The 21st annual Ponca State Park CBC will be held on Sunday, Dec. 14. The Count will be the centerpiece of the Park’s Winterfest event. This count includes Ponca State Park, Powder Creek WMA and Buckskin Hills WMA as well as the Missouri River, its sandbars, backwaters and bluffs and can host over 60 species of birds. In the past, Greater Prairie Chicken, Black-legged Kittiwake, Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon, Townsend’s Solitaire, Bohemian Waxwing and Mountain Bluebird have been found on the count.

Those interested in participating in this count should contact me with your plans and meet at Ponca State Park’s Resource Center at 7:30am.

The Park staff will both participate and provide a hot lunch at noon. There we will warm up, enjoy a hearty meal, compare notes and plan the afternoon’s effort.

Those interested in searching for owls before dawn, should contact me before the count.

Note: a park permit is required on cars entering the park.

Bill Huser

712-574-3107

Billfhuser@gmail.com

Ponca State Park CBC compiler