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 December 24, 2022 AVAS Birdwalk provided folks with the chance to spend time outdoors with their family and friends before the Christmas holiday. Despite freezing temperatures 9 participants met up for the walk, and their fortitude was rewarded! A total of 17 bird species were seen and/or heard. There was even a special sighting of a Great Horned Owl; perhaps this was the young male that NWDC’s Raptor Center just released back into the wild on December 15? We can’t be sure, but it was a beautiful sighting indeed.

Birds:



Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Great Horned Owl (featured in cover photo)
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American Crow
American Robin
European Starling
Canyon Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Total Species – 17

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