CAP Recharge Basin - Mile Wide Rd
Arizona · Southwest
About This Location
CAP Recharge Basin - Mile Wide Rd is a productive birding destination in Arizona, with 210 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts Mourning Dove, Red-tailed Hawk, and American Kestrel among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
Loading map...
Live Bird Data
Powered by eBird / Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Townsend's Warbler
Setophaga townsendi
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Brewer's Sparrow
Spizella breweri
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Gambel's Quail
Mourning Dove
Black-necked Stilt
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Bell's Vireo
Verdin
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Pyrrhuloxia
White-winged Dove
Lesser Nighthawk
Turkey Vulture
Swainson's Hawk
Gila Woodpecker
Gilded Flicker
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Birding Tips
- 1
Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
- 2
Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
- 3
Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.