2014 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide - (Page 19)

FEATHERED FRIENDS Audubon Society of Arizona (602) 468-6470, az.audubon.org Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory (SABO) (520) 432-1388, sabo.org YOUR ONLINE GUIDE Share your best Arizona snapshots. Upload your vacation photos for a chance to win prizes at arizonaguide.com/experience-and-share/ photo-contest. KERRICK JAMES WINGS OVER WILLCOX BIRDING & NATURE FESTIVAL Want to know more? Reach out to any of these organizations for additional information about birding in Arizona. Arizona Game and Fish Department (602) 942-3000, azgfd.gov BACKCOUNTRY HOT SPOTS JOSH SCHACTER Arizona's abundant open spaces serve as bird magnets. Even if you dip-out, the charismatic scenery provides soul-satisfying views (SSVs) of the non-avian kind. This is invaluable in keeping a non-birding partner occupied during your fivemore-minutes moments. You might spot a lifer just about any time of the year at Dead Horse Ranch State Park. Its list of almost 200 species spans the seasons. In spring and fall, passerines flock to the cottonwood and willow forest along the park's Verde River Greenway. Come winter, bald eagles hang out around the trout-stocked lagoon. The Audubon Society has cataloged 167 species at neighboring Tavasci Marsh. When most wintering eagles head north for their summer roosts, you can catch a glimpse of our national bird at Woods Canyon Lake on the Mogollon Rim. Arizona Game and Fish Department eagle biologist James Driscoll reports nesting eagles at the lake are producing enough offspring to eventually colonize the rest of the area's lakes. The forest of mixed conifers and meadows of wildflowers provide a picture-perfect place to spot dozens of high-country species on a summer's day. You can't help but get a primordial feel when you walk the beaten paths beneath the leafy canopies of the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve in Southern Arizona. This wild, pristine place provides prime birding habitat, especially from March through September. About 300 bird species have been recorded here. Nearby, the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area has enough birdlife to make your big day- zooties and all. Almost 400 species of birds have been spotted among the riverbank's leafy galleries of cottonwoods and willows ranging to the uplands of the San Pedro River Valley. About 250 of these species migrate along the river, 100 nest there and 50 make anomalous appearances. Birdwatching near Willcox arizonaguide.com 19 http://www.azgfd.gov http://az.audubon.org http://www.sabo.org http://www.arizonaguide.com/experience-and-share/photo-contest http://www.arizonaguide.com/experience-and-share/photo-contest http://www.arizonaguide.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of 2014 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide

2014 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide
Arizona State Map
Contents
Tribal Land Adventures
The Margarita Menu
The Skies Have It
Presidential Arizona
A State of Culture
Statewide Calendar of Events
Phoenix & Central Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• RV Parks
• Golf Courses
Tucson & Southern Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Golf Courses
• RV Parks
• Accommodations
Northern Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• RV Parks
• Accommodations
Arizona’s West Coast
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• RV Parks
North Central Arizona
• Regional Map
• Resource Guide
• Activities & Attractions Listings
• Accommodations
• Golf Courses
Arizona Visitor Centers
Smart Traveler
Arizona Mileage Ironwood Map

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