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How to Identify a Black-Capped Chickadee

Capped Chickadee Look Like? Meet the black-capped chickadee, a beginner backyard birder’s dream. The small songbirds are considerably curious about humans and comfortable in our presence, which makes ...
San Antonio Express-News

Mountain chickadee chatter: Scientists are decoding the songbird’s complex calls

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sofia Marie Haley, University of Nevada, Reno (THE CONVERSATION) I approach a flock of ...
Star Tribune

What goes into a bird’s name? What goes into a bird’s name? What goes into a bird’s name? What goes into a bird’s name?

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 ...