ARIZONA
(general-SE AZ has a
separate page)
(general-SE AZ has a
separate page)
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Key to abbreviations (used when appropriate)
D--the site can be birded from a car
E--some easy (low-impact) trails
G--guide or tour company willing to modify tours
W--the site has some wheelchair-accessible trails (includes E)
(Town name)--this is the closest town to the birding location
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
Listings for all of SE AZ
**Specifics regarding birding at this location can be found in the following
book: "Guide to 101 Birding Sites--Phoenix" by Michael J. Rupp. These
are small "local" areas with no web sites related to birding.
307th Av Ponds (Arlington)**
**
D
A + Cross Rd-Tonto Basin (Roosevelt Lake)**
**
D, E
ASU Research Park (Tempe)**
**
E
Agua Fria Wildlife Preserve (Phoenix)
http://www.maricopaaudubon.org/birding_locations/agua_fria.htm
D [only dirt roads in dry seasons]
Arizona City Lake (Arizona City)**
**
D, E
Arlington Wildlife Ponds (Arlington)
http://www.azgfd.gov/outdoor_recreation/wildlife_area_arlington.shtml
D, E
Bartlett Dam Road (Phoenix)**
**
D
Bar X Road-Tonto Basin (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Box Bar Recreation Site (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum State Park (Superior)
http://cals.arizona.edu/BTA/
W, E
Butcher Jones Beach (Saguaro Lake--Phoenix)**
http://hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=685
**
D, E
Canyon Lake (Phoenix)**
**
http://www.go-arizona.com/Canyon-Lake
E [from camp-grounds & day-use areas]
Castle Hot Springs Rd. (Wickenburg)**
**
D
Cibola NWR (Cibola)
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/CibolaNWR/index.html
D
Coon Bluff Recreation Site (Phoenix)
**
http://www.arizonahandbook.com/TontoNF.htm
D, E
Crowe's Dairy Pond (Phoenix) **
**
D
David White Park (Casa Grande)**
**
D, E
Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)
http://www.desertbotanical.org/
W, E
Dreamy Draw Park (Phoenix)**
**
E
El Mirage Pond (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
El Mirage Rd. & Gila River (Phoenix)**
**
E (parts only)
Encanto Park (Phoenix)**
(602) 261-8993
(602) 262-6412 (Central Division)
http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/parks.html
W, E **
Estrella Mts. Regional Park (Phoenix)
http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/estrella/
W, E
First Water Trailhead (Phoenix)**
**
E
Four Peaks Rd. & Trailhead (Phoenix)**
**
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/az_fourp.htm
D, E
Fountain Hills Lake (Fountain Hills)**
**
E
Foxtail Recreation Site (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Freestone Park (Gilbert)**
**
http://www.ci.gilbert.az.us/parks/popups/freestone-park.cfm
E
Gilbert and Chandler Heights Ponds (Gilbert)**
**
D
Gilbert Water Ranch Riparian Institute (Gilbert)
http://www.riparianinstitute.org/birding.cfm
W, E
Goldfield Recreation Site (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Granite Reef Recreation Site (Phoenix)**
**
E, D
Hassayampa River Preserve (Wickenburg)
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/arizona/preserves/art1970.
html
E
Horseshoe Dam Road (Carefree)**
**
D
Hunter's Ponds (Phoenix) **
**
D
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge (Yuma)
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/arizona/imperial.html#Things%20to%20do%2
0at%20the%20Refuge
D
Indian Point/Tonto Basin (Roosevelt Lake)**
**
D, E
Kiwanis Park (Tempe)**
**
E
Le Conte's Thrasher Site (Phoenix)**
**
E [be cautious of animal burrows]
Lost Duchman State Park (Phoenix)
http://www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/dutchman.html
D, E
Lower Camp Creek (Carefree)**
**
D [steep road]
Maricopa Agricultural Center (Maricopa)**
**
D, E
McCormick Ranch Lake (Scottsdale)**
**
E
Mesquite Wash/Hwy. 87**
**
D, E
Mount Ord (Sunflower)**
**
D, E
Mt. Humboldt (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Needle Rock Recreation Area (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Neeley Water Ranch (Gilbert)**
**
E
North Mountain Park (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.gov/parks/hikenort.html
(602) 495-5540
E
Orange Peel Recreation Area (Roosevelt Lake)**
**
D, E
Paloma Ranch (Gila Bend)**
**
E, D
Peralta Trailhead Road (Phoenix)**
**
D
Phoenix Zoo (Phoenix)
http://www.phoenixzoo.org/visit/hours_rates.aspx
Great birds stop in and reside on the grounds
W, E
Phon Sutton Recreation Site (Phoenix)
http://www.arizonahandbook.com/TontoNF.htm
**
E, D
Picacho Resevoir (Coolidge)**
**
D, E
Powers Butte Wildlife Area (Buckeye)
http://www.azgfd.gov/outdoor_recreation/wildlife_area_powers_butte.shtml
D
Price & Riggs Roads Ponds (Sun Lakes)**
**
D [parking along road-- only at north pond along Price Rd.]
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy--list of wheelchair accessible trails
On the left side of the page (from the link below) type wheelchair into the
keyword(s) box and choose a state.
http://www.traillink.com/
Rackensack Canyon (Carefree)**
**
D, E
Reach 11 Nature Trail (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/r11.html
E, W
Red Mountain District Park (Mesa)**
**
E
Rio Salado (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.gov/riosalado/
W, E
Robbins Butte Wildlife Area (Buckeye)
http://www.azgfd.gov/outdoor_recreation/wildlife_area_robbins.shtml
E, D
Roosevelt Lake (Phoenix)**
**
http://www.nps.gov/archive/tont/culture/roosevelt.htm
D, E
Salt River & 115th Ave. (Phoenix)**
**
E (parts)
Scottsdale Pavilions Ponds (Scottsdale)**
**
E
Slate Creek Area (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Southeastern Arizona
Listings for all of SE AZ
South Mountain Park (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.about.com/od/parks/a/southmountain.htm
D [bird from pull-outs]
Squaw Peak Park (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Sunset Shores Park-Ocotillo (Ocotillo MPC)**
**
D, E
Sycamore Creek @ Bushnell Tanks (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Sycamore Creek/Hwy 87 (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Thunderbird Park (Glendale)
http://www.glendaleaz.com/parksandrecreation/parksandfacilities/thunderbirdpark.c
fm
E, D
Tortilla Flat (Phoenix)**
**
D
Tres Rios Wetlands (Phoenix) **
http://www.phoenix.gov/TRESRIOS/
W, E **
Usery Mountain Park (Mesa)
http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/usery/
D, E, W [short trail]
US 60 Rest Area (Wickenburg)**
**
D, E
Western Sod Farms (Arizona City)**
**
D, E [do not attempt after hard rains]
White Tank Mountains Regional Park (Phoenix)
http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/white_tank/
E, D
Whitlow Dam (Superior)**
**
D, E
**Specifics regarding birding at this location can be found in the following
book: "Guide to 101 Birding Sites--Phoenix" by Michael J. Rupp. These
are small "local" areas with no web sites related to birding.
D--the site can be birded from a car
E--some easy (low-impact) trails
G--guide or tour company willing to modify tours
W--the site has some wheelchair-accessible trails (includes E)
(Town name)--this is the closest town to the birding location
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
Listings for all of SE AZ
**Specifics regarding birding at this location can be found in the following
book: "Guide to 101 Birding Sites--Phoenix" by Michael J. Rupp. These
are small "local" areas with no web sites related to birding.
307th Av Ponds (Arlington)**
**
D
A + Cross Rd-Tonto Basin (Roosevelt Lake)**
**
D, E
ASU Research Park (Tempe)**
**
E
Agua Fria Wildlife Preserve (Phoenix)
http://www.maricopaaudubon.org/birding_locations/agua_fria.htm
D [only dirt roads in dry seasons]
Arizona City Lake (Arizona City)**
**
D, E
Arlington Wildlife Ponds (Arlington)
http://www.azgfd.gov/outdoor_recreation/wildlife_area_arlington.shtml
D, E
Bartlett Dam Road (Phoenix)**
**
D
Bar X Road-Tonto Basin (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Box Bar Recreation Site (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum State Park (Superior)
http://cals.arizona.edu/BTA/
W, E
Butcher Jones Beach (Saguaro Lake--Phoenix)**
http://hikearizona.com/decoder.php?ZTN=685
**
D, E
Canyon Lake (Phoenix)**
**
http://www.go-arizona.com/Canyon-Lake
E [from camp-grounds & day-use areas]
Castle Hot Springs Rd. (Wickenburg)**
**
D
Cibola NWR (Cibola)
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/CibolaNWR/index.html
D
Coon Bluff Recreation Site (Phoenix)
**
http://www.arizonahandbook.com/TontoNF.htm
D, E
Crowe's Dairy Pond (Phoenix) **
**
D
David White Park (Casa Grande)**
**
D, E
Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)
http://www.desertbotanical.org/
W, E
Dreamy Draw Park (Phoenix)**
**
E
El Mirage Pond (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
El Mirage Rd. & Gila River (Phoenix)**
**
E (parts only)
Encanto Park (Phoenix)**
(602) 261-8993
(602) 262-6412 (Central Division)
http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/parks.html
W, E **
Estrella Mts. Regional Park (Phoenix)
http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/estrella/
W, E
First Water Trailhead (Phoenix)**
**
E
Four Peaks Rd. & Trailhead (Phoenix)**
**
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/az_fourp.htm
D, E
Fountain Hills Lake (Fountain Hills)**
**
E
Foxtail Recreation Site (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Freestone Park (Gilbert)**
**
http://www.ci.gilbert.az.us/parks/popups/freestone-park.cfm
E
Gilbert and Chandler Heights Ponds (Gilbert)**
**
D
Gilbert Water Ranch Riparian Institute (Gilbert)
http://www.riparianinstitute.org/birding.cfm
W, E
Goldfield Recreation Site (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Granite Reef Recreation Site (Phoenix)**
**
E, D
Hassayampa River Preserve (Wickenburg)
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/arizona/preserves/art1970.
html
E
Horseshoe Dam Road (Carefree)**
**
D
Hunter's Ponds (Phoenix) **
**
D
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge (Yuma)
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/arizona/imperial.html#Things%20to%20do%2
0at%20the%20Refuge
D
Indian Point/Tonto Basin (Roosevelt Lake)**
**
D, E
Kiwanis Park (Tempe)**
**
E
Le Conte's Thrasher Site (Phoenix)**
**
E [be cautious of animal burrows]
Lost Duchman State Park (Phoenix)
http://www.pr.state.az.us/Parks/parkhtml/dutchman.html
D, E
Lower Camp Creek (Carefree)**
**
D [steep road]
Maricopa Agricultural Center (Maricopa)**
**
D, E
McCormick Ranch Lake (Scottsdale)**
**
E
Mesquite Wash/Hwy. 87**
**
D, E
Mount Ord (Sunflower)**
**
D, E
Mt. Humboldt (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Needle Rock Recreation Area (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Neeley Water Ranch (Gilbert)**
**
E
North Mountain Park (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.gov/parks/hikenort.html
(602) 495-5540
E
Orange Peel Recreation Area (Roosevelt Lake)**
**
D, E
Paloma Ranch (Gila Bend)**
**
E, D
Peralta Trailhead Road (Phoenix)**
**
D
Phoenix Zoo (Phoenix)
http://www.phoenixzoo.org/visit/hours_rates.aspx
Great birds stop in and reside on the grounds
W, E
Phon Sutton Recreation Site (Phoenix)
http://www.arizonahandbook.com/TontoNF.htm
**
E, D
Picacho Resevoir (Coolidge)**
**
D, E
Powers Butte Wildlife Area (Buckeye)
http://www.azgfd.gov/outdoor_recreation/wildlife_area_powers_butte.shtml
D
Price & Riggs Roads Ponds (Sun Lakes)**
**
D [parking along road-- only at north pond along Price Rd.]
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy--list of wheelchair accessible trails
On the left side of the page (from the link below) type wheelchair into the
keyword(s) box and choose a state.
http://www.traillink.com/
Rackensack Canyon (Carefree)**
**
D, E
Reach 11 Nature Trail (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/r11.html
E, W
Red Mountain District Park (Mesa)**
**
E
Rio Salado (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.gov/riosalado/
W, E
Robbins Butte Wildlife Area (Buckeye)
http://www.azgfd.gov/outdoor_recreation/wildlife_area_robbins.shtml
E, D
Roosevelt Lake (Phoenix)**
**
http://www.nps.gov/archive/tont/culture/roosevelt.htm
D, E
Salt River & 115th Ave. (Phoenix)**
**
E (parts)
Scottsdale Pavilions Ponds (Scottsdale)**
**
E
Slate Creek Area (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Southeastern Arizona
Listings for all of SE AZ
South Mountain Park (Phoenix)
http://phoenix.about.com/od/parks/a/southmountain.htm
D [bird from pull-outs]
Squaw Peak Park (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Sunset Shores Park-Ocotillo (Ocotillo MPC)**
**
D, E
Sycamore Creek @ Bushnell Tanks (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Sycamore Creek/Hwy 87 (Phoenix)**
**
D, E
Thunderbird Park (Glendale)
http://www.glendaleaz.com/parksandrecreation/parksandfacilities/thunderbirdpark.c
fm
E, D
Tortilla Flat (Phoenix)**
**
D
Tres Rios Wetlands (Phoenix) **
http://www.phoenix.gov/TRESRIOS/
W, E **
Usery Mountain Park (Mesa)
http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/usery/
D, E, W [short trail]
US 60 Rest Area (Wickenburg)**
**
D, E
Western Sod Farms (Arizona City)**
**
D, E [do not attempt after hard rains]
White Tank Mountains Regional Park (Phoenix)
http://www.maricopa.gov/parks/white_tank/
E, D
Whitlow Dam (Superior)**
**
D, E
**Specifics regarding birding at this location can be found in the following
book: "Guide to 101 Birding Sites--Phoenix" by Michael J. Rupp. These
are small "local" areas with no web sites related to birding.