studying a landscape and blending the artist’s impression with careful observation is what leads to the creation of a landscape painting. The creation becomes not only a work of art but also a harmonious memento of a fleeting moment in life. To learn more, visit The Sonoran Plein Air Painters.

This exhibit runs through November 30, 2026.

This Free event will waive Amerind’s regular Museum admission fees
For those wishing to hike in the Nature Preserve that day, Amerind’s regular hiking trail system admission fees will apply.

The Amerind will be at Celebrate the San Pedro at San Pedro House

Join us at the San Pedro House

9800 E. Highway 90 Sierra Vista, AZ.

Saturday, April 25th. 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Free Event

Come out for a fun day celebrating the San Pedro with activities, speakers, booths, and more to entertain and educate on Nature and History of the area.

Join the Amerind on Saturday, April 25th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm for the annual Celebrate the San Pedro event. This event is FREE and open to all. There will be activities, displays and speakers to entertain and educate about the natural and historical wonders of the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area, of SPRNCA.

Amerind will be one of many booths where you can come and learn about the Amerind, pick up some free passes, and participate in an all ages, art activity with us. There will also be the annual team bird count competition!

We hope you come out and learn about the natural and cultural history of the area with us. The San Pedro House is located eight miles east of Sierra Vista on Highway 90. 9800 E. Highway 90 Sierra Vista, AZ.

Come celebrate the San Pedro!

Introduction to Nature Journaling with Roseann Hanson

Introduction to Nature Journaling at the Texas Canyon Nature Preserve

with Instructor Roseann Hanson

Saturday, April 20, 2024

9:00 am – 3:30 pm

$75 non-members

$70 Members  (please call to register)

Day long workshop Includes:

Lunch

a copy of the workbook, Nature Journaling for a Wild Life-a $35 value, free passes to

Keeping a nature journal can both deepen our connections to the natural world and help us learn more about it. Neither science education nor art training is needed—we will develop the skills of a naturalist and a field sketch-artist along the way.
This workshop will introduce the tools and processes of keeping a nature journal with instructor Roseann Hanson, author of Nature Journaling for a Wild Life, Master of Field Arts, and the Southern Arizona Nature Almanac.
We will learn how to practice “intentional curiosity” as the core of nature journaling: to ask questions, to dig deeper into science, to focus our minds both intently and intentionally. The workshop will include:
• The nuts-and-bolts of journal-keeping (paper and ink types, archival systems, how to make entries that you can refer to later, laying out pages, prompts to jump-start observations, and tips on researching science questions sparked by your observations).
• Easy tips that enable anyone to get started sketching and painting. Roseann will help free you from your inner critic and start sketching and painting. Art in a nature journal is not only lovely to see, but an important component of your skillset because the very act of drawing and painting something from life involves incredibly intense observation. Your brain is wholly occupied by only that thing you are observing and drawing—it is a kind of meditation that results in new insights, deeper understanding, and discoveries.
• A short classroom session and, weather permitting, we will spend most of the time exploring the grounds and trails around Amerind and practicing our journaling skills. (Please wear suitable footwear and outdoor clothing.)
• A copy of the workbook, Nature Journaling for a Wild Life, which includes blank journal pages — a  $35 value. All you need is a pen or pencil and your curiosity about nature.
About the instructor: Roseann Hanson is a naturalist, artist, and explorer who has been keeping science-based nature and field notes journals for 40 years. She is one of the organizers of the Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference, and is the author of the popular books Nature Journaling for a Wild Life, and Master of Field Arts. She studied journalism and ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, and has worked in the American Southwest, Mexico, and East Africa as a conservationist, naturalist, and writer. She has authored a dozen natural history and outdoor books, including the Southern Arizona Nature Almanac with her husband Jonathan Hanson, and San Pedro River: A Discovery Guide, both of which include her nature journal data and art. She was the coordinator for the trans-disciplinary Art & Science Program at the 115-year-old Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill, part of the University of Arizona College of Science. She teaches nature writing, nature journaling, and field notes for biologists. She was named a Fellow of both the Explorers Club in the U.S. and the Royal Geographical Society for her conservation and expedition work. You can find her on social media at https://www.facebook.com/roseannhansonexplore  or https://www.instagram.com/roseannhanson  and on the Hansons’ website: http://www.exploringoverland.com/fieldarts
Space is limited register early!
Members please call Maggie Ohnesorgen at 520-686-1336 or mohnesorgen@amerind.org to register/reserve your spot.
non-members may also call or register at Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/amerindnaturejournaling04202024

Texas Canyon Nature Preserve Trail System Grand Opening

Saturday, October 7, 2023

9:00am – 4:00pm

Discover Amerind’s Nature Preserve! Join us for a celebration of Amerind’s newest attraction-the Texas Canyon Nature Preserve Trails.  With 8 miles of new self-guided walking trails, you can experience the iconic and captivating landscape of Texas Canyon as never before.

Trail System Grand Opening & Amerind Museum Open House

9:00am Ribbon cutting & Opening remarks at the Amerind  main picnic area

10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm- Expert talks highlighting Texas Canyon’s natural resources including ethnobotany, birds, and plant life with Jesus Garcia (Mission Gardens), Jefford Francisco (Tohono O’odham Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office), and Dr. Lyn Loveless (Botany professor emerita College of Wooster)

Guided tours of the Amerind Museum with Associate Curator Dr. Maria M. Martinez

Tours of the Amerind founders’ home with Fulton family great-grandson Willie Adams

Tractor-pulled scenic wagon rides with Amerind staff

Grab a bite

All Day Explore the new trails!

Botanical Walking Tour at Amerind with Dr. Lyn Loveless

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Botanical Walking Tour at Amerind with Dr. Lyn Loveless

Saturday, September 10, 2022, 8:30 am

This two-hour walk, some of it off the road and trail, will give us a glimpse of some of the botanical wonders that the Amerind holds. Depending on how much rain we have had, we should see some lovely patches of flowers and will get a sense of how many native species actually can be found in just a short ramble. Participants should be prepared to walk one-two miles over uneven ground at a moderate pace. Please wear long pants to protect your legs from prickly plants, sturdy walking shoes or light hiking boots, and be prepared with water, snacks, sunscreen, and a hat. Walking sticks are welcome if you want a little extra stability.

Lyn is an ecologist and botanist who has been working at Amerind for over a decade studying floral biology and genetics of Coral Bean, a hummingbird-pollinated shrub. She is never happier than when she’s out in the field, seeking out new plant finds. Before her retirement and relocation to Tucson, she was a Professor of Biology at The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. She has also done a great deal of research in the tropics, especially in Brazil and Panama.

The price is $20 per person. The tour will be limited to 20 guests, with 8 spaces available to Amerind members at no cost. Space is limited on a first-come-first-served basis for h paid and free slots. Amerind members must call Annie Larkin at 520-686-1336 to reserve their free space.

To purchase a ticket, visit: https://bit.ly/AmerindTour091022

To reserve one of the free member spaces, please call Annie Larkin at 520-686-1336.

Free Online Exhibit Talk: Hummingbirds and Desert Flowers – Becoming Attractions with Dr. John P. Schaefer

Hummingbird photo by DR. John P. Schaefer

Hummingbirds and Desert Flowers -Becoming Attractions

 

Amerind Free Online Exhibit Talk:

Hummingbirds and Desert Flowers – Becoming Attractions with Dr. John P. Schaefer

Saturday, August 21, 2021, 11:00 am – Arizona Time

 

John P. Schaefer, PhD became fascinated with birds as a Boy Scout in the late 1940s, when he chose to pursue a merit badge in Bird Study. His experience of identifying studying bird species stayed with him and bird watching became a passion. Photography also played a role in his personal and professional life but, perhaps surprisingly, he never tried to marry the two until recently. Photographing birds is a distinct challenge, requiring time, patience, and special equipment. Living adjacent to Saguaro National Park in an area with a landscape that has been respected by those around us has made his yard a safe and welcoming environment for wildlife, including visiting and breeding birds. Feeders have attracted Anna’s, Black-chinned, Broad-billed, and Costa’s Hummingbirds to us on a year-round basis. After a few years of getting acquainted, he decided to try his hand at photographing these hummingbirds in action.

Dr. John P. Schaefer enjoys a reputation as a skilled photographer, in addition to his teaching and research. He is founder of the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography, the archive center of Ansel Adams’ photography, and the author of three best-selling books on photographic techniques. His photographs have appeared in publications including, “Arizona Highways.”

The online program is free, but space is limited. To register visit: https://bit.ly/AmerindOnline082121