January 28, 2023 AVAS Birdwalk

Marketing • January 29, 2023
Red Tailed Hawk

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 January 28, 2023 AVAS Birdwalk drew 7 participants, and 15 species of birds were spotted. Harry Rurup led the walk, and the weather was partly cloudy, with a light breeze and temperatures in the 30s.


Birds:


Wood Duck
Mallard
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Red-tailed Hawk (cover photo)
Ferruginous Hawk (photo at right)
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Common Raven
Bushtit
American Robin



Total Species – 15 

Red Tailed Hawk
Common Raven
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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.


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