Highlight Photos
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What a sunset! – Buenos Aires NWR -
Arivaca Lake -
Ultra-rare Masked Bobwhite -
Scenic Arivaca Creek Trail -
Hiding Kingbird -
Boardwalk on Arivaca Cienega Trail -
Shaded Arivaca Cienega Trail -
Lost mine near Ruby -
Dinner place in Tubac -
Proghorn Antelopes near headquarters -
Auto tour in Buenos Aires NWR -
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Typical grasses in Buenos Aires NWR -
Grebe Pond Trail
Highlights Map
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We haven’t done a long weekend trip for some time and now celebrating an anniversary it is time to explore the deep south of Arizona around Arivaca, close to the border with Mexico. We are hoping for unusual birds that are mostly seen in Mexico with the most expected one being the Thick-Billed Kingbird. And if we are really lucky we are hoping to see the very rare Masked Bobwhite subspecies of the Northern Bobwhite that was considered extinct and is now being reintroduced on the Buenos Aires NWR.
To learn more click on the Links below or Markers on the map above to go directly to a specific part of our trip and follow our visit through Southern Arizona.
- Looking for Kingbirds on Arivaca Cienega Trail
First stop of our visit to Arivaca is the Arivaca Cienaga Trail to successfully see our first Thick-Billed Kingbirds in the US - Exploring surprisingly popular Arivaca Lake
We spend an hour exploring beautiful Arivaca Lake following the shore to search for birds and damselflies - Mines and cows near Ruby
From Arivaca Lake we continue south towards Ruby visiting mines and ruins and evading cows ending with a celebratory dinner in Tubac - Looking for birds on the Arivaca Creek Trail
In the morning we explore the other nature trail in the area, the Arivaca Creek Trail, looking for interesting birds in the nice riparian area - Masked Bobwhites at Buenos Aires NWR HQ
We end our trip at the headquarter of Buenos Aires NWR looking and finding the really rare Masked Bobwhite and enjoying the grasslands