Birding Around Las Vegas, Favorite Places Far Away
 Birders at the feeders; office in the background (view NW) |
Overview Cave Creek Ranch is a lodge that caters to birders and puts out seed, nectar, peanut butter, and jelly feeders to attract birds and other creatures to the office area. Visitors are welcome from 10am to 4pm at $5 each, to watch birds near the office. Birders are not welcome around the cabins. Watch for various hummingbirds, Gambel's Quail, White-winged Dove and Inca Dove, Pine Siskin, Acorn Woodpecker, White-crowned Sparrow, Curve-billed Thrasher, Northern Cardinal, House Finch, Mexican Jay, and Wild Turkey. Watch for Coati, White-tailed Deer, Rock Squirrel, and Cliff Chipmunk too. The birding can be good, and for $5, it probably is worth relaxing in the shade on a hot afternoon and watching birds. Groups larger than 6 should call ahead: (520) 558-2334; Toll free in USA: (855) 558-2334. Link to Portal Town Map. |
 Cave Creek Road at Cave Creek Ranch Road (view S) |
 It costs $5/person to bird here (call ahead for larger groups) |
 Entering the lodge area (view N) |
 Road entering the lodge area (view NE) |
 Feeders and office building (view NW from entrance road) |
 Birders parking area (view N) |
 Feeders and office building (view SW from parking area) |
 Cave Creek Ranch office (view SW) |
 Recent sighting board and info on the front porch of the office |
 Drop your $5/person into this box |
 Bird feeders (view NW towards office building) |
 Birders in front porch of the office building (view NW) |
 Bird feeders (view SE from office porch) |
 Chairs near bird feeders (view SE from office porch) |
 Bird feeders |
 Office building and feeders (view SE from behind the office) |
 Departing the front porch heading for the parking area (view NE) |
 Open field beyond the parking area (view N) |
 Rivoli's Hummingbird |
 Broad-billed hummingbird |
 Female Hooded Oriole at jelly feeder |
 Acorn woodpecker at peanut butter feeder |
 Broad-billed hummingbird at nectar feeder |
 Stately Inca Dove in the trees |
 White-winged Dove near jelly feeder |
 Mr. Gambel's Quail on lookout near seed feeders |
 Canyon Towhee in the stick pile |
 Curve-billed Thrasher collecting bugs in the trees (nest nearby) |
 Coati working on jelly feeder |
 Arizona Cliff Chipmunk on the fruit feeder |
Happy birding! All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.
; Last updated 240612
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