A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name, the reference used worldwide to avoid the confusion a list of local names could offer. For ...
Tom Bower's photo a boreal chickadee is pictured here. Other birders contend it's a black-capped chickadee, and that a stem obscures the head, making it appear brown. The birders say other field marks ...
Post Bulletin columnist John Weiss recently visited Sax-Zim Bog, near Virginia, Minn., for the first time. He was uninspired at first glance, but greatly rewarded for his patience. A boreal chickadee ...
Our next story pits north against south. It is about climate change. It is about state sovereignty. It is about songbirds. NICK LUND: Chickadee is not a bird. It's a family of birds. CORNISH: That's ...
Almost every yard in Victoria and adjacent counties has a family of these little black-and-white birds. They are one of our most common songbirds, and yet they constantly get overlooked for the more ...
Our last column focused on Juncos. This week, we will focus in a lesser manner on two other feeder birds, the black-capped chickadee and the more recent addition, the house finch. Let us begin with ...
“Common and widespread; like all Chickadees, forms small groups; often joined by other woodland songbirds. Feeds on seeds, insects, and spiders gleaned from twigs. Black cap and throat with white ...
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