Pull over, eat a lunch and get out your binoculars. These huge cottonwoods are famous for nesting Common Black Hawk and sometimes replaced by Zone-tailed Hawk. Look through the huge limbs for a nest. Plus one of the better places in the county in the summer to find Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Orchard Oriole. In the winter the cottonwoods should have Red-naped Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Pine Siskin, Brewer's Blackbirds. There is usually water flowing from the large adjacent field toward Musquiz (moose-key) Creek to the east. So be on the look out for wet habitat sparrows, and Hermit Thrush in the fall, winter and spring. Also occasionally a Mexican Duck or others may get up out of hidden pools out in field. Up the hillside across the road you'll find Bell's Vireo, Verdin, Bushtit, Pyrrhuloxia, Spotted Towhee, & Black-throated Sparrow. You can work your way along the highway to the east toward the creek. There are more cottonwoods to the north and junipers and hackberries nearer the creek. Musquiz (moose-key) Creek is about 100 yards east of the picnic area. This is the only place in the county that has had Red-shouldered Hawk. Across the creek is a horse corral where you can find Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed and Bronzed Cowbird.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Montezuma Quail (calling from across road), Common Black, Zone-tailed and Red-tailed Hawk, Acorn & Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Red-naped Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Western Wood-Pewee, Black Phoebe, Vermilion & Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cassin's & Western Kingbird, Bell's Vireo, Bushtit, Canyon, House, Bewick's and Cactus Wren. Pine Siskin, Lesser Goldfinch, Black-throated, White-crowned, White-throated, Song, Lincoln's, Swamp and Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Canyon, Green-tailed & Spotted Towhee, Yelllow-breasted Chat, Orchard & Scott's Oriole. Red-winged & Brewer's Blackbird. Brown-headed and Bronzed Cowbird. Migrating warblers, Summer Tanager, Blue Grosbeak. Lazuli and Painted Bunting.

Some of the largest cottonwood trees in the area. A great place to eat lunch and bird at the same time. Known for nesting Common Black Hawks and Zone-tailed Hawks. There is usually water running directly below the fence.