![Portal Road](p-sf/Dash-240414-01.jpg)
Portal Road departing downtown Portal (view W) |
![Portal Road](p-sf/Dash-240414-02.jpg)
Portal Road (view W) |
![Portal Road](p-sf/Dash-240414-03.jpg)
Portal Road approaching Jasper House (view W) |
![Portal Road](p-sf/Dash-240414-04.jpg)
Portal Road at Jasper House (view W) |
![Portal Road](p-sf/Dash-240414-06a.jpg)
Portal Road sign: Caution, curve left ahead (view W) |
![Portal Road](p-sf/Dash-240414-07a.jpg)
Portal Road ends, Paradise right, Cave Creek left (view W) |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_45050a.jpg)
Cave Creek Road (view SW) |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_45051a.jpg)
Entering Coronado National Forest (view SW) |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/DSC_24953a.jpg)
Poorwill on Cave Creek Road |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_46178a.jpg)
Cave Creek Road at turnoff to Cave Creek Ranch (view S) |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_46179a.jpg)
Cave Creek Road (view SW) |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_45052a.jpg)
Ranger Station (on-street parking) |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/RX10_51104a.jpg)
Ranger Station (view from off-street parking) |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/RX10_51105a.jpg)
Ranger Station information sign |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/RX10_51009a.jpg)
Ranger Station birder information cork board |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_46154a.jpg)
Parking along Cave Creek Road: listen here for the chatter of Elf Owls |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_45053a.jpg)
Information sign along Cave Creek Road |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_46155a.jpg)
Pull-out along Cave Creek to stop and bird (view SW) |
![Cave Creek Road](p-sf/IMG_45054a.jpg)
Paved Cave Creek Road (view SW) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/RX10_50907a.jpg)
Turnoff to unpaved South Fork Road (view S) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/RX10_50908a.jpg)
Information signs and outhouse at the fork (view S) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/IMG_45059a.jpg)
South Fork Road (view SW) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/IMG_45064a.jpg)
South Fork Road (view SW) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/IMG_46143a.jpg)
South Fork Road (view SW) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/IMG_57473a.jpg)
South Fork Road just below the bridge (view SW) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/RX10_50938a.jpg)
South Fork Road approaching South Fork Bridge (view SW) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/RX10_50938b.jpg)
Birders working the trees |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50939a.jpg)
This Cottonwood Tree was full of little birds |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/DSC_24952a.jpg) Elegant Trogon seen from the bridge |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50941a.jpg)
Don't overlook other special creatures: Mexican Fox Squirrel |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/IMG_46102a.jpg)
Stream above the bridge (view S) |
![South Fork Road](p-sf/RX10_50909a.jpg)
Trailhead parking at end of South Fork Road (view SW) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50910a.jpg)
Start of South Fork Trail (view SW) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50911a.jpg)
The official trail starts to the right (view SW) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50919a.jpg)
Use-trail starts up the wash (view SW) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50920a.jpg)
Birder on South Fork Trail (view SW) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50921a.jpg)
Watch for more than birds: White-tailed Deer (view W) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50922a.jpg)
South Fork Trail crosses a small stream (view SW) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50923a.jpg)
Interesting plants along the way: mountain yucca (Yucca madrensis) |
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Lots of Acorn Woodpeckers in the woods; this one at a nest hole |
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Birder passing through the historical South Fork Picnic Area (view SW) |
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Birder exiting the historical South Fork Picnic Area (view SW) |
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Birder on South Fork Trail (view SW) |
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Cave Creek flowing along South Fork Trail (view SW) |
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Birder at Chiricahua Wilderness boundary sign (view SW) |
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Birder on South Fork Trail crossing Cave Creek (view S) |
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Birder on South Fork Trail crossing Cave Creek again (view S) |
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Cool lizard: Sonoran Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus c. clarkii) |
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Water in the South Fork of Cave Creek (view S) |
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Water in the South Fork of Cave Creek (view S) |
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Hiker on South Fork Canyon Trail (view S) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/IMG_46123a.jpg)
The trail is well signed |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/IMG_46124a.jpg)
Nice place for a wilderness lunch (view S) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/IMG_46128a.jpg)
Evidence of the fire |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/IMG_46129a.jpg)
Hiker returning down South Fork Canyon Trail (view N) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/IMG_46138a.jpg)
Keep an eye out for our slithery friends (Black-tailed Rattlesnake) |
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Returning to the trailhead (view N) |
![Cave Creek](p-sf/RX10_50937a.jpg)
Heading back down the road (view E) |