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The Black-capped ChickadeeSince the Bedford Audubon Society was founded in 1913 by a group of concerned citizens in Bedford Village, the Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus, has remained the mascot and logo of the Society. Our founder’s concerns for the then dwindling populations of local woodland birds, must have viewed the Black-capped Chickadee as the quintessential woodland bird and adopted it for that reason. Over the years there have been several different versions of our chickadee logo. Early versions depicted a chickadee clinging upside down, onto a white pine branch and cone. Later versions depicted our little chickadee on a leafy birch branch. Well-known artist and club member, Georges Dremeaux of Mount Kisco, New York, drew our current version in 1995. Edward Howe Forbush’s description of the Black-capped Chickadee, as presented below, we believe typifies everyone’s opinion of our “blithe woodland sprite,” the Black-capped Chickadee. The Call of the Black-capped Chickadee
Natural History of the Birds of Eastern and Central N. America,
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"The
little Blacked-capped Chickadee is the embodiment of cheerfulness, verve and
courage. It can boast no elegant plumes, and it makes no claims as a songster,
yet this blithe woodland sprite is a distinctive character, and is a bird
masterpiece beyond all praise. It is spruce and smart in its plain black, gray
and white livery; and its cheery, cordial notes are the 'open sesame' to
woodland secrets. Follow the call of the Chickadee and it will introduce you to
its brethren and to a sociable gathering of kinglets, nuthatches, a Downy
Woodpecker or two, and possibly a Brown Creeper..."
Black-capped Chickadee