November 23, 2024 AVAS Bird Walk

Marketing • December 4, 2024
Canvasback

Twelve people joined us on the November 23, 2024, walk on a crisp beautiful morning and saw 17 bird species.

Join us on our 9 am walks on the 4th Saturday of every month.


Birds:


Blue-winged Teal (2)
Mallard (5)
Canvasback (featured in cover photo)
American Coot (5)
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron (2)
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (2)
Blue Jay
American Crow (2)
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
European Starling
Mountain Bluebird (4)
American Robin


Total Species – 17


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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