Tempe Town Lake
An urban oasis with a system of paths allowing people to walk, jog, bike and more along its edges. There is an abundance of water bird activity.
Inside the Loop - Phoenix and Scottsdale
Tempe Town Lake
An urban oasis with a system of paths allowing people to walk, jog, bike and more along its edges. There is an abundance of water bird activity.
Desert Botanical Garden
These 140 acres of the Botanical Garden provide excellent habitat for a variety of desert species which may be observed at very close distances throughout the five informative trails in the garden
Indian Bend Wash Park
Part of the Indian Wash Greenbelt offering abundant birding opportunities and is a magnet for migrating birds in spring and fall.
McCormick Ranch Ponds
This complex of ponds in Scottsdale offers birders to the Phoenix metro area the opportunity to view ducks in the desert, especially during the winter months.
McDowell Sonoran Preserve
A large, permanently protected, 30,200-acre sustainable desert habitat that is the largest urban preserve in the nation.
Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area
A 600-acre park with 39-acres of marshlands that stretches along the Salt River just south of downtown Phoenix providing a lush riparian corridor.
Northsight Park
A 19-acre urban park featuring dense mesquite and paloverde habitats for viewing desert birds.
Papago Park – Southeast Pond
During winter months the pond attracts migrating waterfowl and surrounding area is good for viewing desert birds.
Papago Park
Numerous hiking rails to view desert birds and occasional raptors. Ponds which provide good viewing of wintering waterfowl.
North Mountain Park and Visitor Center
Part of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve and a popular urban escape in the middle of metro Phoenix attracting many Sonoran Desert birds.
Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center
The Center is in the heart of the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area and within a lush Sonoran riparian habitat used by more than 200 species of birds and other wildlife.
Scottsdale Community College
Located at the center of campus and host to a breeding population of burrowing owls
South Mountain Park
At over 16,000-acres and a road to the top of the mountain, a good place to see southwestern desert species.
South Mountain Park – Pima Canyon Trail
Access point in South Mountain Park for 8 hiking trails that traverse a wide range of desert topography.
List of Sites
Desert Botanical Garden
These 140 acres of the Botanical Garden provide excellent habitat for a variety of desert species which may be observed at very close distances throughout the five informative trails in the garden
Indian Bend Wash Park
Part of the Indian Wash Greenbelt offering abundant birding opportunities and is a magnet for migrating birds in spring and fall.
McCormick Ranch Ponds
This complex of ponds in Scottsdale offers birders to the Phoenix metro area the opportunity to view ducks in the desert, especially during the winter months.
McDowell Sonoran Preserve
A large, permanently protected, 30,200-acre sustainable desert habitat that is the largest urban preserve in the nation.
Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area
A 600-acre park with 39-acres of marshlands that stretches along the Salt River just south of downtown Phoenix providing a lush riparian corridor.
Northsight Park
A 19-acre urban park featuring dense mesquite and paloverde habitats for viewing desert birds.
Papago Park – Southeast Pond
During winter months the pond attracts migrating waterfowl and surrounding area is good for viewing desert birds.
Papago Park
Numerous hiking rails to view desert birds and occasional raptors. Ponds which provide good viewing of wintering waterfowl.
North Mountain Park and Visitor Center
Part of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve and a popular urban escape in the middle of metro Phoenix attracting many Sonoran Desert birds.
Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center
The Center is in the heart of the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area and within a lush Sonoran riparian habitat used by more than 200 species of birds and other wildlife.
Scottsdale Community College
Located at the center of campus and host to a breeding population of burrowing owls
South Mountain Park
At over 16,000-acres and a road to the top of the mountain, a good place to see southwestern desert species.
South Mountain Park – Pima Canyon Trail
Access point in South Mountain Park for 8 hiking trails that traverse a wide range of desert topography.