Overview

Cave Creek Ranch is a lodge that caters to birders and puts out seed, nectar, peanut butter, and jelly feeders to attract birds to the office area. Visitors are welcome from 10am to 4pm at $5 each, to watch birds near the office. Visitors are not welcome around the cabins.

Watch for various hummingbirds, Gambles Quail, White-winged Doves and Inca Doves, Pine Siskin, Acorn Woodpeckers, White-crowned Sparrows, Curve-billed Thrasher, Northern Cardinal, House Finch, Mexican Jay, and Wild Turkey.

Watch for coati, White-tailed Deer, Rock Squirrels, and Cliff Chipmunks too.

The birding can be good, and for $5, it probably is worth relaxing in the shade on a hot afternoon and watching birds. Groups larger than 5 should call ahead: (520) 558-2334; Toll free in USA: (855) 558-2334

Link to Portal Town Map.