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 excellent participation in part due to pleasant spring temperatures. We had 24 participants who in total identified 24 different bird species.

Birds:

Mallard
Common Merganser
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Woodpecker Species
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Say’s Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
B lue Jay (featured in cover photo)
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
European Starling
House Sparrow
House Finch
Lark Sparrow
Bullock’s Oriole
Brown-headed Cowbird
Yellow Warbler

Total Species – 24

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