Thursday, October 12, 2017

Call of the Black Capped Chickadee

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Every day this week I've heard this beautiful two note call from a bird in the forest surrounding my home. I finally figured out it's the call of the Black Capped Chickadee. I am amazed this beautiful piercing call comes from such a small bird.  The chickadee eats mostly caterpillars but will eat seeds and berries in winter and often uses a cache to store food. So glad to have a chickadee for a neighbor.


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  1. Barbara Rogers10/12/17, 9:51 AM

    He's a cutie. We've got Carolina Chickadees too, chickadee-dee-dee is their call.

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  2. Joanne Noragon10/12/17, 12:19 PM

    I love chickadees. Cheeky little fellows; walk around my feet to get seeds on the porch.

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    1. Linda Starr10/13/17, 9:50 AM

      Hi Joanne, thanks, with Barney here I can't feed the birds he's too good of a hunter, but how lucky you are to have them walking around your feet.

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  3. Elephant's Child10/12/17, 2:12 PM

    What a little charmer. Fascinating call too.

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    1. Linda Starr10/13/17, 9:51 AM

      Hi Sue, thanks, yes I love their call, they most often just use that two note call and it is so loud, perhaps because we live against a hillside and it might echo back to me.

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  4. Anna10/13/17, 2:27 AM

    a pretty little fellow, thanks for letting us hear his call

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    1. Linda Starr10/13/17, 9:52 AM

      Hi Anna, thanks, I had to listen to a lot of bird calls before I figured out which bird was making that call, lol.

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