Birders Vista Bed and Breakfast  is located only ten minutes away from the Ramsey Canyon Nature Preserve and the San  Pedro Riparian Area, central to internationally recognized key birding areas.  We are located eighty miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona.  

Birders Vista is a quiet retreat at 4500 feet elevation with beautiful views of the Huachuca and Mule mountains. It is a stucco home on 4 acres, with reading library of 1500 books, cozy living room with fireplace, stereo, wireless high speed internet access, TV, VCR,  DVD and telescope for guests.  

In season, you will find fresh flowers in your room and enjoy fresh fruit from the orchard on the north side of the house.  It is all organic fruit. We now have jelly from the great tasting organic plums.  Enjoy breads made from our pears, apricots, plums and apples and fresh picked pears from our orchard. We also make our own organic plum jams and organic apricot preserves.

Sit on the veranda or under the pergola in the backyard garden and enjoy the birds watching you as they come to feed.   We have around 30 species of birds on our four acres at any given time. See our Bird Sightings web page. Our backyard is wonderful this time of the year.    The temperature today, July 1st at our B&B is in the 80s in the daytime and in the 60s at night at our location of 4500 feet.  Cooler temperatures occur in the mountains which rise to 9500 feet.

       

                       Backyard April to November                                                   Hummingbirds are here all year round 

The paulownia and mimosa trees in front provide nice shade in the summer for the front veranda with great views from the bench looking toward the Huachuca mountains in the west.

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birders Vista Bed and Breakfast is an easy drive from Southern Arizona’s best scenic attractions:

• Kartchner Caverns State Park, rated as one of the top 10 caverns available to the public in the world.

• Only ten minutes away from Ramsey Canyon Nature Preserve and San Pedro Riparian Area, central to internationally recognized key birding areas.  

• Enjoy hiking or mountain biking in the Huachucas, only 10 minutes away. There are numerous trails for short hikes or all day ones for the outdoor person.

• Arizona Folklore Preserve with Dolan Ellis, Arizona's Official State Balladeer.

• Bisbee with it’s quaint narrow street architecture in the old section and the open pit Queen Mine.

• Tombstone - "The Town Too Tough To Die" - and it’s surrounding ghost towns.

• Wineries in Elgin and Sonoita with wine tasting and festivals during the year.

• Golfing at Turquoise Valley Golf Course.

• Astronomy at numerous observatories in the area.

• Historical Museums - Fort Huachuca Museum, Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum, and Muheim House.

• Coronado National Memorial - Historical site about the first exploration of the American Southwest in 154

Between the Huachuca Mountains on the West, and the Mule Mountains on the East, we are a short drive from numerous seasonal birding hotspots (visit the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory at http://www.sabo.org/birding/huacspv.htm - an excellent resource to discover the birding sites in  our area). 

 

                

 

  Plenty of great birds in our backyard flowers and trees               The  Roadrunners love to hunt in our backyard 

The wide open skies of Arizona are an ever changing canvas composed of all those colors the Southwestern US is known for. Exceptional sunrises and sunsets are the norm for this area.  Halfway between 'here' and 'there' is the San Pedro Riparian area. The north flowing San Pedro river provides a riparian system migration highway for many species of birds. The Huachuca mountains to the west with a little late winter snow visible through the patches of cloud are the year around home to many birds, and the seasonal home to a world-class variety of hummingbirds. The many hiking trails adds to the attraction of these mountains for birders and hikers alike. Some of the birds obligingly nest in or near established campgrounds. This includes the Elegant Trogon in nearby Garden Canyon and numerous year-round hummingbirds in Ash Canyon.

Accommodations and what guests say about us - Please check our Accommodations page for the latest information!

BIRDERS VISTA BED AND BREAKFAST

5147 South Kino Road

Sierra Vista, Arizona 85650-9144

Phone: 520-378-2493

email: birdersvista@ssvecnet.com

Member of the HEREFORD LODGING ASSOCIATION