Monthly campfire includes singing, stories and a hot-dog and marshmallow roast. Wild Turkey, Great Blue Heron, Black Hawk, Mexican Jay, Painted Redstart, Hepatic Tanager. Early May. This festival features field trips to observe neotropical migratory birds as well as the flora of Southwestern forests and rivers, and to visit Mimbres archaeological sites. One third of all bird species in North America have been sighted along the Gila River in New Mexico, including a rare Black Hawk. The prehistoric Mimbres culture is renown for its beautiful painted pottery that depicts animals and mythological creatures.
Colorful wildflowers line the roadsides all over southwest New Mexico.
Though wildflowers are not found during all seasons, when the summers rains begin NM's fauna burst into life with brilliance, and are kept fresh with afternoon rains through October. The Tour of the Gila is widely known as one of America's most challenging races. The Tour of the Gila is sure to offer the kind of excitement that you will not want to miss. Licenses offered by vendors through the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Santa Fe, NM 87501. One of the few places it is still possible to hunt 7 different species of game at the same time.