February 18th – 21st was the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. And the birds were out in full force just waiting to be counted. Here’s what came to visit in our yard from 9 – 11 am on Sunday February 20th.

Black capped chickadee – 6
Northern cardinal – 4 (two male, two female)
Downy woodpecker – 2 (one male, one female)
American goldfinch – 3
House Sparrow – 18
Dark-eye (slate) Junco – 11
Red breasted nuthatch – 1

It will be interesting to see which of these little creatures are brave enough to visit us again tomorrow and face the winter storm that Environment Canada has issued so many warnings about. Mwahaha…….more snow appears to be just over the horizon.

And the count continues…….