Triangle Pond is one of ten location-specific hotspots within Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. The hotspot is contiguous with the Aguirre Lake hotspot, and very close to the Refuge Headquarters hotspot. Use the greater Refuge hotspot when you have a checklist that includes multiple locations.

Birders may want to prepare in advance for identification challenges presented by the existence of both Mallard and Mexican Duck, both Western and Chihuahuan Meadowlark, as well as both Common and Chihuahuan Raven at the hotspot. 

Rufous Hummingbird (Aug-Sep), Gila Woodpecker (Aug-Feb), Gilded Flicker (Apr and Oct-Nov), Verdin (Aug-Sep), Curve-billed Thrasher (Sep-Nov), Lawrence’s Goldfinch (Oct-Nov), Rufous-winged Sparrow (Oct-Nov), and Pyrrhuloxia (Mar-Dec).

Bell’s Vireo, a threatened species in New Mexico, with an endangered subspecies in California, has been observed Apr. and Sep.

The hotspot is located northwest of the junction of the Refuge Entrance Road with Refuge Service Road 405.  

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!