Tucson Bird Alliance: Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve Field Trip

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 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. Leader: Gerry Hodge (gnthodge@msn.com)