Red Deer River Naturalists Bird Focus Group Walk September 19, 2026

Bird Focus People:

Sincere thanks to Danielle B. and daughter Drayten, for hosting the Heritage Ranch RDRN outing on Sep 19, 2026.

Chris Olsen

Here is the eBird report:

Red Deer--Heritage Ranch Park, Red Deer, Alberta, CA

Sep 19, 2026 10:03 AM - 1:02 PM

Protocol: Traveling, walking

3.252 kilometres

Checklist Comments: It was a very quiet morning for birding. We spotted a Warbler we could not identify (Drayten checked in her bird book and it looked like a Palm or Orange-crowned). We also possibly saw a Bald

Eagle but he was too far away to positively identify. We watched two adorable muskrats in the river (a highlight of our walk!) Merlin also caught the following, but we did not have any sightings to confirm: Trumpeter Swan, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Pine Siskin, Boreal Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker.

20 species

Canada Goose 3

Mallard 5

Redhead 2

Common Merganser 14

Ring-billed Gull 23

Great Blue Heron 1

Osprey 2

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker 3

Blue Jay 2 Parking lot

American Crow 4

Common Raven 1

Black-capped Chickadee 46

Red-breasted Nuthatch 2

American Robin 11 High overhead

Cedar Waxwing 20

Dark-eyed Junco 1

White-crowned Sparrow 1

White-throated Sparrow 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler 20

View this checklist online at [https://ebird.org/checklist/S394335286](https://ebird.org/checklist/S394335286)