Spring is in the air, and with that, a chorus of birds, especially if you live in the Northeast. While some birds are flying back north from a sunny winter break in the South, the chickadee is an ...

Ask just about anyone to list their five favorite birds and black-capped chickadees invariably make the cut. We all love chickadees for their acrobatic activity, devil-may-care attitude and funny ...

Chickadees are so much fun – and they’re not a shy bird. They’re usually the first to check out a new feeder, are often the first on the scene to jeer at an intruder, and we get to enjoy them year ...

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 ...

Chickadees are plump, sparrow-sized birds with tiny beaks. Mountain chickadees are a bit larger and stockier than the black-capped chickadee. Both species have a black cap and throat with a white ...

Black-capped Chickadees don’t let food go to waste. These puffy little birds, with their oversize head and dark eyes resembling those of a Beanie Baby, are always hoarding extra grub such as berries, ...

Although their brain is just slightly bigger than a pea, chickadees have quite the memory. A recently released study from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Nevada found that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountain chickadees are unusual in having more complex calls than songs. Vladimir Pravosudov I approach a flock of mountain ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Spring is in the air, and with that, a chorus of birds, especially if you live in the Northeast. While some birds are flying back north from a ...