Great Horned Owl with Young

We participated in the Buffalo Ornithological Society April Count this morning. Despite the cold, flurries and coating of fresh snow we had good numbers and a few nice finds, like this Great Horned Owl nest with two young way up in a huge White Pine.

Here are the other results:

8 - Canada Goose
2 - Wood Duck
2 - Mourning Dove
1 - American Woodcock
7 - Ring-billed Gull
4 - Great Horned Owl
2 - Barred Owl
8 - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
5 - Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 - Downy Woodpecker
1 - Hairy Woodpecker
2 - Pileated Woodpecker
6 - Northern Flicker
1 - Eastern Phoebe
14 - Blue Jay
24 - American Crow
26 - Black-capped Chickadee
8 - Tufted Titmouse
17 - Golden-crowned Kinglet
5 - Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 - White-breasted Nuthatch
1 - Winter Wren
17 - European Starling
3 - Eastern Bluebird
3 - Brown Creeper
31 - American Robin
3 - American Goldfinch
3 - American Tree Sparrow
1 - Fox Sparrow
39 - Dark-eyed Junco
1 Red-winged Blackbird
4 - Song Sparrow
3 - Brown-headed Cowbird
5 - Northern Cardinal