Six participants observed sixteen species along the Arkansas River at the NWDC River Campus on the warm morning of August 24, 2024. We also saw a HUGE rainbow trout from the deck!

Birds:

Osprey
Great Blue Heron
Cormorant
Flycatcher (sp.)
Ash throated flycatcher (featured in cover photo)
Western wood pewee
Mourning dove
White-winged dove
Mallard
Canada goose
Kingfisher
Flicker
Swallow (sp.)
Pied-billed grebe
Raven
Turkey Vulture

Total Species – 16

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