March 25, 2023 AVAS Birdwalk

Marketing • March 29, 2023
Hairy Woodpecker

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 bird walk had good participation despite cold temperatures and wind gusts between 10-20 mph. We had 8 participants, saw 22 different bird species, and even spotted a beaver swimming in the river and entering its lodge.


Birds:



Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
White-winged Dove
Morning Dove
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
White-breasted Nuthatch
Curve-billed Thrasher
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle


Total Species – 22

Northern Flicker
White Breasted Nuthatch
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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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