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29-MAR-2010 Christine Hanrahan

Downy woodpecker, female

I went to the FWG just after the rain ended today. On an old apple tree by the Butterfly Meadow there were a hairy woodpecker, and two downy woodpeckers, all on the same tree, all very noisy. I was hoping to find some new arrivals, perhaps golden-crowned kinglets, but all the birds I saw were the the usual: cardinals, chickadees, house finches etc. along with three song sparrows, whose song can be heard all over the garden now. The goldfinches now have their breeding plumage, and are singing up a storm, even though they won't even think about breeding for a long, long time yet!

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slhoornstra30-Mar-2010 19:30
It sounds like paradise to me, lovely little woodpecker and the unseen song of the sparrows!! V
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