The Black Capped Chickadee
I thought I would do another post about the Black Capped Chickadee. This little bird is probably my favorite to watch. If you put out a feeder, you can be sure that the chickadee’s will show up. These must be the tamest little birds there are. My Dad has had them land on his shoulder while he is filling up the feeder and it is nothing to stand a few feet from the feeder and have them flying right up to the feeder. It is like they know that we feed them.
This next image was a lucky shot and has to be my best picture ever. How I caught the motion of this chickadee’s wings while it was heading for the feeder is beyond me!
One more picture, then I’ll write a bit of info about this bird.
According to All About Birds :
Cool Facts
- The Black-Capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food items for later recovery. Each item is placed in a different spot and a bird can remember thousands of hiding places.
- The chickadee’s simple-sounding calls have been found to be extremely complex and language-like. They code information on identity and recognition of other flocks as well as predator alarms and contact calls.
- Breeding pairs and nonbreeders join up into flocks outside of the breeding season. Nonbreeders may be members of several flocks, with a different position in the dominance hierarchy of each flock.
I have noticed that I only usually see the chickadees during the winter months, so I assume that they are well fitted to the cold climate. The black capped chickadee page on Wikipedia says that they are permanent residents, but they often move south during the winter. Their have a wide range as you can see from the map available on the All About Birds page. They live in parts of Alaska, most of southern Canada, and most of the northern United States.
Heres to you my little friends!
May 5th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I’ve always liked chickadees. They’re such cute little birds.
May 5th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Yep. Cute and friendly:)