" We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned
cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its
size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of
its indomitable spirit."
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The picture at the top of the page is titled Autumn Perch. It is a beautiful pencil drawing of a Chickadee by Glenn Korgaard. For a larger image and to see other art by Glenn at Brian Hutchison's Home Page & Gallery click here.I can't honestly say that I am a serious bird watcher but I'm working on it. I enjoy watching the numerous chickadees that visit our feeder each day. Someday I hope to get lucky enough to hand feed a chickadee! I couldn't find one single comprehensive source of information on the Internet about Chickadees so I've put together as much as I've been able to find so far into the Chickadee-Web. It includes facts, trends, graphs, maps, art, photos, sounds, poems, stories, quotes, collectibles, games, songs and more. In other words, if you enjoy chickadees, there should be something here for you! I hope you find it interesting and informative. Some general chickadee information: Chickadees are black-bibbed,dark-capped acrobats
that are tame and friendly. They nest in cavities in trees, and nest boxes and often feed
upside down. They have the most complex social structures of any feeder bird and one of
the largest vocabularies of calls, more than 15 different ones. You can hear some of these
calls in the audio clips area and throughout the homepage. You will hear other sound clips
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About my chickadee background and
animated chickadee... The Chickadee Background |
Black-capped Chickadees The Black Capped Chickadee has rustier sides with white feather edges on the wing, and whiter cheek patches. Song is easily imitated. Second note is 1 full tone lower. L 4-1/2 FACTSUSGS Frames List with
ID Tips, Life History Groupings, Maps, Song, Call & Pictures
Black-capped photo from NBS.GOV Bird Picture List SOUNDSBlack-Capped Chickadee Audio Tapes ART Black-capped print #1 Black-capped print #2 Black-capped print #3 MAPSMap links provided by: Patuxent Wildlife Research
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Carolina Chickadees The Carolina Chickadee is fairly common and smaller than the black-capped. Its sides are paler and has narrow gray edging on the wing feathers. It has a smaller neat bib and shorter tail. Calls are faster than the Black-capped. Whistled song is an octave higher or 4-5 notes. L 4-1/4 FACTSUSGS Frames List
with ID Tips, Life History Groupings, Maps, Song, Video & Pictures IMAGES
Carolina Chickadee photo from NBS.GOV Bird Picture List MAPSMap links provided by: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
Mountain Chickadees The Mountain Chickadee is the only chickadee with a white eye stripe. It nests in the mountains. Hoarser call. Song is nearly the same as the black-capped. L 4-1/4" FACTSUSGS Frames List
with ID Tips, Life History Groupings, Maps, Song, & Pictures Pacific Northwest Chickadee Menu Chestnut backed, Mountain & Black-capped photos! SOUNDSMountain Chickadee Sound Clip
(319KB) MAPSMap links provided by: Patuxent Wildlife Research
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Boreal Chickadees The Boreal Chickadee is common in northern coniferous forests. It is the only chickadee with a brown cap, back and sides. Has no whistled song. Chick-a-dee call is slow and hoarse. L 4-1/4" FACTSUSGS Frames List with
ID Tips, Life History Groupings, Maps & Pictures Audubon Watercolors
Boreal Chickadee watercolor by John James Audubon (1785-1851). Courtesy of Nature Net MAPSMap links provided by: Patuxent Wildlife Research
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Chestnut-backed Chickadees The Chestnut-Backed Chickadee is common in the Pacific lowlands and local in mountains. It has a bright chestnut back and sides and sooty cap. Has no whistled song and its calls are rapid and horse. L 4-1/4" FACTSUSGS Frames List with
ID Tips, Life History Groupings, Maps, & Pictures IMAGESChestnut-backed
chickadee photo from Thayer Birding Software- Birds of North America SOUNDSMAPSMap links provided by: Patuxent
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Mexican Chickadees The Mexican Chickadees have a large black throat patch and gray sides. This is the only chickadee found in its limited range in southern Arizona and New Mexico. It's call is low and rasping. L 4-1/4 FACTSUSGS Frames
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Grey Headed (was the Siberian Tit) Larger and paler than Boreal and lacks brown sides. Found in spruce, aspen, and willow at edge of Alaskan and west Canadian tundra. Call resembles that of the Boreal. L 4-3/4 FACTSUSGS Frames
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Chickadee photo from NBS.GOV Bird
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General Chickadee Information FACTS
Alaska Wildlife Notebook
Series-Chickadees STORIESJamie
Stewart's Screech Owl Page is a nice journal with pictures of Jamies screech owl
family. If it weren't for the chickadees Jamie may not have known about his screech owls!
Go to his home page and find out why! IMAGES
Global Bird Photos
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People that Study Chickadees Dr.Jack
P.Hailman, University of Wisconsin, Black-Capped Chickadee, avian communication |
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Chickadee Birdhouses & Feeders Bird houses
for Chickadees & other birds.The Baltimore Bird Club homepage |
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Chickadee stuff just for Kids!
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Links to my other Chickadee-Web pages! The North Wind- A beautiful 1930's poem by Rebecca Foresman. Thank you to Linnea Silcox for locating the missing verses in the Elson-Gray Basic Reader book.. Chickadee Web On-Line Nature Store- a great place to shop for your nature books and optics  I Found A
Chickadee excerpts from Rec.Birds DEE DAY,
a poem by Charles Seggelin about
his experience hand feeding Chickadees. How to Hand Feed a Chickadee by Eric Dee Chickadee Tails A page devoted to Chickadee stories and experiences sent to us by visitors to the Chickadee. The Chickadee General Store- Chickadee items for sale. This page has a lot of graphics that will take a while to download but if you are interested in buying chickadee merchandise, there are a lot of nice things here. Chickadees As the Crow Flies by Elinor Miller of Sage PublicationsExcellent article about Chickadees. My Private Chickadee Gallery One of my chickadee pages with exclusive photos!! Enter this page by invitation only!...only kidding! Come on in! My Private Chickadee Gallery We've added a 2nd Floor!! It's under construction but stop in and take a look. More great exclusive photos and room for more so put on your hard hats and help me build this page into a towering gallery of chickadee photos!! (see below) |
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If you have an interesting chickadee story or experience illustrating the friendly character of the Chickadee, that you would like to share, please send it to us. If we find it unique or interesting enough, we will include it on the Chickadee Tails page for others to enjoy. If you have any chickadee photos, please let us know. We'd be happy to include them in the exclusive My Private Chickadee Gallery I'm also looking for Mexican Chickadee & Gray Headed (Siberian Tit) photos. If you have any or know of links, please let me know. I'm sure I haven't found all the chickadee links on the Net. If you find any or have your own chickadee page that you would like included here, please send me the URL's. I would really like to find some photos of chickadee nests with eggs and baby chickadees (without disturbing them). If you can provide any of these items please get in contact with me. As you can see, I am very generous with credits to the contributor. THANKS! |
We hope you enjoyed our Chickadee-Web and that your visit was a
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and animated chickadee shown above and throughout the site are unique to the
Chickadee-Web home pages. They were created for, and are the copyrighted
property of the Chickadee-Web and used to identify
the page as one of mine. You are NOT permitted to copy them for distribution or use
anywhere on the web for any reason without written permission! You are however permitted to use
my Chickadee Background as a free tiled Windows desktop wallpaper on
your personal home computer compliments of the Chickadee-Web provided it is not
distributed or sold! Thank you for your cooperation
and for visiting my web site. Enjoy! 
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