The black-capped chickadee's familiar tune is a sign that spring is just around the corner. ... In January, a noticeable new sound can be heard across forests, neighborhoods and prairies.

If you’d like to see some new-to-you birds in Michigan this fall, listen for the sound of one of our most common birds: The Black-capped Chickadee. The chickadee’s namesake “chickadee-dee ...

The planet’s birds make a lot of different sounds communicating a wide variety of messages.The petite Black-capped chickadee emits a high noise that tells predators to scram. Hungry Pileated ...

The black-capped chickadee is common and widespread throughout the northern half of the U.S. and up into Canada and ... Year round they will emit chattery calls that often sound like their name, ...

A black-capped chickadee holds a sunflower seed in its beak at 40 degrees below zero. (Photo by Ned Rozell) During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves ...

News; Sci/Tech; Cool Critters: Chickadees – charming, chatty and seriously cerebral Sun., March 2, 2025 Year-round residents of our region, the cute and perky black-capped chickadee also has a ...

Banner image: A black-capped chickadee perches on a tree branch in winter. (Credit: Amanda Frank) Hybrids of two common North American songbirds, the black-capped and mountain chickadee, are more ...

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 ...

Courageous: The black-capped chickadee is brave—its core feature, in fact, seems to be courage itself. It doesn’t care about the fact that it may not be the largest or most formidable.

If you’d like to see some new-to-you birds in Michigan this fall, listen for the sound of one of our most common birds: The Black-capped Chickadee. The chickadee’s namesake “chickadee-dee ...