March 23, 2024 AVAS Bird Walk

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European Starling

On the morning of March 23, 2024, twenty-four bird walk participants saw or heard a total of 22 different bird species.

Birds:

Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Bufflehead
Eurasian Collared Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue-Heron
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
White-breasted Nuthatch
European Starling (featured in cover photo)
American Robin
House Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle

Total Species – 22

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.

On the morning of March 23, 2024, twenty-four bird walk participants saw or heard a total of 22 different bird species.


Birds:


Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Bufflehead
Eurasian Collared Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue-Heron
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe
White-breasted Nuthatch
European Starling (featured in cover photo)
American Robin
House Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle


Total Species – 22


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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