Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge

Interesting day trip from Tucson

This refuge has a primary objective of establishing a breeding population of the endangered masked bobwhite quail. There is a caged area where visitors can view the birds at certain times of the year...

A Good Birding Venue

We visited this remote refuge as birders. I had been there many years ago, but had seen little of it. We explored more this time, taking the loop road and visiting Aguirre Lake which had water for t...

Fun drive through the desert grassland, unfortunately little wildlife during February

A fun drive through the desert grassland, unfortunately little wildlife during February. They have done a nice job of preserving the area, which was an old ranch (didn't spot one cow). The journey t...

Well Done

We did a short 3 mile hike on one of the trails, then drove to the visitors center. Even though we hiked about mid-day (not the best time to see wildlife), we did see a White tailed deer, vulture & Ro...

Beautiful, Wild Landscape

Loved the drive to Arivaca and the visitor center. Hiked around Arivaca Cienega and spotted many birds including a pair of black vultures. Also saw mule deer, coyote and a roadrunner! The boardwalks, ...