History
Aiken Audubon Society, named for naturalist Charles Aiken (1850-1936), began in April 1950 as the Aiken Ornithological Society. This Society mainly studied birds and their habitats, wrote papers which are now housed in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and had a series of Wildlife Film-Lectures as a community activity. Aiken Ornithological Society became a chapter of the National Audubon Society in May 1971.

Aiken Audubon Events
The Aiken Audubon Society holds meetings eight times a year on the third Wednesday of the month. We are currently meeting at the Colorado Division of Wildlife building. 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907.

Aiken schedules many interesting field trips during the year, and participates in various bird counts, notably the Christmas Bird Count.
Aiken also publishes a bimonthly newsletter, Aikorns, five times a year, both online and hardcopy.