El Rio Preserve

Spring morning at El Rio Preserve

Lots of nice birds, including snowy egrets in breeding plumage, northern shovelers, vermilion flycatchers, yellow warbler, ring-necked duck, killdeer nesting,song sparrows, N. rough-winged swallows, r...

Beauty of flowers

This is the El Rio Preserve. It was the time of flowers. No more cold. All the flowers went to. They were happy and the flowers were amazing. Some people were having bikes, but he missed the ...

Will be great park after restoration by end of 2020

El Rio is undergoing a dramatic change at this time(7-3-20). Last year it was full of water and birds with over 240 species. They have currently emptied the lake and dammed off the water for restora...

Birding and wildlife viewing

With the lake now being year round there is a large selection of birds to view. It also attracts a variety of wildlife to the area. Hiking is available nearby and also access to the Hohokam site acros...

Beautiful park but the Frisbee Golf needs to go

I love this place, it is peaceful and there is tons of wildlife. When the Frisbee Golf people show up though it is no longer a peaceful place to be. Kind of hard to walk around the little lake there w...