Bedford Audubon Society

A Northern Westchester & Eastern Putnam Counties, New York Chapter of the National Audubon Society

Celebrating 95 Years of Conservation 1913-2008
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About Birds

Mallard and American Black Duck
Mallard and
American Black Duck		 Accipiters
The Accipters:
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, and Northern Goshawk		 Sharp-shinned Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
American Kestrel
The American Kestrel		 Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird  
Click for more about Belted Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher		 Click to read about Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers
Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers		 Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the 20th century
Ivory-billed Woodpecker
in the Twentieth Century
 Click to read about Eastern Phoebes and Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe and
Eastern Wood-Pewee		 Common Raven and American Crow
American Crow and
Common Raven		 Click to read about Black-capped Chickadees
Black-capped Chickadee
Melanistic Tufted Titmouse
Melanistic
 Tufted Titmouse		 Click to read about Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches
Red-breasted and
White-breasted Nuthatches		 Click to see and read about the House Wren
House Wren
Eastern Bluebird Nestbox Monitoring
Eastern Bluebird Monitoring
at Bylane Farm		 Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing		 Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler		 Sean Prokter's Sparrow Identification Guide
Sparrows—Sean Prockter's
Sparrow Identification Guide		 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Click to see Baltimore Orioles and Orchard Orioles
Baltimore and Orchard Orioles		 Click for more on House Finches and Purple Finches
House and Purple Finches		 American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch

Click on a link to see photos and read about some of our area's common birds.

Click for a checklist of the Birds of the Hunt Sanctuary

Photos Courtesy of and Copyright © Richard L. Becker
www.songstar.org

Photos Courtesy of and Copyright © by Dick Budnik Photography
 DickBudnik@verizon.net   http://mysite.verizon.net/DickBudnik

Photos Courtesy of and Copyright © by Rick Paris
rick@rickparis.com   www.rickparis.com

and
Photos Courtesy of and Copyright © by Arlene Ripley

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