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Travelscope discovers the desert's subtle attractions when Joseph travels from California Wildflowers to Yuma, Arizona's Birding and Nature Festival.
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Yuma, Arizona is a National Heritage Area because of the Yuma Crossing that narrow place in the Colorado River which allowed Americans to come from the rest of the country through Arizona to California.  Yuma, Arizona is more than the Southern gateway to California, According to Farmer's Almanac, it has the best weather in the country, it's the site of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, and it's the country's highest producer of winter vegetables and the habitat for more than 380 species of birds. Yuma is booming commercially and naturally. More than 1,400 acres along the Colorado River are being converted into a natural wildlife and recreational area where you can hike, canoe, horseback ride and watch some of Yuma's birds. That's why each spring Yuma honors our fine feathered friends during the Birding and Nature festival five days of exhibitions, seminars, events and field trips celebrating Yuma's natural side. Yuma and its surrounding area is unique to the Southwest. The Colorado River winds through rugged mountain canyons, feeds numerous lakes and channels, keeps a multi-billion dollar agricultural business
thriving, while all the time making sure that the creatures of the desert have a place to quench their thirst or clean their
feathers. For more on Yuma, its attractions and its festivals click on the Yuma logo above or go to www.VisitYuma.com.
There are numerous accommodations in Yuma ranging from the the
 luxurious to the modest. The Yuma Birding and Nature Festival is headquartered at the Shilo Inn Hotel where most attendees stay, field trips depart and seminars take place. It's an official sponsor and
offers discounted room rates during all of Yuma's festival from River Daze to the Lettuce Days Festival. Call 928-782-9511 for information and request their Festival rates.
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Desert Ecotourism Spotlight
The Colorado River, its marshes and wetlands and the Sonoran Desert provide habitat for many species of birds and animals
the Hila Woodpecker, Canyon Wren, Desert Bighorn Sheep and more populate thousands of acres of wilderness.
Attendees to the Birding
 and Nature Festival traverse the deserts, marshes, lakes and rivers in search of their photogenic prey. Some excursions cross the border into Mexico and visit archaeological sties
it is truly for more than the birds that people come.
Immediately to the north of Martinez Lake is the Imperial National Wildlife refuge that encompasses 25,125 acres and fronts both sides of the Colorado River for 30 miles. The refuge is a stopover for migratory birds, with some 235 species of all types spotted over the years.
The Refuge protects wildlife habitat along 30 miles of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California including the last unchannelized section before the river enters Mexico.
The river and its associated backwater lakes and wetlands are a green oasis, contrasting with the surrounding desert mountains. More than 15,000 acres of Imperial National Wildlife Refuge is designated as wilderness. Wilderness is protected to ensure that nature, not people is the the primary influence on this quiet, scenic place.
Travel to Martinez Lake is easy. Take Highway 95 north approximately 22 miles. Turn left onto Martinez Lake Road, go 10 miles and follow the sign.
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