February 25, 2023 AVAS Birdwalk

NWDC • March 2, 2023

At 9 am on the fourth Saturday of every month, the Arkansas Valley Audubon Society leads a birdwalk at the NWDC River Campus for an enjoyable outing to view and identify a variety of birds.


The February 25, 2023 AVAS Birdwalk had 17 participants. A total of 21 bird species were seen and/or heard. The rarest bird seen was a Black-crowned Night-Heron, and it was spotted from the River Campus Deck area.


Birds:


Mallard
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe

American Coot

Ring-billed Gull

Black-crowned Night-Heron (featured in cover image)

Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk

Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Townsend’s Solitaire
American Robin
European Starling
House Sparrow
House Finch


Total Species – 21

European Starling

About AVAS


The Arkansas Valley Audubon Society (AVAS) is located in Pueblo, Colorado and is one of 500 Audubon chapters around the country. AVAS conducts birding activities, offers community programs, contributes to pro-environmental legislative initiatives, and works with agencies that manage public lands and sponsors birding field trips. The mission of AVAS is to promote the conservation of nature through education, political action and field activities with a focus on birds, other wildlife and habitat in Southern Colorado.


Visit the AVAS website

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