Chandler spreads across the Sonoran Desert southeast of Phoenix, and even its engineered ponds pull in wildlife. The Veterans Oasis and desert basins draw herons, ducks, and shorebirds, Gila woodpeckers and curve-billed thrashers hold the desert neighborhoods, and desert cottontails and round-tailed ground squirrels work the gravel yards. Roadrunners and Harris’s hawks cross the open desert edges.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Chandler. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
83,441
recent observations
30
species listed
18
birds
9
plants
2
insects & arthropods
Naturalists have logged 83,441 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Chandler. The most frequently seen is the saguaro, with 9,212 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (18 of the species listed here), followed by plants (9).