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 October 22, 2022 AVAS Birdwalk, 18 bird species were seen and/or heard, and 15 participants attended. Clif Smith led this beautiful fall morning walk. 

Birds:

Wood Duck
Mallard
Common Merganser (featured in cover photo)
White-winged Dove
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
European Starling
House Sparrow
House Finch
Spotted Towhee
White-crown Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird

Total Species – 18

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