The black-capped chickadee is universally adored as a feeder guest. Learn more about their song, nest and more.

Emily Russell Spring brings snowmelt and chickadees back to nature trails in Lake Placid. It's a warm, sunny day when I visit to take my dog for a walk after work.

Chickadees build their nests of moss, grass and hair in natural tree cavities or in holes made by other birds or animals, and sometimes in bird houses. They can excavate their own nest cavity in ...

Another amazing thing — come spring, those chickadee brains shrink back to pre-winter size, a time when ‘dees can now find adequate food in the wild. A few other food-storing birds, ...

Mountain chickadees are a bit larger and stockier than the black-capped chickadee. ... In the early spring listen for their plaintive two note whistle, from a higher to lower pitched note.

Many other birds, including chickadees, cardinals and house finches, will eat safflower (and in the spring, the rose-breasted grosbeaks seem to seek out this seed).

Comment: Chickadees are climate crisis’ canary in coal mine. ... And if they do survive the winter, their nesting sites — tree cavities — may be buried under feet of snow in the spring.

I especially root for the Carolina chickadees. Wrens nest several times in a season, while chickadees have only one chance each year. If that nest fails, they must wait for another spring to try ...

Human disturbance. What this study cannot say is why these chickadee hybrids are more common in places where humans have changed the landscape, but it is the first-of-its-kind to examine this ...