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Silver City, New Mexico

Upcoming Events in Silver City New Mexico


July

4 - 5 Hummingbirds of New Mexico Festival - Scheduled to attend are Black-chinned, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Blue-throated, Magnificent and Rufous hummingbirds, along with invited friends (Broad-billed, Costa's and Allen's) and neighbors - and a number of humans, who like to watch. There are 17 species of hummingbird in New Mexico.

Activities will include hummingbird banding each morning 7 a.m.-10 a.m., slide presentations and educational programs, and guided bird walks. Bring your binoculars, lawn chairs and a picnic lunch and spend the day.

"Our recreational pursuits are as diverse as our citizens," said Mike Cerletti, secretary of the New Mexico Tourism Department. "The Hummingbirds of New Mexico Festival gives us the opportunity to share in one of those common pursuits in an incredibly beautiful area. It sounds like a whole lot of fun."

Also known to visit Lake Roberts are the Black Hawk, Bridled Titmouse, Painted Redstart, Purple Martin, Pinon and Steller's Jay, Osprey and various warblers and ducks, along with Lesser green-backed Goldfinch, Lesser Night Hawk, Mourning Dove, White-breasted Nuthatch, Acorn Woodpecker, Western Bluebird, Kestrel, Violet Green Swallow, Chipping Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Hepatic Tanager, Zone-tailed Hawk, Scrub Jay, Canyon Wren, Northern Flicker, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Brewers Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Western Kingbird and the Bewicks Wren.

Ph: 505-536-3866 (Always call and confirm events)
Email: HBNM@gilanet.com
Web: www.silvercity.org

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Things to do near Silver City, NM

Three Crosses

Commemorates 1830 group of travelers killed by Indians and from which Las Cruces derives its name....

Quebradas Backcountry Byway

24 miles, showcases wildlife, rock formations, colored cliffs, arroyos. Two access areas: 1) Go 2 miles north of Socoro...

Space Murals Museum

Artifacts, gift shop, water tanks with murals of spacecraft, astronauts, space-program symbols....

Our Lady at the Foot of the Cross Shrine

Reproduction of Michelangelo's Pieta, dedicated in 1875 to establishment of Loretto Academy....

Quemado Lake

Trout fishing, 130-acres....