{"id":505,"date":"2018-09-02T18:43:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T18:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megforward.com\/birds\/?p=505"},"modified":"2022-03-31T20:31:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:31:17","slug":"visiting-birds-in-the-old-burying-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megforward.com\/birds\/index.php\/2018\/09\/02\/visiting-birds-in-the-old-burying-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Feathered graveyard visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So many human visitors come into the Old Burying Ground<\/a> that it is ranked as the most visited site in town. Among bird species, there are visitors too. Here are some that I’ve run into…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great-crested Flycatcher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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White-chinned Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern Phoebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blue Bird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Visiting Woodpeckers stop by occasionally to forage for insects and grubs on the ancient trees inside the walls of the Old Burying Ground.<\/a> They “eat and run” so to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hairy Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Downy Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red-bellied Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Downy Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight while on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.<\/em><\/p>Victor Hugo<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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