Both at the picnic ramadas by the parking lot and the “Ciénega” out back are prime spots for bird watching. Birds seen frequently over the past years include northern cardinals, cactus wrens, curve-billed thrashers, black-tailed gnatcatchers, gila woodpeckers, canyon towhees, black-throated sparrows, gambel’s quail, and phainopeplas. Expect to see some of these in each visit. Also observed there, in much lesser numbers, are gosta’s hummingbird, sage thrashers, Cooper’s hawks, verdins, pyrrhaloxia, and varied buntings. Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
“Ciénega”|bird “Ciénega” picnic ramadas by the parking lot|“Ciénega” picnic ramadas|“Ciénega”
“Ciénega”|bird “Ciénega” picnic ramadas by the parking lot|“Ciénega” picnic ramadas|“Ciénega”