May 28, 2022 AVAS Birdwalk

Marketing • June 1, 2022
Wood Duck

At 9am 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.


During the May 22, 2022 AVAS Birdwalk, 27 birds were seen and/or heard. Ten participants attended, and they saw their very first Common Nighthawk! The trip was co-led by Harry Rurup and Clif Sandstrom.


Birds:



Canada Goose
Wood Duck (featured in cover photo)
Mallard
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk
Ring-billed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Osprey

Woodpecker Species (Heard)

Western Kingbird
Blue Jay

Swallow Species (Seen)

Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
European Starling
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Canyon Towhee
Bullock’s Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Yellow Warbler


Total – 27


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

RECENT ARTICLES

By Jennifer de Groot March 5, 2026
The December 27, 2025 bird walk had 15 participants observed 16 species on a lovely, warmish morning. Gadwall American Wigeon (featured in cover photo) Mallard Bufflehead Common Goldeneye White-winged Dove Mourning Dove American Coot Pied-billed Grebe Belted Kingfisher Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue Jay White-breasted Nuthatch White-crowned Sparrow Total Species – 16
By Jennifer de Groot March 1, 2026
Joining students in their wonder for the natural world is a magical experience.
By Jennifer de Groot February 1, 2026
Overwintering wasps, wiry lichen clinging to fallen bark, pillowy moss growing between cracks in rocks, and many, many Ponderosa pine cones.