On the lovely, warm, birdy morning of May 25, 2024, twenty participants of the bird walk and ‘big sit’ observed a total of 20 different bird species.

Birds:



Canada Goose
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Blue Jay
European Starling
American Robin
House Sparrow
Bullock’s Oriole (featured in cover photo)
Common Grackle
Yellow Warbler
Western Tanager
Hummingbird- Heard but not seen

Total Species – 20

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