May 24, 2025 AVAS Bird Walk
On Saturday, May 24th a total of 25 Pueblo nature lovers observed 21 bird species around the Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center River Campus. It was a lovely warm morning with camaraderie and lunch afterward—a perfect day!
Join us on our 9 am walks on the 4th Saturday of every month.
Birds:
Wood Duck
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Mississippi Kite- adult & juvenile
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Robin
American Goldfinch
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bullock's Oriole
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Yellow Warbler
Blue Grosbeak (Featured in cover photo)
Total Species – 21

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.