State Birds and Global Warming - National Wildlife Federation


Birds and Global Warming

Birds & Global Warming

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Maine species impacted by Global Warming

Black-Capped Chickadee
(Poecile atricapilla)

State bird of Massachusetts and Maine

Photo © Tom Vezo

Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

The black-capped chickadee is in danger of disappearing from Massachusetts.

Description
4 3/4-5 3/4" (12-15 cm). Black cap and throat, white cheeks, gray back, dull white underparts. Wing feathers narrowly and indistinctly edged with white.

Voice
A buzzy chick-a-dee-dee-dee or a clear, whistled fee-bee, the second note lower and often doubled.

Habitat
Deciduous and mixed forests and open woodlands; suburban areas in winter.

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Bay-breasted Warbler
Boreal Chickadee
Cape May Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Nashville Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
Rusty Blackbird
Tennessee Warbler
White-winged Crossbill
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson's Warbler
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Evening Grosbeak

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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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