Black-capped Chickadee
Size: 5"
Eggs: 5-7, white with fine brown markings
Incubation: 11-13 days; male and female incubate and feed young
Food: insects, seeds, fruit; comes to seed and suet feeders
Name comes from its familiar "chika-dee-dee-dee-dee" call. Builds nest mostly with green moss and lines it with animal fur. Backyard bird that is attracted to a nest box or seed feeder. Usually the first to find a new feeder.
Can be easily tamed and hand fed.
*information comes from "Birds of Alaska" by Stan Tekielo
4 comments:
I never knew...
I miss those chickadee calls. Here, we get to hear lots of screeching bugs :)
Cute pictures! I miss your kids!
What neat pictures! We miss you all so bad, I hope you come to Florida in February!!!
Love, love, love the posts! I miss my neighbors bird feeder now. I love that your kids tell you what they want to study. I love their self portraits, and I can't believe Mya is already one. I'm almost overwhelmed. JK but miss ya lots!
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