Natural Events Almanac

New Mexico

Gila River
ŠHarold E. Malde

Event: Spring and Summer Birding

Where: Gila Riparian Preserve in southwestern New Mexico

When: May through August

The riparian forests of the Gila River Valley support some of the highest densities of breeding birds in North America. During the spring and summer months, visitors to the Conservancy's Gila Riparian Preserve can glimpse a variety of neotropical birds including common black-hawks, summer tanagers, vermillion flycatchers, southwest willow flycatchers, yellow-billed cuckoos, elf owls, Lucy's warblers, Abert's towhees, brown-crested flycatchers and Gila woodpeckers.

Open to the public.

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