Thank you Leslie! I recently introduced my 76 year old father to birding. I put up feeders outside his living room. We get chickadees, Gosbeaks, finches, thrushes, ringneck doves (We throw seed in the ground for them) and so many more. I have the Peterson's guide out on the table and have taught him how to look up all our little friends. This video will be shared tomorrow at morning coffee when I go over to see him in these great woods of southern Washington!
The grey Jays are my absolute favorites. I see them in early fall. They chase away the Stellar Jays it seems. Such polite camp robbers lol. I love their subtle "meep meep" calls.
One of my chickadee friends came by a few times over summer asking for seeds. I don't feed them in the summer but if they come by asking I'll give them a small handful of seeds just to let them know I'm still here. After a couple visits they brought their kids over to meet me! I really hope they all come hang out this winter. There can never be enough chickadees!
That is so sweet. I don't have the feeders going over summer either, but like you I have seeds on hand for them should any come by. :) How awesome about them bringing their kids to meet you. So much sweetness.
I feed them All Year but it seems in summer time they don't depend on the seeds like they do in the cold weather conditions ..but the dove's they are waiting for me like clock work I feed them chicken scratch I got from the local feed store. I feed them early in the morning and evening
Strangely, i had a chickadee fly right to me, land on my hand while i was refilling their water dish, look sidewise at me for a few blinks. She/he than drank a few sips of water, looked at me again blinking a few more times, and than flew to a nearby tree. I was so flattered and astonished. Needless to say, that made my day🥰
I've always adored these colorful and bold birds. They seem to have very little fear of humans and come close. I have 2 acres and spend about $300.00 on feed for all birds and wildlife. So my little friends don't have to struggle for food to stay healthy and warm. It's the best money I've ever spent! Thanks for the information about these glorious little birds. .....
I love the Chickadees. They stayed away for quite a while because the Jays took over the bird feeders. I have moved things around so that the smaller birds can feed without being bumped and pushed by the Jays. It is so nice to hear their little beeps again. They are so brave and they come to greet me, especially if I am a few minutes late bringing out the food in the morning.
I love chickadees, they make me smile with their joyous attitude!!! And they stay with us all winter long, so courageous. Thanks for that beautiful video. 😍
Many years back I was able to "train" the Chestnut-backed Chickadees at my house to take pine nuts from my hand, but the Black-capped Chickadees have always been tougher to tame. Pine nuts are the greatest for enticing them! (Same for the Douglas squirrels.) Sometimes they would find me working in the garden or up on a ladder pruning trees and land on my hand and peck my fingers until I went to the house to get them nuts. Once I had some young Mormon missionaries stop by my house and the chickadees were at the front door--I got them some pine nuts and they got to have the chickadees feed from their hands, which was really fun. 🤗 At one point I could call them to me from quite a distance when they were up in the firs around the house. One thing I love about chickadees is that they are so brave. Most songbirds if you hold them will be so frightened that they are motionless, but a chickadee will peck at your hands as if they can vanquish the giant monster holding them. I experienced this when doing bird-banding, but also when they occasionally come into the house and become confused at a window and have to be carried out. Such a teeny ball of fluff with a beak the size of a grain of rice, but they say "I will fight you!". 🥰 I can't afford to buy them pine nuts anymore, but they will settle for peanuts or walnuts if they must. I love finding out about the brain size increase for food caching memory 😮--evolution is endlessly amazing; thanks for sharing that!
You are so kind. I love that, and your great love of birds. I can tell that you are kind to other humans, too. Thank you. The planet needs more kindness. 🥰❤️😁
Between the birds and the chipmunks, this summer we've found literally no less than 100 sunflower plants growing all around our property from dropped seeds and seed caches. The black oil sunflower seeds grow so easily that I planted a handful in a flower bed. I'm pretty sure every single one sprouted. I'm so pleased with the experimental patch that we're planning more flowerbeds just to plant more sunflowers next year! It makes your day better when you look outside in the morning and see Chickadees and Blue Jays cheerfully having their breakfast! Lol 💕
I love this! How darn cute is that?! You have your own little gardeners 🥰 I have always wanted to see a sunflower or two pop up around here but haven't. And I agree, it is so nice watching all the birds cheerfully enjoying their breakfast. 😊
I had several volunteer this year. A stunning mahogany came up at the garden edge & reached 10 feet! I had to tie it to a fencepost. The finches are on it so thick, the flowers bob around. Can't wait to see where they come up next year!
Thank you again Lesley. Due to my low vision, I can't see these small birds so well. But your videos, on my phone, I can see much more details. So, I hope that you are able to continue doing these videos, as they are very interesting & entertaining for me. Good health to you and your mate.
I'm so sorry it's that way, but happy that you can at least enjoy seeing them in good detail through videos like these. Thank you for the encouragement and nice wishes to me and my mate. We appreciate that a lot. Good health to you too.
Fascinating! I loved the food caching info. Especially about the hippocampus expanding and then going back to original size in Spring. Nature never ceases to amaze! Great video!
A few weeks ago, I witnessed a chickadee pair teaching one of their young ones how to fly. Took the little one a few tries, but impossible to fail with all the cajoling, encouraging and hovering by it's 'helicopter parents' !
I love chickadees, but never knew about the self-regulating body temperatures...it is truly remarkable that they can lower their body temp that much! Being able to remember where they stash so much food is pretty awesome too...I can't find my glasses if I put them down for a second...😄 Thanks for your wonderful videos and photos...I actually just started a drawing from one of your chickadee photos from a while ago.
Love these lil guys. How they hang upside down to get at berries and such is quite amusing. Their ability to cache food and remember the location for up to a month is the most remarkable thing about them, in my opinion. Nice video, Lesley
I LOVE my chickadees!! There were SO many of them in spring but now it's mainly the house finch. ... which are chatty & I loved watching the males turn red. Thank you for your love of the chickadee .... I've learned so much about them thanks to your video's!!! 💖💞💕🐦🐦
There's simply nothing to dislike about them. I.m.o., their most spectacular feature, though people can't notice it, is the change in their metabolism.
The Tit family is my favorite bird family. The Black-capped Chickadee and the Tufted Titmouse are 2 of my favorite local birds. The energy, intelligence, and vocalizations of the Black-capped Chickadee are amazing.
I have Chickadees here all the time, Black Capped, Chestnut Backed, and sometimes Mountain Chickadees. They love suet, and though I usually see two at a time, there is a family of six out there now. This would be their second clutch. I didn't know they cached food though! Thanks Lesley!
My favourite is their food caching. The Black-capped Chickadees I see on my daily hike are fun to watch when I leave some seeds out on a limb or stump. I like watching them make repeated trips and hide away the seeds in nearby hedges and trees. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely astonishing! The adaptations they make 'automatically' show an extraordinary evolutionary process. I read somewhere that in some song birds, the part of their brain responsible for the songs they sing to attract a mate, increase in size in the Spring to enable them to create and repeat complex songs. Nature is so fascinating! Great video, Thankyou Lesley!
I love Chickadees! When I lived in northern NH, I would make sure my feeders were all filled every morning in the winter. I had them(Chickadees) and Goldfinches always at my feeders. I really miss seeing these cute and beautiful birds since I moved to southern NH. There are not as many or so it seems down here as compared to the north. Love your channel. Not only do I learn things that I did not know before, but also I get to see those gorgeous Blue Jays! Thank you.
Grew up in a snowy part of the Midwest where the Black-caps were plentiful. They really are the complete package: clever, adorable, and so, so brave. I love them.
They're as dependable and as constant as anything I can think of! Bon weekend from French Canada 🇨🇦 🎶 Everyday is Saturday night but I can't wait for Sunday morning 🌄
God created everything and saw that it was good ☝️💖 I LOVE birds 🐦 watching and listening to them sing, chirp and converse with each other. It's literally music 🎶 🎵 to my ears and makes my heart ❤️ happy!! Let everything that has breath praise the Lord 🙌 🙌 Thank you for your awesome videos, info and facts. Stay well and be safe 🙏 ❤️ Texas Nana 🤠 Psalm 91
I think their versatility of chickadees is the best trait they have. I was at Quanah Parker lake in Oklahoma tofu nd the chickadees were giving the business, obviously there was a nest nearby. Such adaptable birds!
That is amazing about there hippocampus Lesley, thanks for all the research you do! I love these little darlings, always amazes me how they make it through these harsh winters, they are so hardy!💖
I can't stand the thought of them shivering to keep warm during cold winter nights. I make sure the suet and peanut feeders are full--year round. Love hearing them while I work in the yard. I think their acrobatic flying ability is what impresses me most. Some of their flying stunts have left me dumbstruck. I could not believe what I was seeing. So cute and brave
It's easy to see why you gravitated toward them, who would have though that such a small bird would have such a gravitational pull, haha! (What a geek I am.) I'm glad you enjoyed learning about these darling birds. :)
I can't think of one chickadee trait that stands out as my favorite....everything they do is my favorite thing about them. But the one thing that made me fall in love with them in the first place is their sound. The almost erethreal "fee-bee" sounds I heard all the time made me pay attention to what bird was making that sound. Many, many years later they are among the dearest wild birds to me.
Absolutely my favorite bird. Years ago I would feed them by hand and a certain pair would wait for me in the driveway to arrive home and fill the feeders… they’d often fly right into my face to get my attention and demand that I do my duty. And I’ve noticed as well that they are very opportunistic and inquisitive. They seem to explore everything that is available to them. So much to love about these little stinkers.
That is exactly how Chickadees are. They do not mind getting up close and personal, very investigative too, haha! And you are so right, they are curious about almost everything in their environment.
I had several visits from a Carolina Chickadee this morning. I thought it had been frightened off, you video is helpful understanding they move constantly. I don’t need to worry that they feel threatened by a cat or larger bird. Thank you.
When i was just another kid growing up through winters in Wisconsin, I Loved how the Black-Capped Chickadees would hang from the gutter icicles by the window and Tap On The Glass If My Feeders Ran Out Of Feed! Very Clever Lil' Survivors They ARE!
Chickadees never fail to be adorable. 💞💞 Going on a tangent: I've watched and loved your videos of you feeding and getting to know chickadees and other birds through generations. Would you be interested in making a video about the family trees of your (named) bird friends? Example: Alpha/Marxine > Tiny/Tim > Mini-Tim/Angel ... and isn't Bud Tiny's brother/Mini-Tim's uncle? Yikes, I sound way too invested, but hey, you've shown us so much about these birds' lives; I'm curious. 😉
Wow! It always amazes me when other people follow the birds Ive gotten to know so well. I really should get back into do some older style videos again. Thanks for the lovely comment
Chickadees are wonderful. I do bird species surveys and there's lots of Carolina Chickadees. I try not to taken them for granted. I always look forward to hearing their calls each time. FWIW, nesting is over in NE Oklahoma and the Chickadees are grouping up with Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpecker, White Breasted Nuthatch especially to form interspecies foraging groups. Brown Creepers will join them later when they arrive for the winter.
These little busy guys aren’t shy either and will eat in your hand. In the woods near my place, people feed them regularly and so even on our first time, they perched on our hands to sort out the seed they wanted to steal away, one after the other.
That is so cool about how they can expand their hippocampus to adjust for the additional information needed for the season and then reduce after the info is no longer needed. What an awesome creation!
it's even more amazing that Chickadees remember the location of stored food when you consider that squirrels, with their big mammalian brain, apparently do not actually remember where they bury food for winter; they just put a lot of food in the ground and then grope randomly for it later when they need it.
The thing I notice most about chickadees is they are usually braver than all other birds. This gives them a supreme advantage for food where birds like Blue Jays are missing potential meals from fear.
Thanks Lesley 😊-- love these little guys too -- I was throwing out a handful of seeds a couple of times a day in the winter (for all kinds of the birds that winter where I live in the PNW) but stopped once the season changed -- the chickadees recently started coming back though and have been sitting outside my porch door making all kinds of noise until I throw them out a handful (they will literally sit on top of a wooden post outside the screen door looking inside and let me know in no uncertain terms that they are waiting). There's a lot of construction going on where I am that has likely impacted their food sources so I guess they've come back around to fill in the gaps. I'm always impressed by what seems like their innate courtesy toward one another -- while other birds are bossy or bullies the chickadees seem to deliberately take turns, waiting until the last one has finished, grabbing a seed and flying off to give the next one their chance -- very happy to be a little part of their world :)
The chickadees near our feeder sometimes use their warning calls to scare away the sparrows long enough to grab some seeds for themselves. There's no danger around but they call out their warning as a trick. They don't do it very much but when they do it's a clever way to keep away the dominant and aggressive sparrows!
I see that titmice can crossbreed with chickadees! It cracks me up to consider these two charismatic birds could be such closely kin. How pleasing, these sweet chickadees.
Oh boy what amazing little characters! Their lives are really hard seemingly, always on the go in order to find enough food for themselves or their young. Then having to deal with the cold in winter by shivering to survive. I think their ability to find cached food again is remarkable - imagine trying to do it yourself, you'd certainly need a real map (rather than just one in your head). Our anthropocentric view of the world completely underestimates the remarkable skill and determination that wild creatures like chickadees display in their short lives.
I love the times I’ve hand feed chickadees they don’t just grab a seed and fly away but stop and look up at you like “Who are you?are these seeds for me?”
My favorite thing about them is they're always here in N. Georgia. I can count on them after others have left. I'm on my front porch right before sunset, I call it "evening fill up"! The hummingbirds are tanking up at the nectar bar while the finches & chickadees hit the seed feeder. There's plenty of native plants for everybody too & I've not used a spec of chemicals this year! I let a lot of things self seed & have been rewarded greatly. I adore my little winged friends & love providing a place for them here. They reward me with their company & sweet songs!
I have 2 tube bird feeders in my yard and they're always packed with Those Chikadees! I have to fill them everyday. I hope they're putting some away for winter!
Lesley ---these beautiful little guys are the only bird I have ever actually had land in my hand to eat...lol I was in Heaven. Nature is so amazing to me and my wife...we marvel at the intelligence we see in birds ,chipmunks etc...OMG 6-8 eggs from such a tiny bird....beautiful video...I like that they can trust enough to land in your hand
This is SO FASCINATING! So many interesting things about chickadees that you shared and know! Thank you Lesley! Enjoy you sharing such happy information about birds, and in such a cheerful way. As you say, Birds DO make us happy! ❤️
Black capped chickadees team up with nuthatches and tufted titmice when sweeping through the woods on a foraging run. They are something to watch! Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
These guys are one of my favorite! The fact they can lower their body temp and remember where they hid food is amazing! I was wondering if they migrate?
Chickadees aren't migratory, not in the way other birds are, heading south. They just kind of move around a very short distance within their range. For example chickadees at higher elevations may migrate to lower elevations over winter, other than that they stay in their area year round pretty much.
Last year we had a chickadee that lived with a group of Titmice, until he found another chickadee. That was an amazing day when the 2nd chickadee joined the Titmouse flock.
I just like that they are around. Next to the blue jay the black capped chickadee is probably a big contender for second favourite in terms of summer birds.
I ordered a cup from you for my wife who lives on coffee, the shipping handling made it very broken. I'm not mad about it. I hope to use art of kintsugi to fix for her and make something more special :)
Awww no way. That's not good. Did you buy it through Bonfire or Teespring? Both have great costumer service, I would contact them and see what they can do for you. So sorry this happened
I didn’t know all those things about Chickadees! Fascinating!! All those babies….Whew! I feed them year round here on the Oregon coast. I buy sunflower seeds in 50 lb bags! Most of mine are brown not black. Thanks for your great videos!! 🐣
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Thank you Leslie! I recently introduced my 76 year old father to birding. I put up feeders outside his living room. We get chickadees, Gosbeaks, finches, thrushes, ringneck doves (We throw seed in the ground for them) and so many more.
I have the Peterson's guide out on the table and have taught him how to look up all our little friends.
This video will be shared tomorrow at morning coffee when I go over to see him in these great woods of southern Washington!
The grey Jays are my absolute favorites. I see them in early fall. They chase away the Stellar Jays it seems. Such polite camp robbers lol. I love their subtle "meep meep" calls.
One of my chickadee friends came by a few times over summer asking for seeds. I don't feed them in the summer but if they come by asking I'll give them a small handful of seeds just to let them know I'm still here. After a couple visits they brought their kids over to meet me! I really hope they all come hang out this winter. There can never be enough chickadees!
That is so sweet. I don't have the feeders going over summer either, but like you I have seeds on hand for them should any come by. :) How awesome about them bringing their kids to meet you. So much sweetness.
Yes, if you have seeds around they will bring the fledglings along. Hopefully you don't have a cat problem.
I feed them All Year but it seems in summer time they don't depend on the seeds like they do in the cold weather conditions ..but the dove's they are waiting for me like clock work I feed them chicken scratch I got from the local feed store.
I feed them early in the morning and evening
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I saw these cute little birds yesterday maybe three 🥰
Strangely, i had a chickadee fly right to me, land on my hand while i was refilling their water dish, look sidewise at me for a few blinks. She/he than drank a few sips of water, looked at me again blinking a few more times, and than flew to a nearby tree. I was so flattered and astonished. Needless to say, that made my day🥰
One of those nice birds you can find here all year long! Thank you.
I've always adored these colorful and bold birds. They seem to have very little fear of humans and come close. I have 2 acres and spend about $300.00 on feed for all birds and wildlife. So my little friends don't have to struggle for food to stay healthy and warm. It's the best money I've ever spent! Thanks for the information about these glorious little birds. .....
Many thanks
I love the Chickadees. They stayed away for quite a while because the Jays took over the bird feeders. I have moved things around so that the smaller birds can feed without being bumped and pushed by the Jays. It is so nice to hear their little beeps again. They are so brave and they come to greet me, especially if I am a few minutes late bringing out the food in the morning.
me too and saw some two days ago 😊
I love chickadees, they make me smile with their joyous attitude!!! And they stay with us all winter long, so courageous. Thanks for that beautiful video. 😍
It’s impossible not to help them out during the cold months. They’re such cute little troopers, they deserve a reward.
Many years back I was able to "train" the Chestnut-backed Chickadees at my house to take pine nuts from my hand, but the Black-capped Chickadees have always been tougher to tame. Pine nuts are the greatest for enticing them! (Same for the Douglas squirrels.) Sometimes they would find me working in the garden or up on a ladder pruning trees and land on my hand and peck my fingers until I went to the house to get them nuts. Once I had some young Mormon missionaries stop by my house and the chickadees were at the front door--I got them some pine nuts and they got to have the chickadees feed from their hands, which was really fun. 🤗 At one point I could call them to me from quite a distance when they were up in the firs around the house. One thing I love about chickadees is that they are so brave. Most songbirds if you hold them will be so frightened that they are motionless, but a chickadee will peck at your hands as if they can vanquish the giant monster holding them. I experienced this when doing bird-banding, but also when they occasionally come into the house and become confused at a window and have to be carried out. Such a teeny ball of fluff with a beak the size of a grain of rice, but they say "I will fight you!". 🥰 I can't afford to buy them pine nuts anymore, but they will settle for peanuts or walnuts if they must. I love finding out about the brain size increase for food caching memory 😮--evolution is endlessly amazing; thanks for sharing that!
lol so true. Thanks a lot for sharing your story, made me smile just thinking about them.
You are so kind. I love that, and your great love of birds. I can tell that you are kind to other humans, too. Thank you. The planet needs more kindness. 🥰❤️😁
Between the birds and the chipmunks, this summer we've found literally no less than 100 sunflower plants growing all around our property from dropped seeds and seed caches. The black oil sunflower seeds grow so easily that I planted a handful in a flower bed. I'm pretty sure every single one sprouted. I'm so pleased with the experimental patch that we're planning more flowerbeds just to plant more sunflowers next year! It makes your day better when you look outside in the morning and see Chickadees and Blue Jays cheerfully having their breakfast! Lol 💕
I love this! How darn cute is that?! You have your own little gardeners 🥰 I have always wanted to see a sunflower or two pop up around here but haven't. And I agree, it is so nice watching all the birds cheerfully enjoying their breakfast. 😊
I had several volunteer this year. A stunning mahogany came up at the garden edge & reached 10 feet! I had to tie it to a fencepost. The finches are on it so thick, the flowers bob around. Can't wait to see where they come up next year!
Thank you again Lesley. Due to my low vision, I can't see these small birds so well. But your videos, on my phone, I can see much more details. So, I hope that you are able to continue doing these videos, as they are very interesting & entertaining for me. Good health to you and your mate.
I'm so sorry it's that way, but happy that you can at least enjoy seeing them in good detail through videos like these. Thank you for the encouragement and nice wishes to me and my mate. We appreciate that a lot. Good health to you too.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I like their sundden movements so 🥰 cute
Fascinating! I loved the food caching info. Especially about the hippocampus expanding and then going back to original size in Spring. Nature never ceases to amaze! Great video!
A few weeks ago, I witnessed a chickadee pair teaching one of their young ones how to fly. Took the little one a few tries, but impossible to fail with all the cajoling, encouraging and hovering by it's 'helicopter parents' !
What a beautiful thing to witness
How sweet!
I love chickadees, but never knew about the self-regulating body temperatures...it is truly remarkable that they can lower their body temp that much! Being able to remember where they stash so much food is pretty awesome too...I can't find my glasses if I put them down for a second...😄 Thanks for your wonderful videos and photos...I actually just started a drawing from one of your chickadee photos from a while ago.
The Chickadees and Goldfinches are my favorites 😍... a big personality in such a little package!
Love these lil guys. How they hang upside down to get at berries and such is quite amusing. Their ability to cache food and remember the location for up to a month is the most remarkable thing about them, in my opinion. Nice video, Lesley
It is such a treat to see one of them hanging upside down. Lovely little birds and I agree, the memory their tiny noggins have is impressive.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I saw some yesterday 😊
@@LesleytheBirdNerd their so 🥰 upsidedown 🙃
I absolutely love what great parents these little birds are! 💕
I LOVE my chickadees!! There were SO many of them in spring but now it's mainly the house finch. ... which are chatty & I loved watching the males turn red. Thank you for your love of the chickadee .... I've learned so much about them thanks to your video's!!! 💖💞💕🐦🐦
There's simply nothing to dislike about them. I.m.o., their most spectacular feature, though people can't notice it, is the change in their metabolism.
I can bird watch for hours. Thanks for sharing 😍🐦
Thanks for visiting
Chickadees are sooo cute and adorable~💞
Thank you for sharing this video~🤗
A Chickadee lightened my spirit during a difficult time. I'll never forget. ♥️
Awww I love ❤️ that
The Tit family is my favorite bird family. The Black-capped Chickadee and the Tufted Titmouse are 2 of my favorite local birds. The energy, intelligence, and vocalizations of the Black-capped Chickadee are amazing.
I have Chickadees here all the time, Black Capped, Chestnut Backed, and sometimes Mountain Chickadees. They love suet, and though I usually see two at a time, there is a family of six out there now. This would be their second clutch. I didn't know they cached food though! Thanks Lesley!
My favourite is their food caching. The Black-capped Chickadees I see on my daily hike are fun to watch when I leave some seeds out on a limb or stump. I like watching them make repeated trips and hide away the seeds in nearby hedges and trees. Thanks for sharing.
Love that!
Absolutely astonishing! The adaptations they make 'automatically' show an extraordinary evolutionary process. I read somewhere that in some song birds, the part of their brain responsible for the songs they sing to attract a mate, increase in size in the Spring to enable them to create and repeat complex songs. Nature is so fascinating! Great video, Thankyou Lesley!
It's really quite an amazing process. Thank you for checking out the video. That is true about songbirds. So many fascinating things about birds.
I love Chickadees! When I lived in northern NH, I would make sure my feeders were all filled every morning in the winter. I had them(Chickadees) and Goldfinches always at my feeders. I really miss seeing these cute and beautiful birds since I moved to southern NH.
There are not as many or so it seems down here as compared to the north.
Love your channel. Not only do I learn things that I did not know before, but also I get to see those gorgeous Blue Jays!
Thank you.
Grew up in a snowy part of the Midwest where the Black-caps were plentiful. They really are the complete package: clever, adorable, and so, so brave. I love them.
A perfect way to explain chickadees!
They're as dependable and as constant as anything I can think of! Bon weekend from French Canada 🇨🇦 🎶 Everyday is Saturday night but I can't wait for Sunday morning 🌄
So true!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd chickadees are so tiny weenie 👌
@@LesleytheBirdNerd their like Cottonballs☁️🥰
God created everything and saw that it was good ☝️💖
I LOVE birds 🐦 watching and listening to them sing, chirp and converse with each other. It's literally music 🎶 🎵 to my ears and makes my heart ❤️ happy!! Let everything that has breath praise the Lord 🙌 🙌
Thank you for your awesome videos, info and facts. Stay well and be safe 🙏 ❤️
Texas Nana 🤠
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Thank you, glad you enjoy
Chickadees are my favorite little birds!!
I think their versatility of chickadees is the best trait they have. I was at Quanah Parker lake in Oklahoma tofu nd the chickadees were giving the business, obviously there was a nest nearby. Such adaptable birds!
That is amazing about there hippocampus Lesley, thanks for all the research you do! I love these little darlings, always amazes me how they make it through these harsh winters, they are so hardy!💖
Thanks Lesley! They are one of my favorites!
Mine too!
I love how chickadees can always make me smile ❤
I can't stand the thought of them shivering to keep warm during cold winter nights. I make sure the suet and peanut feeders are full--year round. Love hearing them while I work in the yard. I think their acrobatic flying ability is what impresses me most. Some of their flying stunts have left me dumbstruck. I could not believe what I was seeing. So cute and brave
These little birds have been one of my favorites since I saw them :] thank you for sharing your knowledge about birds :D
It's easy to see why you gravitated toward them, who would have though that such a small bird would have such a gravitational pull, haha! (What a geek I am.)
I'm glad you enjoyed learning about these darling birds. :)
@@LesleytheBirdNerd lol
I can't think of one chickadee trait that stands out as my favorite....everything they do is my favorite thing about them. But the one thing that made me fall in love with them in the first place is their sound. The almost erethreal "fee-bee" sounds I heard all the time made me pay attention to what bird was making that sound. Many, many years later they are among the dearest wild birds to me.
Absolutely my favorite bird. Years ago I would feed them by hand and a certain pair would wait for me in the driveway to arrive home and fill the feeders… they’d often fly right into my face to get my attention and demand that I do my duty. And I’ve noticed as well that they are very opportunistic and inquisitive. They seem to explore everything that is available to them. So much to love about these little stinkers.
That is exactly how Chickadees are. They do not mind getting up close and personal, very investigative too, haha! And you are so right, they are curious about almost everything in their environment.
Fascinating, Leslie, thank you.
Wish human parents were all as conscientious!!
I have a few of these lovely little guys that i feed everyday for two years now love them so much there my favorite
You had me exclaiming Wow over and over again!
That's awesome. I'm so glad you enjoyed the information I shared on these wonderful little birds. :)
I had several visits from a Carolina Chickadee this morning. I thought it had been frightened off, you video is helpful understanding they move constantly. I don’t need to worry that they feel threatened by a cat or larger bird. Thank you.
I love how much they care for their young
When i was just another kid growing up through winters in Wisconsin, I Loved how the Black-Capped Chickadees would hang from the gutter icicles by the window and Tap On The Glass If My Feeders Ran Out Of Feed! Very Clever Lil' Survivors They ARE!
Oh my.. I can just imagine that now
One of the sweetest birds from the Forest 💓😍
Chickadees are awesome and so are you Lesley. Great video!
:) making me blush. Thank you
Chickadees never fail to be adorable. 💞💞 Going on a tangent: I've watched and loved your videos of you feeding and getting to know chickadees and other birds through generations. Would you be interested in making a video about the family trees of your (named) bird friends? Example: Alpha/Marxine > Tiny/Tim > Mini-Tim/Angel ... and isn't Bud Tiny's brother/Mini-Tim's uncle? Yikes, I sound way too invested, but hey, you've shown us so much about these birds' lives; I'm curious. 😉
Wow! It always amazes me when other people follow the birds Ive gotten to know so well. I really should get back into do some older style videos again. Thanks for the lovely comment
Thanks Lesley, once again for featuring these feathered monkeys 🖤🤍
Chickadees are wonderful. I do bird species surveys and there's lots of Carolina Chickadees. I try not to taken them for granted. I always look forward to hearing their calls each time. FWIW, nesting is over in NE Oklahoma and the Chickadees are grouping up with Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpecker, White Breasted Nuthatch especially to form interspecies foraging groups. Brown Creepers will join them later when they arrive for the winter.
I have always thought they are so very cool and cute little birds! They visit our feeder often and are such a joy to observe! Thanks for the video!
They just leave me with the impression they are the smartest and strongest.
For such a small bird you really have to take your hat off to them. They are tough little guys and clearly very clever.
These little busy guys aren’t shy either and will eat in your hand. In the woods near my place, people feed them regularly and so even on our first time, they perched on our hands to sort out the seed they wanted to steal away, one after the other.
Yes they can be brave little ones for sure
Love your videos Leslie, your voice is so soothing and calming and the content is interesting and informative. Thank you 🙌
Hey Gary, thanks a lot
Glad you enjoy them
That is so cool about how they can expand their hippocampus to adjust for the additional information needed for the season and then reduce after the info is no longer needed. What an awesome creation!
Isn't though?! What a cool little 🐦
it's even more amazing that Chickadees remember the location of stored food when you consider that squirrels, with their big mammalian brain, apparently do not actually remember where they bury food for winter; they just put a lot of food in the ground and then grope randomly for it later when they need it.
My favourite little bird. I just love them and their singing. It always makes me smile when I hear them.🤗❤️
The thing I notice most about chickadees is they are usually braver than all other birds. This gives them a supreme advantage for food where birds like Blue Jays are missing potential meals from fear.
My favorite chickadee abilities are to make me laugh and not take life so seriously. Thanks, Leslie, your videos are always bright spots in my day. :)
I love chickadees, even their name is adorable. Their teeny tiny little eggs. Their sweet little faces. 💕
I love to see Chickadees bathing.🥰
Yes! They are so cute when bathing. All birds are really. :)
Thanks Lesley 😊-- love these little guys too -- I was throwing out a handful of seeds a couple of times a day in the winter (for all kinds of the birds that winter where I live in the PNW) but stopped once the season changed -- the chickadees recently started coming back though and have been sitting outside my porch door making all kinds of noise until I throw them out a handful (they will literally sit on top of a wooden post outside the screen door looking inside and let me know in no uncertain terms that they are waiting). There's a lot of construction going on where I am that has likely impacted their food sources so I guess they've come back around to fill in the gaps. I'm always impressed by what seems like their innate courtesy toward one another -- while other birds are bossy or bullies the chickadees seem to deliberately take turns, waiting until the last one has finished, grabbing a seed and flying off to give the next one their chance -- very happy to be a little part of their world :)
You got me into birding ... thanks so much!
Wonderful! Love it :)
I have Chickadees visit my bird feeders. They are such cute little birds! Thank you Leslie for your informative videos!
Glad you like them!
My favorite. I can't choose a favorite thing about them!
Everything is a favorite haha :)
The chickadees near our feeder sometimes use their warning calls to scare away the sparrows long enough to grab some seeds for themselves. There's no danger around but they call out their warning as a trick. They don't do it very much but when they do it's a clever way to keep away the dominant and aggressive sparrows!
That's really neat! I don't recall seeing the ones here doing that toward House sparrows, but I have seen them seemingly trick each other. Fun birds
I see that titmice can crossbreed with chickadees! It cracks me up to consider these two charismatic birds could be such closely kin. How pleasing, these sweet chickadees.
They have to be the cutest birds eveeeerrrrr!!!😍😍😍
Oh boy what amazing little characters! Their lives are really hard seemingly, always on the go in order to find enough food for themselves or their young. Then having to deal with the cold in winter by shivering to survive. I think their ability to find cached food again is remarkable - imagine trying to do it yourself, you'd certainly need a real map (rather than just one in your head). Our anthropocentric view of the world completely underestimates the remarkable skill and determination that wild creatures like chickadees display in their short lives.
Please talk about chickadees' incredible communication abilities- with their fellow chickadees as well as with other bird species.
WHO KNEW?!?! THANK YOU FOR this fantastic video on one of my very ‘favorite’ birds!!
Thank you, Leslie. Chickadees are so cute. You videography is beautiful. ❤
Thanks a bunch :)
Fascinating about their brains changing during summer.
Your channel is incredible, I learned so much watching your videos. Thank you!
New sub here! Your footage is gorgeous. Your videos are both breathtaking and informative. Thank you.🙋
Hey Lydia, thanks so much and welcome aboard. I hope you enjoy the content. 💜🐦
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I am already bingeing
I love that they hang upside down and they store food!
It is fun watching them do that. Little show offs haha!
I love the times I’ve hand feed chickadees they don’t just grab a seed and fly away but stop and look up at you like “Who are you?are these seeds for me?”
Hi I love ❤️ all Bird 🦅 Videos they’re interesting and informative 🐦 thank you for sharing 😎
Birds are pretty darn awesome. Glad you enjoyed this video. ☺️🐦
My favorite part of this video was how Chickadees can remember where they stored their food
I know hey, that is pretty awesome how they can do that.
They are sooooo cute!
My favorite thing about them is they're always here in N. Georgia. I can count on them after others have left. I'm on my front porch right before sunset, I call it "evening fill up"! The hummingbirds are tanking up at the nectar bar while the finches & chickadees hit the seed feeder. There's plenty of native plants for everybody too & I've not used a spec of chemicals this year! I let a lot of things self seed & have been rewarded greatly. I adore my little winged friends & love providing a place for them here. They reward me with their company & sweet songs!
One of my favorite birds. And for such a small bird their calls are very loud!
Good golly,Miss Molly; I luv Chickadees. 10/10 cuteness, toughness and all around skill .set
Hahaha, thank you for the fun and nice comment. :) I agree with your rating of the chickadees
I have 2 tube bird feeders in my yard and they're always packed with Those Chikadees! I have to fill them everyday. I hope they're putting some away for winter!
Lesley ---these beautiful little guys are the only bird I have ever actually had land in my hand to eat...lol I was in Heaven. Nature is so amazing to me and my wife...we marvel at the intelligence we see in birds ,chipmunks etc...OMG 6-8 eggs from such a tiny bird....beautiful video...I like that they can trust enough to land in your hand
Yes hey, Chickadees can be quite the little heart warmers
This is SO FASCINATING! So many interesting things about chickadees that you shared and know! Thank you Lesley! Enjoy you sharing such happy information about birds, and in such a cheerful way. As you say, Birds DO make us happy! ❤️
Black capped chickadees team up with nuthatches and tufted titmice when sweeping through the woods on a foraging run. They are something to watch!
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
Interesting 🧐 about the changes in the hippocampus.
Our favorite ability of the chickadee is that it fluffs up its feathers in the winter! -Ms. Ellen's class at CRES
In my opinion, their most awesome superpower is their ability to make this jaded old curmudgeon smile !
How loved are the beautiful goldfinches? They are one of my favs!!
Well I think they are quite loved indeed.
Maybe not the most colorful of yardbirds but I still love them best.
It's not all about glam, that's for sure. They are wonderful :)
Their amazing 3d acrobatics are better than any olympic event.
These guys are one of my favorite! The fact they can lower their body temp and remember where they hid food is amazing! I was wondering if they migrate?
Chickadees aren't migratory, not in the way other birds are, heading south. They just kind of move around a very short distance within their range. For example chickadees at higher elevations may migrate to lower elevations over winter, other than that they stay in their area year round pretty much.
Last year we had a chickadee that lived with a group of Titmice, until he found another chickadee. That was an amazing day when the 2nd chickadee joined the Titmouse flock.
Really cute, skinny legs, little hoarders.
I saw a chickadee for the first time this week here in cape town south africa 😀😀😀
I just like that they are around. Next to the blue jay the black capped chickadee is probably a big contender for second favourite in terms of summer birds.
I would have to agree :)
I ordered a cup from you for my wife who lives on coffee, the shipping handling made it very broken. I'm not mad about it.
I hope to use art of kintsugi to fix for her and make something more special :)
Awww no way. That's not good. Did you buy it through Bonfire or Teespring? Both have great costumer service, I would contact them and see what they can do for you. So sorry this happened
my email is lesleythebirdnerd@gmail.com if you would like to reach out to me
@@LesleytheBirdNerd don't worry about it, I bought mug moreso to support you. Enjoy your night :) I believe teespring if that matters for you
You're very kind. Thank you and you enjoy your night too. :)
I didn’t know all those things about Chickadees! Fascinating!! All those babies….Whew! I feed them year round here on the Oregon coast. I buy sunflower seeds in 50 lb bags! Most of mine are brown not black. Thanks for your great videos!! 🐣