The West Valley, in the County of Maricopa includes: Phoenix and the Cities of Glendale, Tolleson, Peoria, Surprise with Del Webb’s Sun City Grand, Goodyear, Avondale, Litchfield Park, El Mirage, Youngtown and the unincorporated retirement communities of Del Webb’s Sun City and Sun City West.

Other Adult Living and Golf Communities are Pebblecreek Golf Resort, gated, with special amenities, featuring 2 Golf Courses; Westbrook Village with 2 Golf Courses; Sun Village, Arizona Tradition and the gated RV, Mobile Home and Villa Gold Community Happy Trails, each with one course.

The Valley is considered the most affordable housing market. Prices run from a low of $85,000 to luxury housing for $500,000 and up. Housing is currently approaching an average of 3% growth, around our 100 Golf Courses, Parks and Lakes.

Desert Vegetation

The majestic Saguaro Cactus is the landmark of Arizona, it can grow to sixty feet, after fifty to sixty years this columnar cactus begins to form arms and reaches its full size after 150 years. The Indians used the red fruit as food supply. It bears at night the white blossom, designated as the state flower.

Key Benefits:
Benefit 1-SunshineBenefit                 Benefit 2-Warmer Weather

Benefit 3-Lower Humidity

Western Hummingbirds:

While the Ruby-throated is the only hummingbird commonly found east of the Mississippi River, the western U.S. is fortunate to have many different species.  There are Magnificent, Anna’s,

Black-chinned, and Costa’s.  Found only in America, hummingbirds are most abundant in South America near the equator.  There is a total of 300 species of hummingbirds. The western U.S. has a dozen regular species and several others that occasionally come north from Mexico.

Arizona is one of the best areas for observing a variety of hummingbirds. In late summer local nesters are still present, northern species have migrated south, and some Mexican species have wandered north. The chance to see rare species like the White-eared, the Violet-Crowned, the Plain-capped Starthroat lure birders to places like Madera and Ramsey Canyons. Whether one sees the rare species along the Mexican boarder, a Costa’s   in the Sonoran Desert or an Anna’s along the coast, hummingbirds are truly one of the wonders of the natural world.

Roadrunner,

common name for two crested birds making up a genus of the cuckoo family and is one of the species common in the Arizona Desert and very often seen in the Sun Cities.   Roadrunners are of the western United States and Central America and are noted for their swiftness of foot. The greater roadrunner is up to 60 cm (24 in) long, including the 30-cm (12-in) tail. The upper parts and the tail are bronzy brown, the back streaked with buff; the under parts are buff, with the breast heavily streaked with black. The more southern lesser roadrunner is smaller and lacks the breast streaks. Both are omnivorous, with reptiles and insects forming much of the diet.                                                                                                                                                

The Roadrunner, one of 127 species of cuckoos, is unique in that it has the ability to lower its body temperatures at night to response to cooling8 temperatures.  Once persecuted because of the belief that they were responsible for the decline of game birds, roadrunners have made a strong come back throughout the Arizona Desert.

The Quail

Common name for two groups of bird species within the galliform family: the odontophorine quails of North America.

The best-known species in the United States is the northern bobwhite, named from the loud call of the male. A popular game bird, it was originally resident east of the Rockies and north to southern Ontario and New England; it has been successfully introduced in parts of western North America. It is 21 to 26 cm (8.5 to 10.5 in) long, with a slight crest. Males of the northern populations are reddish brown above and white, barred with black, on the belly. The throat and a line above the eye are white; a broad black line extends from the eye backward and around the throat. This white area is replaced by buff in the otherwise similar females. In subspecies from the southwestern United States and parts of Mexico, the face, throat, and variable amounts of the rest of the under parts are black.

They like to nest close to the homes in the Sun Cities, in plants, bushes and small trees around the houses. One Female lays 12 to 18 eggs and leaves the area when the last baby quail followed her.

Monogamous, after the breeding season, bobwhites gather into coveys—groups that may number over 100 birds—dispersing during the day for feeding and reassembling at night or in adverse weather. The members of the covey seek warmth and protection by huddling in a circle, with their heads turned outward. If frightened, bobwhites (like most quail) prefer to run from danger; when flushed, they fly rapidly with a loud whirring sound, but quickly drop to earth.