Difficulty: Hard. Prepare for about 3 miles roundtrip walking on some steeper slopes and rocky/rooted trail. Be prepared for sun exposure and bring 2 liters of water. Drive time to location approximately 50 minutes.
Guindani Canyon is situated on the east slopes of the Whetstone Mountains and accessed through Kartchner Caverns State Park. The trail begins in grassy desert with intermixed mesquites and a narrow line of oaks in the canyon bottom while the foothills are festooned with flowering agaves that attract a variety of hummingbirds, especially Costa’s, Black-chinned, Broad-billed and migrating Rufous Hummingbirds. Lucifer Hummingbird is possible as well. Wrens (Canyon, Rock, and Cactus) should be singing and it is a great spot for Scott’s Oriole and Varied Buntings. Limited to 9 participants.
Varied Bunting, Martin Molina