AZ-Robbins+Butte+Wildlife+Area


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Maricopa County
=Robbins Butte Wildlife Area= Buckeye, Arizona 85326 Robbins Butte Wildlife Area web site Robbins Butte Wildlife Area map

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Robbins Butte WA
Coordinates: 33.307, -112.653 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Robbins Butte Wildlife Area
A combination of wildlife food crops, natural foods, and nesting habitat attracts many breeding white-winged and mourning doves (Zenaida asiatica and Z. macroura). An average combined number of 5,000 doves usually are present at RBWA before the September hunt. Amphibians and reptiles also are common; a minimum of 19 reptile species reside at RBWA. A common mammal species found on the RBWA is the Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus), also known as the Ringtail cat or Miner's cat.

RBWA is the center of the annual Gila River Christmas Bird Count, and over 115 species of winter-resident birds have been observed in the vicinity. In addition, many raptors winter in and near RBWA, including the White-tailed Kite (Elanus caeruleus). The summer avian community has not been counted, but species numbers probably exceed those of winter. From Arizona Watchable Wildlife

From Birding in Maricopa County

About Robbins Butte Wildlife Area
The Robbins Butte Wildlife Area (RBWA) is located approximately seven miles southwest of Buckeye, Arizona, comprising approximately 1681 acres. RBWA is in Maricopa County and Region VI of the Arizona Game and Fish Department (Department) and the property was purchased with Federal Aid money for wildlife purposes. In the 1950s, RBWA was selected as one of two areas along the Gila River with the greatest potential for waterfowl habitat enhancement. Most of RBWA including the Black Butte parcels was purchased from private entities in a series of transactions from 1951 to 1973. Six parcels totaling 1,511 acres are deeded to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission (Commission). RBWA also includes 170 acres of lands under the jurisdiction of Public Land Order Number 1015 (PLO 1015). The PLO 1015 land has been managed by the Commission since 1954 through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). From Robbins Butte Wildlife Area web site



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