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2025 Christmas Bird Count

This year marked the 50th anniversary of the Wild River Audubon Christmas Bird Count.  The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is the longest-running formal citizen science project in the nation having first been held on Christmas Day 1900.  Tom Anderson organized the first...

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Red Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensi)

“Yank! Yank! Yank!” A nasal little voice beeps in tree branches overhead. It sounds reminiscent of a toy trumpet (https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/229281561), an endearing feature of a tiny bird with a big presence in the boreal woods. Red-breasted Nuthatches prefer...

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The American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

Crows make an indelible mark on the landscape wherever they occur. Numerous, large and all black, they are assigned unflattering human characteristics: crows are shrewd, calculating, crafty and wise. (T.S. Roberts); The “cunning” bird (The Breeding Bird Atlas of...

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