Red Deer River Naturalists Bird Focus Group Walk June 1, 2024

Many thanks to Ron Bjorge for leading the Riverbend Upper Trails outing June 1, 2024! I’ve included his summary and checklist below. Notwithstanding the ones that got away, they tallied an impressive 38 species.

Chris Olsen

Eight hardy birders joined for a good walk in the upper trails of Riverbend June 1, 2024. We were treated to the first sighting being a Bald eagle and in the last seconds an Osprey. Some key species like Western Tanager, Belted Kingfisher and Purple finch remained quiet and unseen. We did see a larger, almost robin-sized yellow-bellied bird that was acting like a flycatcher, but it was too jumpy to get an id. A good morning!

Happy birding!

Ron Bjorge

Here is the eBird report:

Red Deer--River Bend Recreation Area

Jun 1, 2024

9:57 AM

Traveling, walking

4.60 km

170 Minutes

All birds reported? Yes

Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 2.20.4 Build 2.20.28

8 Participants

12 Canada Goose

7 Mallard

1 Common Goldeneye

1 Mourning Dove

5 Spotted Sandpiper

6 Larus sp.

3 Double-crested Cormorant

2 Turkey Vulture

1 Osprey

3 Bald Eagle

1 Downy Woodpecker

1 Hairy Woodpecker

4 Western Wood-Pewee

31 Least Flycatcher

8 Red-eyed Vireo

2 Blue Jay

6 American Crow

3 Common Raven

13 Black-capped Chickadee

55 Bank Swallow

1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

1 White-breasted Nuthatch

1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

2 House Wren

3 Gray Catbird

13 American Robin

3 Cedar Waxwing

1 House Finch

5 Pine Siskin

10 Chipping Sparrow

4 Clay-colored Sparrow

8 White-throated Sparrow

1 Song Sparrow

4 Red-winged Blackbird

4 Brown-headed Cowbird

2 Brewer's Blackbird

75 Yellow Warbler -- Yellow warblers everywhere. This last is a conservative number of individuals

1 Yellow-rumped Warbler

Number of Taxa: 38