Watchable Wildlife

If you a birder, a photographer or someone who enjoys being in the outdoors then this is the place for you.

The Arkansas River Trail winds through some great wildlife habitat that offers many viewing opportunities. 

Whether you like watching a scissortail flycatcher perform sky acrobatics or prefer to watch ground hogs scurry in and out of their den, this trail is the place for you. 

Cardinals prefer brushy woodlands, streamside thickets, orchards, swamps, suburban gardens and parks. They like to roost and nest in dense thickets, evergreens and privet hedges.  They are known to eat over a hundred kinds of fruits and seeds in the wild. Attractive garden plants include brambles, sumac, cherry, dogwood, grape, mulberry, blueberry, elderberry, tulip tree, hackberry, and Russian olive. Many of these plants are also used for nesting.  Since these types of plants are found throughout the trail, the chances of seeing this gorgeous red bird are numerous. 

Below is a map of the river trail with watchable wildlife area marked.  There are watchable wildlife opportunities throughout the entire trail.  This map is only to designate where certain animals/birds have been seen.