Veramonte Park → Gateway Park → Rio Vista Community Park A Different Idea: The West Valley Bird Crawl Playing off the idea of a pub crawl, the concept would be to visit several birding locations in one day, with participants traveling between locations by carpool or individually. Each stop would offer a different environment and…
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Glendale Recharge Ponds - First Saturday Meet-ups When: First Saturday - November - April 8:00 AM to whenever Where: Glendale Recharge Ponds Contact: Friends SAS Field Trips Overview: Glendale Recharge ponds are in hot competition with Gilbert Water Ranch as Arizona’s top birding location. Gilbert is currently at 330 species while Glendale is at 300.… |
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Estrella Mountain Park This park has a wide variety of species due to the generous representation of habitats, such as mesquite bosque; open river channels providing flyovers by Cormorants, Egrets, Herons, and Ibis. There is a mini-grassland, pollinator garden, all surrounded by Sonoran Desert species. 14805 W Vineyard Ave, Goodyear, AZ 85338 602-506-2930 Ext. 6… |
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Arlington Valley Excursion Saturday November 21st Looking for Sandhill Cranes, Western Cattle Egrets and much more! Duration: early morning to Noon. We will visit 4 sites and also bird from our vehicles. Distance: 2 sites are stationary, the other 2 about ½ mile or so Difficulty: All flat walking with 2 areas on a dirt path. Sturdy shoes…
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Bubbling Ponds / Paige Springs When: Saturday, November 21st, 2026 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Where: Bubbling Ponds / Paige Springs Contact: Bob McCormick 602-373-2952, mcbobaz@aol.com Bubbling Ponds and Paige springs Fish Hatchery with Bob McCormick. Page Springs Fish Hatchery and Bubbling Ponds is operated by The Arizona Game and Fish Department and is open… |
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Glendale Recharge Ponds with Kathe Coot The recharge ponds should be full of waterfowl, shorebirds, and waders, with an assortment of songbirds and raptors to fill out a varied list of birds. We’ll meet at the recharge ponds about 7:30am. We’ll prowl the wetlands for 90 min. – 2 hours. Perhaps we’ll get lucky with… |
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Estrella Mountain Park Backed up to relatively open habitat to the West, the White Tanks are a hotspot for a diverse cast of birds and other wildlife. The typical birding session at this park consists of looking for birds around the Visitor Center before setting off on one of the park trails, such as Black… |
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Salt River with Kathe Coot Start at 7:30am at the meeting spot (Starbucks on the NW corner of Power and McDowell in Mesa; 2832 N. Power Road) to explore 3-4 sites along the Salt River that should give us a host of waterfowl, some shorebirds and waders, raptors, desert songbirds and more. Wrap up 11ish…
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Glendale Recharge Ponds - First Saturday Meet-ups When: First Saturday - November - April 8:00 AM to whenever Where: Glendale Recharge Ponds Contact: Friends SAS Field Trips Overview: Glendale Recharge ponds are in hot competition with Gilbert Water Ranch as Arizona’s top birding location. Gilbert is currently at 330 species while Glendale is at 300.… |
