Gila River Horseback Ride

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Participant Limit: 7, Fee: $100 Please contact Joe Saenz at Wolfhorse Outfitters @ 575.534.1379 to book your ride. Difficulty level: moderate Meet at Woody's Corral, off Hwy 15 on route to Gila Cliff Dwellings at 9 am Ride by the River of Creation, in the heart of Chiricahua

Migratory Birds of the Gila River

Gila National Forest New Mexico

Part of this year’s Gila River Festival. Event is FULL - send an email to gilariverfest@gmail.com to be added to the waiting list. Participant Limit: 12; Fee: $30 Difficulty: Moderate Meet at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center at 7:45 am to carpool to the trailhead due to limited parking. Starting from the Gila River Bird

Using the Merlin Birding App

Western New Mexico University 1000 West College Avenue, Silver City, New Mexico

Learn to use Merlin, a free phone app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, to help identify birds by location, sight, and sound. Heidi Erstad will be your guide. The class will be held in Harlan Hall, Room 135 @ WNMU. For beginning and casual birders. Limited to 30 participants! RSVP to swnmaudubon@gmail.com (not FB

The Big Sit – Birding Challenge

Cliff Cliff, NM

Join us at the Iron Bridge overlooking the Gila River for some relaxed sit-down birding! The Big Sit is a family-friendly, semi-competitive, stationary birding event where bird-enthusiasts around the world identify as many bird species as possible from a 17' diameter circle. People will be participating all over the world! Bird lovers of all backgrounds