8 degrees F, The annual bird count has been a Denali tradition for the past 16 years. This year 18 different speices of birds were found. These included a total of: 27 Common Redpolls, 4 Hoary Redpolls, 1 Three-Toed Woodpecker, 22 White-winged Crossbills, 1 Dark-eyed Junco, 28 Pine Grosbeaks, 9 Black-capped Chickadees, 87 Boreal Chickadees, 26 Common Ravens, 44 Gray Jays, 45 Black-billed Magpies, 1 Ruffed Grouse, 2 Spruce Grouse, 1 Boreal Owl, 1 Northern Hawk-Owl, 2 Great-horned Owls, 1 Northern Goshawk, and 4 Willow Ptarmigan. Sonya Caven and Willie explored the Karma Ridge area from the Denali Education Center. One of their most exciting sightings was a flock of 16 Magpies.
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