Birding Hot Spots

 Hot spots

Description

Time from Ramsey Canyon

Ash Canyon B&B

Just off Hwy 92 and Turkey Track Road.  One of the best overall venues to sit in comfortable chairs and see the best assortment of humming birds and other canyon birds at all the feeders.  Mary Jo Ballator's open yard is a marvel, and so is she ! Our #1 Choice for the best birding !

15 minutes

Beatty's Orchard

Easy access by car, short walks to Beatty's observation benches.  Mountain meadow. Hummingbirds and mountain birds.

20 minutes

Carr Peak

Moderate access by car.  Easy to moderate hiking from parking area.  Mountain and canyon habitat.  Mountain birds.

30 minutes

Ramsey Canyon Inn

Easy to moderate hiking from inn.  Mountain and riparian habitat.  Hummingbirds, resident and migrant birds.

0 minutes

Cave Creek/Portal

Easy access by car.  Easy to moderate hikes from parking area.  Riparian habitat.  Resident and migrant birds.  

2.5 hours

Coronado National Monument 

Easy access by car.  Easy, moderate and strenuous hikes from parking area.  Mountain canyon habitat.  Canyon and mountain birds.

15 minutes

Empire Cienega

Easy access by car when dirt roads are dry.  Easy hikes.  High desert grasslands and some riparian areas.  High desert residents and migrant birds.

45 minutes

Garden/Shelite Canyons at Fort Huachuca

Moderate to difficult access by car. Four wheel drive advisable beyond picnic areas.  Strenuous hike in Shelite Canyon.  Easy to moderate hiking in Garden Canyon. Mountain canyon habitat.  Mountain birds and Spotted Owl. 

45 minutes 

Kartchner Caverns

Fee area. Easy access by car.  High desert habitat.  Hummingbird garden and resident desert birds.  

45 minutes

Kino Springs

Easy access by car.  Easy walks around parking areas.  Trip includes stops at 2 spring fed ponds and golf course. High desert and riparian habitats.  High desert resident birds and migrants.

1.5 hours

Madera Canyon

Easy access by car.  Easy, moderate and strenuous hikes.  High desert and mountain canyon habitats.  High desert, mountain and migrant birds.

2.5 hours

Patagonia Lake

Fee Area:  Easy access by car.  Easy hikes. High desert and riparian habitats.  Water fowl, high desert residents and migrants.  

1.5 hours

Patagonia Preserve

Easy access by car.  Easy hikes. High desert and riparian habitats.  High desert resident birds and migrants. 

1 hour

Patagonia Rest Stop

Easy access by car.  Short hike to Rose-throated Bacard. High desert and riparian habitats.  High desert resident birds and migrants. 

1 hour

Patton's residence in Patagonia

Easy access by car.  Short walk to hummingbird feeders in backyard.  

1 hour

San Pedro House

Easy access by car.  Easy hikes from parking area.  High desert and riparian habitats.  Resident and migrant birds.

35 minutes

White-water Draw

Easy access by car.  Easy hikes from parking area.  Manmade lake.  Water fowl and riparian birds.  Sandhill Cranes Nov-March.

45 minutes