Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve with Gerry Hodge
Saturday, October 10th – 7:00am
Trip difficulty: Easy. 1.25 miles on flat paved paths. Trip duration about 2 1/2 hours. No water on site but port-a-potty is at the parking lot. Limited shade and benches.
We will partially walk the old front 9 of this abandoned 200-acre golf course that has been turned into a Nature Preserve. While the number of bird species doesn’t usually exceed 25, they are plentiful.
Driving directions: From Dove Mountain Road, take Tangerine Rd. east for 7 miles, turn left (north) on Rancho Vistoso Blvd., go 2.2 miles to the traffic light at Vistoso Highlands Rd. Turn left and go 0.6 miles to the large parking lot on the left (take either of two entrances into the parking lot and drive to the far end near the port-a-potty).
Map coordinates: 32.456307, -110.983307
Leader: Gerry Hodge (gnthodge@msn.com)
**Registration for Tucson Bird Alliance Members is free. Non-members can join this field trip for a non-refundable fee of $5.**
Header Image: Costa’s Hummingbird by David Quanrud