Migrate to Portal for the winter, and we'll help you find the perfect nest.  We specialize in locating the right habitats for scientists, birders, naturalists and conservation buyers in the USA's best birding country, Portal Arizona in beautiful Cochise County, where the snow doesn't come to you, you go to the snow, up in the mountains above.

When you first visit Portal, you know that it won't be the last trip here. Birders treasure it for its wonderful diversity of birdlife that's unlike anything found elsewhere in the US. Scientists who have stayed at the Southwest Research Station dream of retiring to Portal.  Astronomers value Portal for what it lacks: clouds and light pollution, as dark night skies are protected by forward-thinking county ordinances.  And we all love the climate: mild flannel-shirt winters,  dramatic t-shirt summers when baking June heat breaks suddenly into wild monsoons in July that bring the earth back to life.

We first stopped here on our camping honeymoon, and twenty years later we retired to Portal after careers in wildlife biology and conservation. We love this corner of Cochise County for its biodiversity. The plant and animal communities are special, as well as its human community.