Black-capped chickadee is perched on a snowy stump with seed mix in winter park and eating.© Saeedatun/Shutterstock.com Birds don’t get enough credit for the magnificent creatures they are. Many ...
Last week, a reader named Joy emailed me a photo of a bird that she couldn’t quite identify. One look at the photo, and I instantly understood both the observer's confusion and the mystery bird's ...
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 ...
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – January 5th is National Bird Day, and the black-capped chickadee serves as a familiar and resilient symbol of the Commonwealth. Light snow possible in western Massachusetts on ...
Mountain chickadees in Boulder have evolved a different tune to avoid getting mixed up with their cousins, according to a new CU Boulder-led study published Oct. 9 in the Journal of Evolutionary ...
Each morning, after making coffee, my wife and I fill the distinctive, barn-red bird feeder that hangs down between our back deck and Illinois Mountain. As we fill the feeder, we whistle to signal to ...
Each morning, after making coffee, my wife and I fill the distinctive, barn-red bird feeder that hangs down between our back deck and Illinois Mountain. As we fill the feeder, we whistle to signal to ...
Last weekend, as I was refilling the hulled sunflower seed feeder, two rival male black-capped chickadees began their spring rivalry. Hidden from sight within the evergreen hedge we share with Al and ...
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