Watching chickadees flit through the treetops is like witnessing master acrobats at work. These adorable birds duck and dodge through branches as they hunt down small insects. Not only are these birds ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FALMOUTH — Mainers have been driving around with a black-capped chickadee on ...

The birds of Alabama are back, reminding us that we’re not empty nesters at all; in fact, our nest is full if you count the birds that live in the backyard. One of them flies to the glass door each ...

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 ...

Last weekend, as I was refilling the hulled sunflower seed feeder, two rival male black-capped chickadees began their spring rivalry. Hidden from sight within the evergreen hedge we share with Al and ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to literally have a wild bird in hand? Except for bird banders, few of us have ever had this experience — if we approach, birds fly off. But it is possible ...

The black-capped chickadee is probably the most familiar bird of northern winters. It's common and easily recognized by sight and song. The chickadee is also bold and apparently fearless. This is one ...

How do birds, barefoot and covered only in fluff, survive cold? In the same conditions, we humans shiver in multi-layered high-tech insulation, fearing hypothermia. Consider our Carolina chickadees.

The most widespread, numerous, and geographically variable chickadee, this bird brightens winter days at bird feeders and eagerly takes advantage of nest boxes. It is curious, with little or no fear ...

How to identify: Like all chickadees, the mountain chickadee has striking black-and-white markings on the head and gray elsewhere. The white stripe over the eye identifies mountain chickadees from all ...