{"id":1983,"date":"2012-01-10T14:52:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T19:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2012-01-10T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T19:52:03","slug":"winter-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/2012\/01\/winter-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Black-capped Chickadee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members of the titmouse family, small, plump, & aggressive chickadees are full of personality.\u00a0 They are acrobatic as they dance around tree branches, never staying in one place for long.\u00a0 Their black bib & cap, combined with their white cheeks, gives their faces a striking appearance.\u00a0 Their loud \u201cbi-dee-dee-dee\u201d call makes them sound louder than they really are.\u00a0 On sunny days, a loud, whistled \u201cpheer-pheer<\/a>\u201d welcomes spring.\u00a0 In summer, they nest in tiny cavities in tree trunks or hollow limbs.\u00a0 They can be found throughout New York year-round.\u00a0 At feeders, they prefer black oil or striped sunflower seeds.\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

Blue Jay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bold, loud, & clever birds, blue jays are members of the crow family. They can be found throughout New York year-round.\u00a0 Larger than a robin, a blue jay adds a dazzling splash of color to New York\u2019s winter landscape.\u00a0 When nervous, it holds its blue crest up.\u00a0 A single \u201cflight feather\u201d from a blue jay is beautiful, with a combination of blue, black, & white.\u00a0 Their calls are well known: a \u201cscreaming jay<\/a>\u201d call & another that mimics the sound of a hand-operated water well pump.\u00a0 Blue jays can eat a large quantity of food at feeders, making them less welcome to some birdwatchers.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tufted Titmouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

A relative of the chickadee, the gray, tufted titmouse looks something like a cross between a chickadee & a blue jay.\u00a0 With a blue-gray crest & back, large dark eyes, & tan-colored under parts, the titmouse is unmistakable.\u00a0 They are found throughout New York, except the north country.\u00a0 Like chickadees, titmice are cavity nesters, & like cardinals, they are shy at feeders.\u00a0 It is also another bird whose call announces the coming of spring, its call is a loud, whistled \u201cpheer-pheer-pheer<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Northern Cardinal<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The unmistakable brilliant red, crested, black-faced male cardinal is a favorite of birdwatchers.\u00a0\u00a0 But male & female cardinals do not look alike.\u00a0 Females are much browner, with a splash of red-orange on the wings, tail & head.\u00a0 Perhaps aided by bird feeders, cardinals are expanding their range northward, especially along Lake Ontario\u2019s eastern shores & into St. Lawrence Valley.\u00a0 Ground feeders, they often feed under birdfeeders, picking through seeds that other birds spill.\u00a0 Cardinals area bit timid at feeders; they may be the fires to leave at the slightest disturbance.\u00a0 Cardinals have several well-known songs, including \u201cbirdy-birdy-birdy\u201d & \u201cWhat cheer, what cheer, what<\/a>?\u201d sung loudly from a perch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Black-capped Chickadee Members of the titmouse family, small, plump, & aggressive chickadees are full of personality.\u00a0 They are acrobatic as they dance around tree branches, never staying in one place for long.\u00a0 Their black bib & cap, combined with their white cheeks, gives their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,161],"tags":[210,17,162,165,163,19,166,164],"class_list":["post-1983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-ovenbird-jr-naturalist","tag-birds","tag-birdsong","tag-black-capped-chickadee","tag-blue-jay","tag-cardinal","tag-identification","tag-ovenbird-jr-natualist","tag-tufted-titmouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2001,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983\/revisions\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pfeiffernaturecenter.org\/nature-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}