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William Kain Park, York, PA (Google, OSM)
39.8807618489, -76.68643713
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Jan. 05, 2012 17:00:22 -0500
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Carolina Chickadee - Photo (c) Dan Pancamo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
wabbytwax's ID: Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis [inactive]) (inactive taxon)
Posted by wabbytwax over 1 year ago (Flag)
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This is a tough one! You're right at the zone of overlap between the Carolina and the Black-capped, plus they hybridize too. Did you hear the song?

Great pictures!

Posted by kestrel over 1 year ago (Flag)
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Yes I did hear the sound and I think I could recognize it again if i heard it. Let me go see if I can find sounds from both online.

Posted by wabbytwax over 1 year ago (Flag)
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Well I listened to both on allaboutbirds.org and I'm leaning towards the Carolina Chickadee. I didn't hear that see-saw sound that the black-capped one made at all.

Posted by wabbytwax over 1 year ago (Flag)
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I also saw the two King Fishers that I see here during the summer. They were too far away and flying around too fast to photograph but I was surprised they didn't go south for the winter.

Posted by wabbytwax over 1 year ago (Flag)
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Carolina Chickadee - Photo (c) Dan Pancamo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
wabbytwax's ID: Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Added as part of a taxon swap
Posted by wabbytwax 4 months ago (Flag)
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Carolina Chickadee - Photo (c) Dan Pancamo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
wabbytwax's ID: Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Added as part of a taxon swap
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