Typical shoreline vegetation includes cattails and cottonwoods.

Double-crested Cormorants

Getting there from the intersection of I-8 and 16th Street (takes 15-20 minutes) :

- Drive east on 16th Street (Highway 95) 5.1 miles to Ave 7E (Circle K and Chevron stations). 
- Turn left on Ave 7E and drive north for 1.5 miles. 
- Turn right on a gravel road just north of an east-west canal, but before you come to the Gila River. 
- Drive east 3 miles, just past a dip that goes through a wash. 
- There will be three gravel roads leading north from the levee road, all of which take you to Fortuna Pond, which is less than .1 mile north of the levee road.  The first road leading north goes to the nw corner of the pond.  The second leads to a parking lot just s. of the pond.  The third skirts the e. side of the pond.

Common Migrants (especially in spring):

Warblers
Wilson's warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (winter resident)
Orange-crowned Warbler (winter resident)
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Northern Yellowthroat (breeds)
Yellow-breasted Chat (breeds)

Flycatchers
Western kingbird (breeds)
Western Wood Pewee
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Black Phoebe (breeds)

Other Passerines
Swainson's thrush
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (winter resident)
Lesser Goldfinch
Bullock's Oriole (breeds)
White-Crowned Sparrow (winter resident)

Permanent Year-round Residents:

Pied-billed Grebe
Greater Roadrunner
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Gambel's Quail
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Loggerhead Shrike
Great-tailed Grackle
Verdin
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Song Sparrow