At the gate is the best view of the pond, and where water feeds it from the left of the gate.

Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Mexican Duck, Green-winged Teal, Scaled Quail, Lesser Nighthawk, Great Blue Heron, Northern Harrier, Gray Hawk, Zone-tailed Hawk, Western Screech-Owl, Red-naped Sapsucker, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Western Wood-Pewee, Black Phoebe, Cassin's Kingbird, Verdin, Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, Rock Wren, House Wren, Winter Wren, Black-throated Sparrow, Yellow-breasted Chat, Orchard Oriole, Brewer's Blackbird, Nashville Warbler, Virginia's Warbler Common Yellowthroat, Summer Tanager, Western Tanager, Pyrrhuloxia, Blue Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Varied Bunting, Painted Bunting.

This location is right off of RR169 (just east) It always has water. When Alamito Creek is dry, which is usual, this is a true oasis in the middle of the desert.