AZ-Rackensack+Canyon


 * =Birding in Arizona=

Maricopa County
=Rackensack Canyon= Tonto Basin, Arizona 85553

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Rackensack Canyon
Coordinates: 33.9028529, -111.8230319 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Rackensack Canyon
The rugged Rackensack Canyon will give birders the feel of being out in the wild west. Just as many Red-tailed Hawks are portrayed in western movies flying over a rugged area screaming away, that is also a common sight here at this location. This is an interesting canyon, with a variety of vegetation types. Because of the various vegetation types, the birding will be very interesting as well. Nestled in the canyon are stands of sycamore trees throughout the habitat. Besides sycamores in the canyon bed, a variety of shrubby plants and desert scrub are along Rackensack Canyon. Sometimes a creek flows through the canyon. On the north side of the canyon, the surrounding hills are sonoran desert. Chaparral habitat is in places where the surrounding slopes on the south side of the canyon are made up of shrubby habitat different than the sonoran desert on the north side of the canyon. With this different array of habitat, the birding will be exciting at this location. [|From Birding in Maricopa County]



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