This relatively new hotspot, with initial lists appearing summer 2021, provides an opportunity for birders to contribute to a better understanding of species-frequency for the area.      

Among USFWS-designated Birds of Conservation Concern for the Sonoran Desert, Sierra Madre Occidental, and Chihuahuan Desert regions, species found on multiple lists for the hotspot include Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay, Verdin, Cactus Wren, and Phainopepla. 

Abert’s, Canyon, and Spotted Towhee have been observed here, with Canyon being the most frequent.

After travelling 4 miles almost straight southwest from its junction with US-191, as AZ-366 (Swift Trail Parkway) begins an S turn to the northwest, it bisects a rough dirt road. You can hike this “jeep trail” on the south side, first west then south-southwest about a sixth of a mile into Jacobson Canyon, which has general northeast-southwest orientation.  

 A 3.2 mile round-trip hike in and out of the canyon at this hotspot is described here.