Outdoor Birding Tours in Yuma, AZ

The East Yuma Wetlands has walking paths along the Colorado River and around the restored wetland areas and cottonwood groves. This area features loons, ibises, egrets, a variety of herons and ducks, least bitterns, yellow-headed blackbirds, and more. The West Wetlands also follows the Colorado River and has a beautiful hummingbird garden, a butterfly garden, a fishing pond, and various trees, including cottonwoods, acacia, and mesquite. Look out for vermillion flycatchers, roadrunners, woodpeckers, quail, thrashers, hawks, warblers, and wading birds. It's a terrific area to enjoy a picnic lunch in the shade.

This region of the lower Colorado River region is home to four Global, one Continental, and two State Important Bird Areas (IBAs). Global includes Mittry Lake State Wildlife Area, Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, Imperial Reservoir, and Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge. Continental includes Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, and Arizona State includes Quigley State Wildlife Area and Lower Colorado River Gadsen Riparian Area.

Other regional areas to go bird watching include the Kofa National Wildlife Refuges and the Salton Sea and Picacho State Recreation Area in neighboring southern California.