Field Trips – White Mountain Audubon Society

Identification Tips: Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers

March 6, 2021 by wmasadmin

By Sue Sitko In the over four decades (ouch!) I’ve been a birder, I’ve gotten pretty good at calling a Hairy Woodpecker a Hairy Woodpecker and a Downy Woodpecker a Downy Woodpecker. I’ve seen both hundreds of times. For me … Read More

Bird Watchers | Field Trips

Chasing a Bird…Identification

March 5, 2021 by wmasadmin

By Sue Sitko Let’s start with the “morals of the story,” which usually comes at the end: 1) cameras are ALMOST as important as binoculars; 2) a persistent birder can get answers; and 3) you, too, can do what we … Read More