Box Bar Recreation Site
Arizona · Southwest
About This Location
Box Bar Recreation Site is a productive birding destination in Arizona, with 223 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts Mourning Dove, Anna's Hummingbird, and Neotropic Cormorant among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
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Notable Species
Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
Northern House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Bushtit
Psaltriparus minimus
Hutton's Vireo
Vireo huttoni
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Black Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Hooded Oriole
Western Tanager
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Bell's Vireo
Verdin
Bewick's Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Lesser Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Abert's Towhee
Birding Tips
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Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
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Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
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Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.