A total of 14 people attended the walk at the NWDC-River Campus at 8 am. Everyone appreciated the additional walk and the earlier start time of 8 am.  A total of 24 bird species were seen and/or heard.

Birds:

Western Wood-Pewee
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk (RTH)
Yellow Warbler
Blue Jay
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Turkey Vulture
Cedar Waxwing
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Eurasian-collared Dove
House Wren
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (enjoying the tubular flowers in the native plant garden)
House Sparrow
Cormorant (featured in cover photo)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Starling
Bullock’s Oriole (male & female)
Canada Geese
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird (harassing a RTH)
American Robin

Total Bird Species –   24

Other critters:

Bumble Bee
Cabbage White butterflies
Garter Snake

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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