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Some familiar birds are hawks, jays, chestnut-backed chickadees, red-breasted nuthatches, and great gray owls.
Northern Rocky Mountain Forest-Steppe - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey) 2009
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Common birds include the mountain bluebird, chestnut-backed chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, ruby-crowned kinglet, pygmy nuthatch, gray jay, Steller's jay, and Clark's nutcracker.
Southern Rocky Mountain Steppe - OpenWoodland - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey) 2009
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The more common birds are the winter wren, Townsend's warbler, chestnut-backed chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, gray jay, and Steller's jay.
Cascade Mixed Forest - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey) 2009
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On Saturday, black-capped chickadees, chestnut-backed chickadees, song sparrows and dark-eyed juncos brought appreciative ooohs and ahhs from the birders, nestled in rain gear and unfazed by the weather.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Fall to spring, find forest dwellers: black-capped and chestnut-backed chickadees, downy and hairy woodpeckers.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Birds commonly seen: Spruce and dusky grouse, northern goshawks, white-winged and red crossbills, three-toed and black-backed woodpeckers, Clark's nutcrackers, boreal owls, pine grosbeaks; plus all four chickadees: boreal, mountain, black-capped, chestnut-backed.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Poetry is found in the names of Vancouver Island's residents - warbling vireo and chipping sparrow; hairy woodpecker and willow flycatcher; northern flicker and Western wood-pewee; belted kingfisher and orange-crowned warbler; red-breasted sapsucker and black-headed grosbeak and chestnut-backed chickadee.
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In the course of an hour, winged visitors included black-capped chickadees, chestnut-backed chickadees, juncos, robins, towhees, goldfinches, two placid mourning doves, pesky starlings and a striking, midnight-blue Steller's jay.
unknown title 2009
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