Mormon Lake is one of ten location-specific hotspots within Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. Use the greater Refuge hotspot when you have a checklist that includes multiple locations.

Common and Chihuahuan Raven may present an identification challenge warranting review of calls in advance of your birding visit.

Gila Woodpecker (Sep-Feb). 

In recent years, the hotspot was lightly birded, with many months not birded in any given year. No lists were recorded for May to July over the entire 5 years. This lower level of submissions may indicate that eBird does not currently reflect full species frequency at the hotspot. 

The hotspot is southwest of the southwest corner of the Pronghorn Tour Loop Road.

Located in southern Arizona, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge was established for the reintroduction of masked bobwhite quail and to restore the natural landscapes and native wildlife that depend upon it.

Spanning the 117,464-acre refuge are several distinct groups of plants and animals that are dependent on each other, also known as biotic communities. Visitors will enjoy the semi-desert grasslands that blend into the cottonwoods and willow that line river banks and wetlands within the refuge. Settled in amongst the grasslands and wetlands is a beautiful sycamore-shaded canyon of extraordinary diversity. Brown Canyon is home to 200-million-year-old volcanic rocks that support a distinct variety of plants and animals that have evolved within this amazing sky island ecosystem.

Established in 1985, the refuge was purchased under the authority of the Endangered Species Act. Open to the public, visitors can enjoy wildlife watching and photography, hunting, fishing, wildlife photography, and special wildlife-related events. It is one of more than 550 refuges that comprise the National Wildlife Refuge System, a national network of public lands and waters set aside for the benefit of wildlife and you!