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I located an adult female Black-backed Woodpecker this morning foraging in dead trees in a conifer bog in Berkshire (basically on the Canadian border), after observing several dead spruce with recently flaked bark, and then listening for the woodpecker's tapping. Other species observed: Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches American Crow Common Raven Golden-crowned Kinglet Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee Wild Turkey Ruffed Grouse Hairy Woodpecker House Finch (in nearby hardwoods) Russ Ford Graduate Research Assistant Aquatic Ecology and Watershed Science Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources "It's so beautifully arranged on the plate, you know someone's fingers have been all over it." - Julia Child *****