River Legacy Living Science Center had a successful Family Fun Saturday: We Love Birds! event on Saturday, February 14. Following is a list and count of birds taken during the guided bird walks in River Legacy Parks that was submitted to the Great Backyard Bird Count Web site:
Red-Shouldered Hawk: 3
White-Winged Dove: 7
Blue Jay: 2
White-Crowned Sparrow: 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 3
Downy Woodpecker: 1
Carolina Wren: 5
Northern Cardinal: 3
Black Vulture: 1
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet: 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 9
Northern Flicker: 1
Carolina Chickadee: 5
Belted Kingfisher: 1
American Crow: 2
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker: 1
White-Throated Sparrow: 3
Great Blue Heron: 1
Ring Billed Gull: 4
Turkey Vulture: 1
Titmouse: 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1
Great-tailed Grackle: 12
House Sparrow: 4
During the 2009 Great Backyard Bird Count event a total of 93,590 checklists were submitted; 619 species were observed; and more than 11.5 million individual birds were counted. To learn more visit www.birdsource.org/gbbc.
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