Our coyotes live among spectacular desert wildflower displays in the spring while our Mexican wolves prowl a forest seemingly transplanted intact from the White Mountains. A cacophany rings out from pine trees as emerald green thick-billed parrots greet each other. From the top of a butte, a herd of desert bighorn sheep watch as you wander a desert wash. Much of the action in the Arizona Trail occurs outside the exhibits and changes with the season. Carpenter bees busily build new homes in a fallen tree.
Whiptail lizards dart on patrol through the brush in search of insects.
Round-tailed ground squirrels scurry between holes, pausing to keep an eye on you. Grasshoppers whir from bush to bush. California kingsnakes and gopher snakes hide in the dappled light beneath a creosote bush. The Phoenix Zoo. All Rights Reserved.