Ramsey Canyon Inn B & B

10/15/2026

Employee benefits, Ramsey Canyon style. 💦

This is Leslie, one of the wonderful housekeepers who keeps the Inn sparkling — clocking out the right way, in Ramsey Creek. The creek runs right through our property, and after a warm afternoon of making beds, we figure she’s earned it.

The sound of that water follows you all over the grounds — it’s the Inn’s soundtrack! That, and the dawn chorus. Come have a listen. 🏞️

10/11/2026

10/11/2026

Our other guests have arrived for the afternoon. 🦌

This little herd of Coues deer treats the Inn like part of their daily rounds — grazing by the main entrance in the morning, then settling in under the patio furniture for a siesta. Coues whitetails are a miniature subspecies of white-tailed deer found only in the Sky Island mountains of southeast Arizona and Mexico, and Ramsey Canyon is one of the best places anywhere to see them up close.

They don't pay for their rooms, but they're welcome anyway. Come share the porch with them — link in comments to book.

10/07/2026

This male hepatic tanager (Piranga flava) has been visiting the bedroom window at our Grayhawk Retreat every day! 🤩🐤🪶🛌

10/02/2026

Our Resident Naturalist at Ramsey Canyon has been busy with camera traps in the Canyon. Check out this handsome-yet-hefty devil! Forget all those salmon eaters in Alaska... our Arizona bears can chonk with the best of them!

10/02/2026

Pop 🐤 quiz from the canyon!

This hummingbird weighs more than twice as much as the ones at most backyard feeders, and until 2017 it went by a much grander name.

Who is it? Tell us in the comments and we'll post the answer tomorrow.

09/26/2026

🌙🐦 Half a billion birds in the sky in a single night.

On the night of September 24, radar picked up an estimated 500.7 million birds migrating across the continental U.S., the vast majority traveling after dark and heading south for the winter. Look closely at southern Arizona and you'll see the arrows pointing right through our corner of the state, with the Sky Islands serving as a vital stopover along the way.

Fall migration is one of the most exciting times of year in Ramsey Canyon. Warblers, flycatchers, tanagers, and late-season hummingbirds are all moving through, stopping to rest and refuel in the canyon's shade and water before continuing south into Mexico and beyond. Every morning can bring something new to the feeders and trees.

Want to catch it for yourself? There's still time to plan a fall birding getaway. Book directly at http://www.ramseycanyoninn.com 🌄

📊 Map: BirdCast, live migration map; 24 September 2026, 23:50 ET. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdcast.org/migration-tools/live-migration-maps. Accessed 26 September 2026.

09/13/2026

It’s a busy morning in our Hummingbird Garden! Rivoli’s, Black-chinned, Broad-billed, Anna’s, Rufous, Broad-tailed, Costa’s, and even a few Violet-crowned and Calliope are zooming around. Enjoy this minute of fun. Sound on to hear all their chatter. 🌸

09/01/2026

It’s not just bats the hummingbirds have to compete with…. A sneaky White-nosed Coati has been helping himself to the feeders around the property the last few weeks. We’ve nicknamed him Cody and he’s quite the rascal. A few days ago, we caught him lounging on the windowsill in a sugar coma. Our guests will be familiar with this view- it’s the kitchen table in the Inn that looks out on the hummingbird gardens.

If you haven’t visited in a while, we hope to see you soon! The dining companions are always interesting here at the Inn.

Coatis are year-round residents of Ramsey Canyon. They have strong claws and long, highly mobile snouts adapted for foraging in crevices and holes for food (and for being adorable 😍).

08/28/2026

While we're best known for the wonderful birds that call the Canyon home, our guests are often just as delighted by the other wildlife that turns up here. After sunset over the past few weeks, our hummingbird feeders have been swarmed by nectar-feeding bats!

These remarkable little pollinators migrate along a 1,200-kilometer "nectar corridor" stretching from southern Mexico to southern Arizona, following the bloom and feeding on agave, cactus fruit, and — lucky for us — hummingbird nectar. Two species have been visiting: the Lesser Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) and the Mexican Long-tongued Bat (Choeronycteris mexicana). Both use long, brush-tipped tongues and elongated snouts to reach deep into flowers for nectar, dusting their faces with pollen that they carry from plant to plant all night long — making them vital pollinators of the desert.

Don't miss the incredible photo and video captured by our Resident Naturalist at Ramsey Canyon!

Have you been lucky enough to see the nectar-feeding bats at our feeders or yours?