GBBC Results River Bend Nature Center

View of the River Bend trails from just under the pavilion at the top of the switchback trail.

Since I have more places to bird than days of the Great Backyard Bird Count, some places get birded late in the day. As River Bend doesn't open as early as I like to bird, that means it is on the late list. Late birding is never as good as early morning, so I wasn't expecting a lot of birds, but it was a good short (1 hour) count anyway.

By far my best bird was a great horned owl that flushed from his roost when I passed too close. He was roosting fairly low in the tree. If I had seen him before he flushed, I would have gone around, but I didn't.

Overall a nice walk with a few good birds:

Great horned owl 1

Blue jay 2

Cardinal 2

Red-belllied woodpecker 1

House finch 1

Dark-eyed junco 6

Ruby-crowned kinglet 1

White-winged dove 4

Carolina chickadee 1

Black-tufted titmouse

Cedar waxwing 14

House sparrow 1

European starling 1

Good birding!