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.

During the November 26, 2022 AVAS Birdwalk, 24 bird species were seen and/or heard, and 18 participants attended. Clif Smith led this beautiful fall morning walk.

Birds:

Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler (featured in cover photo)
Redhead
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collard-Dove
American Coot
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Townsend’s Solitaire
European Starling
Canyon Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

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