The Black-capped Chickadee: One of the Beloved Birds of North America
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- One of the most beloved little birds, the Black-capped Chickadee is pretty common in most of North America. As some of you know I’ve had many close relationships with these precious little birds. For the entirety of my 11-year experience watching wild birds, their curious way, of allowing people to observe them up close has provided me with much enjoyment and a great experience watching the fascinating habits they display.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:40 What do Black-capped Chickadees look like
01:14 Similar-looking birds
02:00 What do Black-capped Chickadees like to at
04:06 How to attract a Black-capped Chickadee to your feeder
04:57 Habitat and where to find Black-capped Chickadees
05:17 Their hierarchy
06:04 Chickadee -dee-dee call
06:50 Seet call
07:03 Feebee or Cheeburger call
07:16 Gargle call/song
07:34 Broken dee call
07:56 Nesting (building, eggs, babies, snake display, fledging)
10:28 Quiet feebee call
11:09 Population / conservation
11:32 Lifespan
12:08 My personal thoughts/experience
14:25 Black-capped Chickadee Nestbox
Black-capped chickadees are easy to recognize, look for their black bib and cap, white belly, gray back and a hint of tan on their flanks. Measuring around 5 to 6 in and weighing just a half an ounce or lower. There is no obvious difference between males and females, they both look the same but females tend to be slightly smaller.
The diet of these birds is pretty varied with them changing what they eat depending on the season. One major source, especially over summer, is insects which make up 90 percent of their diet and include lice, grub, beetles, and moths as well as the eggs, larvae, and pupae of these invertebrates. In the winter they switch their diet to mostly vegetable-like seeds of native trees, insects during this time only account for around 50 percent of what they consume. The occasional fruit like crabapple and berries are additional sources of nourishment but probably the most important thing that helps sustain them during a time when there isn't much around to eat.
One other source of food for chickadees comes from people who put up backyard feeders filled with black-oil sunflower seeds, peanuts and suet. Many people wholeheartedly welcome these birds to their feeders, since they are such pleasant guests, coming and going as they collect a seed, sometimes even stopping long enough to eat.
Seeing these delightful birds in a natural setting shouldn’t be hard since they live in a variety of habitats, such as deciduous and mixed forests, open woods, parks and disturbed areas.
One way to locate a Chickadee is to listen for their calls, the most common and easy to recognize is their namesake chickadee dee dee call which as researchers have discovered over the years serves many functions. Almost constantly these birds keep in contact with one another by using a low and short seet sound. As spring nears, males start singing the feebee song, to attract a mate or impress the mate he already has and to establish territory. They also use another call that is considered a song, the gargle call. This is often given during aggressive displays and has many of the same functions as songs do.
Females make a Broken dee call as they near egg-laying, during this time, the male will feed his mate as a part of courtship feeding.
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Your videos have inspired me for a lot of years. They are very entertaining as well as educatjonal. I have come to consider you as a kind of mentor and teacher where the birds are concerenef.
I have to ask you one thing though, because I'm getting just a little concerned about this:
Are you missing any of the migratory species that you normally get every year in your area?
Are there any that should be there but they're not? The reason I ask is because out here in Nevada, we dont have nearly the number of species that you have back east. In the winter, we usually get European Starlings, Brewers blackbirds, and red breasted finches. This year the numbers are drastically low on all 3 of these species. Theyre usually here in the thousands, but this time I see maybe 3 or 4 here and there. This is not normal, and my question is, are you seeing any unusually low numbers of any species in your part of the world? I'm wondering if you have heard of anything being wrong anywhere else, or if anybody has mentioned this to you.
any information you could share would be greatly appreciated.
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The Phoe-be-be call is also significant for being the same interval as a musical minor-third.
Thanks for another wonderful video. I was fascinated that you were able to get a recording of the short duration very high frequency call. How did you manage that?
Of course I'm gonna like the chickadee videos. Maybe I'm biased? 🤔
Whenever I brush my dog outside the chickadees are part of the group that patiently waits "in the wings" for the fur for their nests. It is so fun to watch them with their little dog fur mustaches as they fly away to make their nests.
Oh wow, that is so cool!
Awesome!!!
YES! Same here! “Dog fur mustaches”…true😂👍
When we get our dog groomed in the late winter/early spring, I take a bag with me and ask for some of her hair... then I put it in a clean suet cage (I keep one just for this purpose) and hang it off my garden fence. I get to watch the chickadees and tit mice gather the fur right outside my kitchen window. It makes me so happy!
Dog fur mustaches. Cool! 🥸 LOL That is so thoughtful of you to give the brushed off dog fur to the birds for nesting material; which reminds me: I have to buy some nesting material for the chickadees and other birds just in time for spring. Thanks for the reminder! 🙂👍
When I was a child, my cramps showed me how to feed these wonderful little guys from my hands. I thought it was so magical and still do. I was at my grampa's house several days a week and the first thing I did when I arrive at his home no matter sun or snow, was to put a handful of seeds and nuts in my pocket. He kept them in the mudroom, and every visit started with a walk on his property and feeding these little ones. Even before my hand was out, they would be landing on my shoulders and head waiting to be fed. Then we would hide peanuts in the crooks of branches, sit back and watch each but being found. Now I'm 60 with my own little place, the sit at the window feeder if it is empty and tap on the window for the nuts I put out. Life is wonderful!
Thank you, Leslie for your sweet and informative videos! I have a funny story about chickadees: I am a guitar player and while playing on my porch surrounded by chickadees I noticed that their "hey sweetie" call was C to A twice and E to G for the end (usually)... So I made up a guitar rhythm in Am and the birds stayed in tune and in rhythm for 20 minutes!
Wow! that's incredible
Thanks for sharing
Omg. That is pretty amazing!
I have to try this out next time I hear them in my yard now
😂😂😂👍
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I love chickadees now☺️ that I saw some
The babies flapping their wings inside the nestbox is hilariously cute.
I agree, me and Jamie always laugh at that little guy
Definetly my favorite bird. As you said, very social. I always thought it was cool that they can actually recognize people. When I worked night shift I'd come home to the chickadee welcoming party in the morning. They would follow me to the feeders. They knew it was time to refill the feeders.
The chic-a-dees that adopted me tought civility to a couple of small nuthatches that follow them and my black sunflower seeds. Nuthatches learned to not poop where they get food or eat, and almost never did in my house while getting seeds in warm weather when my door is open. They also learned learned politeness, respect and waiting for their turn. It's crazy to see the chick-a-dees fly in at high speed when I have both my doors open, I have plastics on all my windows because they do get lost and would get hurt when they panic. If back door is closed I close a curtain so they never try to speed fly out through there.
You've had so many chickadee friends over the years. My first and best chickadee friend was 'Beaker'. She was so sweet. We were besties for 3 years. I could write a little book about her and her antics ...like the time I offered her dried meal worms and she was so disgusted she bit my thumb! Once she was sitting in my hand eating walnuts when the neighbour's cat walked by us. We were up on the deck so the cat didn't notice us at first. Beaker started gargling and screeching at the cat. She didn't fly from my hand, she stood there and cussed at the cat. The cat was very startled and took off. Beaker looked at me and went back to her walnuts. I have lots of little 'Beaker' stories. She liked sitting on my head, she never, ever pooped on me.
My chickadee friend, Swee-dee, isn’t crazy about my dog either. My Swee-dee is quite the character too!!!
YES 🥰. My favorite thing about chickadees is how they can stand up to bossier birds.
They do not know how small they are and nor do they care lol
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Yes and they get into terrible little fights
I've just started to build trust with the chickadees that visit my balcony. When I hear their sounds I'd place extra peanuts on the fence for them and they'd be waiting on the trees next to the fence. I can see they are getting more comfortable being closer to me. I hope one day they'll let me hand feed them :)
I whistle the "fee-bee" after I fill the bird feeder to let them know I'm done... They've started to land on the porch railing to wait 😂
Keep working on building that trust! I’ve been working with mine this past winter. They’re becoming comfortable in landing close to me (like a foot away) and just recently one fed from a ball feeder that I was holding out. I was so excited!!
I found the best time to "tame" them is when they bring young ones to the feeder in August, teaching them where to find winter seeds. The young ones are less afraid and can easily be persuaded to take seeds from a hand that lingers a LITTLE longer by the feeder . . . and voila
Keep in mind that once you lose interest or die, the explosion in population will die from starvation
@@dba750 wow that is a bit dark lol
I love chickadees year round, but especially in winter. When the weather is cold and grim and there’s been no sunshine for days, the sound and sight of these cheerful, brave, busy little birds always bring a smile.
I love these little birds. So cheerful sounding and friendly.
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Oh my goodness, these lil babies have helped me through some tough times and make my outdoor time even more precious.
Thank you for your fantastic videos 🖤
That is so wonderful about them helping you through tough times. They have helped me like that as well. Such sweet birds 🐦❤
Birds are empaths. They know when you need them. Love.
Wow Leslie to have all those precious creatures by your side and in your life ! I suffer from PTSD and these and all feathered delights make the pain go away. I would like to have 500 nest boxes inside and outside my house so I could be smothered by goodness and happiness indescribable! 😂
They look very sweet, and they sound lovely and Lesley's quietly spoken commentary completes a very nice video.
Thank you Julie, :)
I like the way their songs change with the seasons and that they stay around all year round. When we go to fill the feeder, they greet us as if to say thank you.
We moved to our New England homestead in 2019, and the resident chickadees quickly became my favorites. Last year, when nothing went right with my garden and I didn’t get to plant a single sunflower, I had the most magical sunflower volunteers pop up throughout my garden and around because of all the seeds they cached. I now have a chickadee sitting on a sunflower tattooed on my arm as my love note to them ❤️
I love the chickadees too, they follow me around when I'm walking around to each bird feeder. They are friendly little cute birds. I love them. They are fun to watch.
Thank you. These birds are lucky to have such a caring lady looking out for them.
7:05 this is my favorite call of any bird. when i hear it i know its springtime 😄
My family call it the Nelson Muntz bird/call as it sounds just like the Simpsons character Nelson's common Haw-Haw taunt.
@@Ranma1981 hah, thats true
We’ve been enjoying starlings, sparrows, crows, redwing blackbirds, doves, towhees, and red house finches at our feeding site. I think the unusual cooler temperatures have brought in the redwing blackbirds. They are all so fun to watch!!
I've never seen a Grackle or even heard of them before until this winter when they visited our feeders! I'm in GA & we've had warmer days than usual recently & I often wonder what it means if new bird types show up in different areas! My particular area unfortunately has a lot of new construction going on & I'm sad that it means less space for wildlife even if it means I get to see some that I may not normally witness.
Red winged blackbirds migrate south from me. I'm in Maine, maybe it gets to cold for them here? They're all over till late fall, then they vanish.
I love these cute little birds. They used to drive my dog crazy. They would fly to one tree and cheekily chirp at her and she would rush to the tree. Then the chickadee would fly to the other tree in my yard and chirp. My dog would get her exercise going back and forth .😂
I love chickadees so much! Last summer we had a handful of young chickadees hanging around our yard for a few days- they would come and sit along the window sills and peak into our house. They were all over, so rowdy! It was wonderful!
I have a pair on my property, they had a batch of babies. The sweetest lil sounds. I love them so much
One of the most common birds at our feeder and a joy the watch. They have less fear than most when I’m refilling the feeder and remain nearby closer than other birds. Didn’t know they liked bugs because they eat a good portion of seeds from our feeder. A joy to watch everyday.
living in the south is nice, we have little carolina chickadees
higher-pitched and faster calls, very squeaky, very cute
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You got that right and for good/great reasons all around!
The mighty black-capped chickadee we love the couple that chirp around our neck of the woods feeding and nesting wonderful companion feathered free Flyers!💞🕊🌍🇨🇦
This was so intetesting. I never knew they hid seeds in tree crevices. You do such an amazing job Lesley and I appreciate you. 🥰
Thank you so much!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd chickadeess are so intelgent and smart 🤓
Leslie forgot mycelium as food! They look in crevices in the bark for the mushroom family growths, they love them so much, i winter when it gets humid and it grows a bit they dig again between the bark to get a few more tiny bites.
I've watched and fed these birds casually for over 30 years. Much of this was new information to me. Such incredible little birds!
I have the Carolina Chickadees here in Texas. They are precious!
the 'fee bee' sound is so soothing in the spring mornings, makes them my favorite local bird
Leslie: What is your favorite thing about the friendly black-capped chickadee?
Me: That they exist.
Also that bit about Jamie and the end was really sweet :D
Lesley, you are a veritable bird whisperer, if there ever was one - quite amazing!
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@@BirdBath1 Have it, even a pond.
@@klauskarbaumer6302 look at bird bath
thank you! this is my favorite vid. i love black capped too but it's more of the full story you shared about their lives and behaviors and your personal experience with them! one lucky girl!
Thanks for sticking around until the end
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I love their chickadee call🥰
Thank you for this channel and showcasing the Black Capped Chickadee. One time on a cold winter day, I was out for my exercise walk, but depressed. Suddenly there on the road was a Chickadee, appearing to be lifeless. I reached down and picked it up. I held it in my hand and got to see the creator's handiwork up close. If this little bird is important enough to be made so beautifully, then I am important also. It touched my soul and renewed my spirit to go on in life. I went to place it on a pine tree branch near the ditch along the road, and it suddenly hopped off my hand. From this time forward it has been my favorite bird. So tiny yet strong. So hardy yet singing many beautiful songs. What a great way for me to learn, "don't give in, don't give up' and keep on going. I love all your information, but the Black Capped Chickadee seemed so special for me, THANK YOU.
Loved seeing that nest with the wee ones 😍
I remember many years ago coming across a Chickadee nest in a pipe sticking about two feet out from the ground and looking directly down inside you could see the young . Really enjoyed, thank you .
They are so adorable 😍
You have an amazing way of telling your birding story’s while the chickadee’s are hiding seeds in your coat!! It’s great that you have a partner that supports your interest in birds!!
so neat i didnt realise how many sounds and calls they make . I love how round and cute they are.
😎 cool pfp
I know right I Just heard some today
I love there song and the light way they fly, flitter and get food….❤❤❤❤❤❤Thankyou so much…….😊😊😊 They are little angels
Omg-- those adorable little eggs!! Chickadees have always been a joy to see. Your special friendships with them over the years is truly touching. Thank you for sharing! ❤
My favorite thing about these little sweeties is their delightful tweeting 💞. Thanks Leslie & Jamie !
What a great story Lesley. Thank you so much for sharing.
THE WING FLAPPIESSSS!!! They are too dang cute!
I heard their call years ago. It took me while to learn their call. Inhaling is the only way I can do it. I have a conversations with them every morning, even those in the distance hear my call and respond. It took me two years find out that I was talking to a bunch of Chickadees. It's so hilarious, I never thought that I would talk to a bird. My dogs think I'm nuts but these little birds do bring a smile to my face.
I thank YOU Jamie for the love and support that has ultimately been shared with all of us who follow her! I LOVE birds!!
I love Chickadees, they're one of my favorites for sure.
I love the Chickadees that come to my feeders! They cheer me up, and often come when I call them. ❤ I just love them.
Now I know so much about the birdies who entertain me at the feeder.
What a wonderful video, thank you! I have always loved the little blackcapped chickadees and now even more. Their call seem like it's for me and I find myself talking back to it. They bring pure joy of life with them! ❤💥
They are sooo cute and lovely~💞
Thank you for sharing this video~🤗
To have chickadees perch on you and trust you like that is a blessing! I love how clear all of your filming was, and how closely we could see the little guys/gals/babies. I've learned something new, too. I'm sharing this with a family member who also loves birds. Yesterday she told me that there were lots of chickadees in the woods near her house. We think they are getting frisky, because they know spring and starting families are just around the corner.
Thank you so much for the nice comment and for sharing with your family member. I hope she likes it and how nice that she had a lot of chickadees the other day. So sweet. Have a great night
Give them black sunflowers, let them know that you are giving to them purposely, then sit outside, they will surround you, put seeds in your hands and sit still...2 -3 weeks and they will adopt you too.
I love my resident Chickadees! Whenever I put out seed on the table, or refill the feeders, my Chickadees are the first to arrive - usually when I'm barely 6 feet away from the table or the feeders! They're very friendly, little birds! They 'dee-dee' at me when they do that. I think of it as a greeting and a thank you! 😁
My favorite little birds. I luv to see the parents raising the young. Then when the babies take their first flight. ☮️💗🐦
I love seeing these little wonders at our feeder every day and never realized they had so many different calls, so thanks Lesley! Although I do feel a little guilty when I take down the outdoor holiday wreaths and garland each year and see all of the black oil sunflower seeds that they've worked so hard to hide fall out. Gosh, I hope they forgive me! ;-)
Aww my gosh that is so sweet. All those seeds. They might be peeved for a bit but they will get over it hahaha
I once held a dish with Cheerios out in front of me, near the suet where he was. He kept getting closer and closer, considering his next move. To my delight, he very quickly landed on the dish, grabbed a Cheerio and he was gone. I was so happy!
We really love chickadees and we're good at drawing them.
I've missed so many of your videos due to work... I'm so sorry! Trying to catch up! This was great to watch! I'm always so amazed at your photography skills! My favorite thing about chickadees? Their friendliness... and how they can be so brave when needed!
You take care of yourself, my videos will be here when you have time :) Thank you for the kind comment, and I agree chickadees' friendliness and braveness is likable :)
They don’t fly away when I refill the feeders. The sit on a nearby branch. They are darling. I loved this video.
I love the cheerful chickadee sounds! How do you hand feed them, just sit outside and they come to you?? Thank you for the videos! I've been called obsessed with birds. I have 3 parrots. From western Maryland.
Yes! You can just stand still with your hand open and they'll visit it friendly.
Hi Lisa, it was many years ago when I began. They are all so used to me now that I don't have to do anything, initially though I literally just stuck my hand out and one hopped on and then others followed eventually, each on their own time. :)
We just moved to Northern Ontario. The chickadees on our property would fly right at us or around us so we bought bird seed and they started landing on our hands. They especially love the small black seeds. They are a very trusting and fearless little bird!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I love chickadees and nuthatchs😍🥰
This winter I presented our local chickadees an offer of 8 different seeds. I was surprised to see that walnuts were clearly the most wanted ones as they cleared them out literally within hours. Sunflower seeds that people mostly feed them with were left untouched for days ...
Interesting! Ill have to give that a try one day
Also in our top 10 list possibly top 5
Thanks for the teaching Lady and so many beautiful pictures
I have been in love with chickadees all my life. They come to my feeder daily and eat from my hand. One of my resident red squirrels, Chief Redbutt, vies for the sunflower seeds.
I just love that she waits until all the eggs are laid to begin incubation. Chickadees are so thoughtful! And those itty-bitty babies, oh my!
Thank you Lesley for this terrific video on Chickadees. I love how you tell the wonderful story of these amazing little birds.
The information you provide about them along with the great video clips make your videos so enjoyable to watch. I learn so much from each one. Please continue with this wonderful labor of love informing the world about birds and how they make our lives so much happier. Much love and happy birding!
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I placed bird feeders all around my garden....I absolutely love them!!
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just got in from working in my orchard for a break and came up with this vid in the feed. i absolutely adore the black capped chickadees in my little orchard and garden. they are always following me around the place especially if i am digging. i have mountains of aging wood chips that they love as well as there are tons of bugs to be had from them. i also have the mountain chickadee and the pygmy and red breasted nuthatches who seem to see me as a food dispenser. this may be because i usually have some sunflower seeds and peanuts in my pockets 🙂
Loved this posting! Awesome 👏🏻 Always learning from you.
I always enjoy seeing chickadees near the feeder this cute and brave bird is entertaining and fun to watch
I love birds, and now I know what bird it is singing that very familiar song each morning in my backyard. Thank you. I put out sunflower seed (and now suet) and get finches, sparrows, chickadees, and even mourning doves. Quite a family.
I am happy for you that you have a life partner; the sweetness and love you express in your videos is being rewarded and that warms my heart.
Chickadees were a big part in getting me started on birding as a child. My near brother is called Sigurd and we always said the Chickadees were calling him. Regular visitors to the feeder, they also took food from my hand. I noticed when my sister was around, she only got one chicka (dee) but being the hunter I am I get chicka (dee dee dee dee dee.... ) 😊 I love those little birds! Love your videos. ❤❤
The sounds (and sight) of chickadees on a crisp, calm, winter day is one of life's enormous pleasures. And I'm not even a bird nerd. I just love them.
To be sure, other birds that share their habitat are also fun to watch, such as creepers and wood peckers.
This is making me cry I just love chickadees so much
I started hearing the fee bee song when I walked my dog in the state park near my house. I hope my state gets a wildlife and parks license plate with the chickadee on it!
I’ve been watching your videos for the past year or so and the one thing that always stands out to me is how you’re able to tell each bird apart and give them names. I’ve recently started actively feeding the birds at my home and I’m trying so hard to do this but I’m not very good at it. I do know we have four blue jays that visit each day, and I can tell two apart by their mannerisms. There’s one that will pick up each peanut we put out to test the size before they choose which one they’re going to take. I call that one Shelley. The other will try to cram as many nuts and peanuts in its mouth and often spends the last few moments struggling for that last nut before giving up and taking off with its oversized haul. I call that one Ronnie. We also have a couple chickadees that eat from the finch feeder and the ground seeds. I loved hearing about all the chickadee friends you’ve had and seeing all their characteristics and quirks. Thanks again for a fun video! 😊
I enjoy when a chickadee lands within feet of me , I usually talk to them . Also the happy tweets they sing when they see me filling the feeder .
They have a better recall than I do!
My husband and I saw a White Breasted Nuthatch pair hanging out with a banditry of chickadees during the winter. We saw them at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary, Alberta.
My favorite observation was the birds hopping along my house roof and looking underneath the drip edge flashing for spiders, etc. Really smart & friendly little guys. Thank you Lesley!
Aww how cool to see that. They really are smart. 🙂🐦
They love spiders, I think they even eat spider nests/traps.
Thank you for this wonderful video.. I love these birds and their beautiful songs and endless entertainment. In return I provide food and shelter. Our winters have been changing so I make sure food is plenty….and I hang my dogs hair in mesh bags in the trees… they scoop it up it’s amazing to watch.
Cooperation is the key …🙏🙌
Ever since I started hand-feeding them, chickadees have become one of my all time favorites.
I love seeing them In my backyard. So cute 🥰
These are my favorite birds. I was ecstatic when they finally found my yard. Over the years feeding the birds and working to give them a safe environment to eat and bring their young, I have seen many different birds almost all of which I have been able to identify. This was very inciteful and interesting information about them. They are loners so I keep a close watch on them here, they are often the target of the cooper hawks that dine on these birds because they are without a flock and are get pushed out by the sparrows and finches which work to control the feeders.
Since they have come to my feeders about five or six years ago, they have been thriving. I have even seen them nest in the neighbor's trees. They are very friendly and fun to engage with. You make it look easy to earn their trust. I also have a lot of Juncos spend the winter here, and year-round lessor goldfinches. We have a few big flocks on pigeons, which have learned to eat come and eat all the dove food I put out. They started coming in a few years back.
Thanks for sharing all your great information. I love watching and feeding the birds. They bring so much to my life.
My favorite bird. Small, cute, nervous, and, non-aggressive, minds its own business
Yes Leslie, they are wonderful little ones!! I have a pair that visit my feeder every day. If the feeder is empty (shame on me) and.they are not around, after I've filled it up again with their favorite, black oil sunflower seeds, I have this little sound I make to call them. They come almost instantly after they hear me call them. So fun. They start with their little chatter as to say, thank you but don't let it get empty again. Lol. I just love them!! I have several dead trees in the back of my property and I am hoping they make a nest in one.
Thank you for your wonderful videos!!
Cool vid! I've noticed Chickadees are not afraid of people. I sit on my deck in October, and with a handfull of seeds or sometimes my fingers smeared with peanut butter and dipped in seeds they mob me. You appreciate their beauty when you see them up close Their tittering on a dull January afternoon at my feeder livens up the otherwise silent dead drab winter.
The sound of that call brought me straight back to my childhood. Walking with my Daddy after the rain looking for mushrooms. Puffballs were the best.
Thank you, Lesley for this video of these sweet little birds. I'm just getting to know the ones here and its lovely that they stay around all year so we can know them better. I appreciate your love for birds. Blessings to all.
Wow that was an incredibly well made and informative video. In addition to their winter mingling, their fall mingling is even more amazing where you can often find Black-capped Chickadees leading a large troop of migrants along with their regular species. Birders often fine rarities amongst these packs. It is amazing how many species choose to tag along with these amazing little birds though. One reason is surely because when a predators shows, it's the chickadees who immediately take over the front line to take on the threat.
Thank you and yep so true. Tough little things they are
They truly are a delight 🥰 Thanks for sharing Lesley
Lots of great info Leslie. You're a great ambassador for these sweet little birds. I love watching them peck away at a sunflower seed.
Simply adorable! Love Chickadees
Lesley, I always love to see your posts and listen to your calm voice. But especially, I love to listen to the Birdsong of the Birds you highlight. Bless you. And much gratitude always.
Adorable story. My backyard chicks are there every morning hurrying me along as I re-fill the feeder. I had one take food from my hand once and it was the best thing ever.
Lesley, you are amazing. Thank you so much for all you have done. Enjoy your life.
Happy birding to you too. Awesome vid, well done, love it. Thanks again for posting. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers.
Thank you for such a lovely video! These little cuties are one of my favorites. I love their little round head & markings! 😍 My apple head Chihuahua reminds me of them because of her tiny round skull. So cute! 💖
I loved the footage from the nesting box. Amazing work! Thanks for the spotlight on these cheerful, curious friends.