With your back to the parking lot,Find your way inside.
On the far left of the big brown building,
A door reading "Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center" you will find.

Welcome to the Audubon Center! The Center is at the heart of the Rio Salado Restoration Area, a recently renovated 600-acre stretch of the Salt River. Your Quest is about migratory pollinators, but don't be afraid to look for other types of wildlife as well!

When you go through the door to enter,
You'll see a cylindrical fish tank at the room's center.
Don't turn around, but leave inside to go out,
Use the glass door with the green "EXIT" above as your route.

Plants reproduce with the help of pollination which is when pollen from one plant is moved from the anther, the male part of a flower, to the stigma, the female part of another flower. This is done by pollinators.

Turn to the right and walk straight.
Walk past the end of the pond's gate.
At two white-trunked trees with leaves heart-shape,
Follow the far right path past the shield of shade.
Sticking on the right of this path,
Emerged from concrete you'll meet
A mouth of water feeding into a stream.
The cottonwoods distantly North are where Monarch butterflies can be found wintering.

Plants have special qualities that attract pollinators looking for nectar. What qualities do you see in these plants that might be attractive to pollinators?

Listen and look to find the stream that the waterfall creates.
Walk following the water and alongside a fence,.
As you continue your journey this way,
You'll cross over a bridge over the waterway.
Then, face towards the pond and walk off the trail to an open gate.
When you reach it, stand and wait.

There are many different species of pollinators in the Sonoran Desert including birds, bats, hummingbirds, and bees. When planting to attract pollinators, choosing plants that attract different species and bloom during different seasons is very important! What different species do you see and what species are flowering today?

Through the gate, straight you'll go!
The path won't go in one way forever, though.
You will reach more than one fork in the road as you walk this way.
Passing a viewing pipe, to the right you shall stay!
Then to the left at the next fork you see,
One more left you will take when you meet one large Mesquite and two green trunked Palo-Verde trees.
Pollinators must have areas to take cover to avoid exhaustion during their long migrations. Sources of cover include trees, shrubs, and rock piles. How many different types of trees can you count from where you are standing?

Walk on the path and count many trees next to you.
Look in the distance; don't stare at your shoes!
Follow your course past several curves.
Stop when your view first opens to the street of cars you have already heard.

Many people take pollinators for granted. Did you know that pollinators are responsible for about 80% of all the fruits and vegetables in the world?

Continue forward until you see,
A circle of rocks surrounding a tree.
Your goal is a circle shaped drive straight and to the left.
There you will find a stone bench.
Take a seat and you should try,
To relax as you tilt your head and look at the sky.

Like when you take a long road trip and go to rest stops, pollinators too take breaks along their trips called stopovers where they eat and rest to gain the energy they need to travel further. What do you think is important to have at a stopover for a migratory pollinator?

With your next stop in mind,
Look to the left, a sidewalk you'll find.
Towards the brown building,
Back where your journey began,
Go through the gate to a hummingbird garden.
Here you will find an L-shaped seat:
On the back, in metal, your password you'll meet.

Find the following in the hummingbird garden: water, native plants with nectar, hummingbird feeders, trees, shrubs and rocks for shelter, and direct sunlight to bask in. How many of these do you have in your yard?