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Meetings, field trips, and natural happenings in the Chenango County, New York, area.
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Downy Woodpecker
New York is blessed with a great diversity of woodpecker species, including such fancy ones as Pileated and Black-backed Woodpeckers--the latter, a boreal forest specialist, will be one of the "target birds" on our May 29 field trip to Ferd's Bog.
Our area's most abundant woodpecker is also the smallest in North America, the Downy Woodpecker.
Here's a fact to make you a success at your next cocktail party: Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers are named for the texture of their back feathers, which are finer and softer in Downy and coarser and stiffer in its larger cousin. |
Posted: 1:14 PM, Thursday, April 10, 2008 in Recent Sightings |
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Spring Finches
It's a wonderful time of year to watch American Goldfinches, a widespread and lovely little finch that happens to be the emblem of the Chenango Bird Club.
The males are fast molting into their breeding plumage, showing odd patches of gray and black where in just a few weeks they'll be as bright as a summer day. |
Posted: 1:11 PM, Thursday, April 10, 2008 in Recent Sightings |
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Winter Finches
New York has enjoyed a much better than average season for the "winter finches," with invasions of Pine Grosbeak and both Redpoll species particularly notable.
Are you keeping track of how long yours stay around this spring? Let us know by leaving a comment below! |
Posted: 1:00 PM, Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
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The Chenango Bird Club
Welcome to the new Chenango Bird Club blog!
Bookmark us and check back often for news about our meetings, field trips, and natural happenings in our area.
Use our "Comments" section to let us know what you're seeing and doing.
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Posted: 12:00 PM, Thursday, April 10, 2008 in Chenango Bird Club News |
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