Events

Enjoy a vehicle-drawn hayride in a restricted access area of the Backcountry Wilderness Area in search of wild turkeys. Watch and listen as jakes and toms gobble and strut for attention. Learn fun facts about these large birds and their behaviors. Keep an eye out for other wildlife including elk, deer, kestrels, red-tailed hawks, bluebirds, and more. Hayrides are subject to weather and road conditions. Activity level: Easy, little to no walking. Elevation 6,300'.

Program participants will watch research in action and see warblers, sparrows, woodpeckers, thrushes, and other songbirds up close at the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies bird banding research station.

Program participants will watch research in action and see warblers, sparrows, woodpeckers, thrushes, and other songbirds up close at the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies bird banding research station.

Southeast Arizona always has something to offer most North American birders. Birds like the Elegant Trogon, Buff-collared Nightjar, Five-striped Sparrow, Mexican Chickadee, Red-faced Warbler, Buff-breasted Flycatcher and Thick-billed Kingbird are specialties of Arizona.