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Arizona bird feeder dates

The whole Arizona feeder calendar in one place — when each season starts, when it ends, and where to dig into the details. Updated for 2026.

The year at a glance

Hummingbirds

Keep at least one feeder available in every month.

Orioles

Feeders up from March 10 until mid-october — phoenix and tucson gardens can host wintering hooded and bullock's, so one winter feeder is worthwhile.

Suet

Suet season from November 15 in the deserts until early march in the low deserts.

Feeders out by

Year-round — no need to take them down in most of the state

Take down after

Leave up year-round in southern and central Arizona; above the Mogollon Rim, take down in late October

Feeders out by

March 10

Take down after

mid-October — Phoenix and Tucson gardens can host wintering Hooded and Bullock's, so one winter feeder is worthwhile

Start suet by

November 15 in the deserts, October 1 above the Rim

Stop raw suet after

early March in the low deserts — no-melt only after that; high country runs to May

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