Black-capped Chickadee Most Asked Questions
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- Have you ever wondered? Where do Black-capped chickadees sleep in the winter? Or whether they mate for life or not? This video answers these, as well as other questions people commonly ask about Black-capped Chickadees. Enjoy!
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I voted for the mighty chickadee the Canadian chickatee the become the bird representative of Canadian weather wonderful world.🇨🇦🐦🐧🐓🦃🐣🦆🦅🕊🦉🦢
Good morning Burdened.😄
Do you have any tips on doing a youtube channel? 😁Thanks!
Can you tell me how I can get the chickadees to come to me. I've just started bird watching this past year when my mom died of breast cancer. Qnd the best nesting box for a chickadee
I finally got to hand feed a chickadee a few days ago. I have tried off and on for at least 20 years. What a joy to finally achieve success, they are charming little wonders.
That's awesome, congratulations!
I can only imagine the elation you must've felt in that moment after so many years! Such a thrilling experience feeling so much life and trust coming through their two tiny feet :)
Took me a while but I succeeded also. I started by sitting near a feeder quietly until they started to come and go. Placed seed on a close table and they moved closer to eat. Finally I left my hand with seed in the palm and they came and perched to eat the seed. Minor motions would not cause them to bolt. Made me feel like Francis of Assisi.
I love Chickadees! They are one of my favorite birds, even though it is hard to pick a favorite bird :)
So true!!
I thought it was Blue Jays but now I switched to chickadees
I'm glad you did this video I love chickdeeds😍
I can’t get over how adorable Chickadees are; I have always loved them! Just yesterday I had one of my “regulars“ follow me from the feeder I was removing to fill, to the platform where I was filling it, back to where I was hanging it, chittering all the way! I didn’t even have it secured when he was on it grabbing his seeds! LOL Thanks for another great video!
Last week we brought the feeder inside to fill it and forgot to bring it out for a few minutes. The chickadees seemed to let us know this was shoddy service. There were so many loud calls we went over to see if there was a cat or something and realized we'd left the feeder inside. We have been trained! Now the feeder gets filled outside!
@@soniashapiro4827 LOL!
Chickadee is the state bird of Maine and on the standard license plate!
They are the provincial bird of New Brunswick as well! We share a border and a bird! They are an option on our 'conservation' license plates, so of course I have a dee on mine.
Yes! Mainer here!
Same in Massachusetts from March 21, 1941.
While relaxing in the forest a chickadee landed in a branch just above me and did it's normal call chickadee Dee. I replied by saying fee-bee. Soon there were two and then four and then 10 and as many as 20. I felt like the chickadee whisperer.
Lesley, I loved this video! These videos must take so long to film, edit and narrate. I wish I had the passion, patience and skill that you have. Chickadees are my favorite birds, and in fact, one of the tasks on my bucket list is to hand-feed a Chickadee. Thanks so much for this amazing, and adorable video!
Hey there 👋, if this is still on your bucket list you should totally do it. I got mine to start feeding from a scoop in my hand in about a hour, however it’s easier to get them to do it if you temporarily get rid of any feeders that you have up as they will just ignore you and go to those. Hope this helps!
They'll do it, just be patient. Try staying outside with them and putting food right next to you on a table or something. Once they are coming to that, put the food in your hand. Like Zia White says, take other feeders away *at first* -- but once they start hand-feeding it won't matter if there are feeders around, they seem to enjoy hand-feeding and do it by choice. They only hand-feed in the non-breeding season, though. Best time to start is the winter.
We have several Black-capped chickadees that frequent our bird feeder, especially now during the winter. I notice they tend to show up at the same time as the nuthatches and the titmouses (titmice?), sticking together in groups even with other species of birds that have similar size and habits. They are amazingly bold, I've had them take seeds from the feeder while I'm in the process of filling it. Love hearing their complex calls while I'm outside near the feeder tree, these are my favorite bird that we get here. It's hard to get a photo of them though, they never stick around, always just grabbing a seed and then taking it away somewhere else to eat.
Titmouse or titmice, the name is so dumb, because they are not small rodents attracted to female breasts. I call them Pete. AND ask any random person the difference between a chipmunk and a titmouse, and as they shrug, I inform them one is a bird!
I don’t think I’ve ever been able to get a photo of a chickadee. That is fine with me, because I would rather have them fast and alive!
Chickadees are one of my favorite birds!! they’re very adorable and i can’t believe how fast and smart they are!! i’m very glad to have them in my backyard :)
They are so cute. I have a chickadee that hides his seeds under the roof shingles.
The only time I have seen a sawhet owl up close was thanks to a flock of chickadees that were furious in a balsam tree. I went up to the tree and moved a couple of branches, and came face to face with the tiny owl, who couldn’t care less I was only 3 feet away from him. Chickadees are my absolute favorite ❤️
Thank you for the chickadee vid, my favourite! Do you know if chickadees recognize faces? The other day when I just got home from work, I grabbed a handful of walnuts from the back porch and went out back to hand feed my little darlings. Well, they were acting weird. Making a combo seet/gargle sound. I spoke to them like I always do but they seemed unsettled. They would fly close by but not land. Then I realized....I was still wearing my mask! I ripped the mask off and within seconds they started landing on me. The mask muffled my voice as well as hid my face so I don't know which one, OR both, upset them. To help them with sleep, I bought 'roosting pockets' @ Dollarama, lined them with alpaca fur/hair and hung them in the tall, thick cedar hedge bordering my property. I also have feeders so everyone is well fed. I love all my birds but chickadees are my favourite.
Glad you enjoyed. They are just little darlings. I love them too
About your question. Yes, I do believe they can recognize faces. A few summers ago my mate for life came out with me and one of the chickadees, Tiny was there. He put his hand out and she landed on it but wouldn't take anything and instead stayed there for a very long time for a chickadee completely fixed on his face. The way she looked at him as if taking in every detail was the most sweetest thing I ever seen. Her mate was there too, Tim and he would not take a seed from my mate's hand. Even though they learn to accept new people fairly easily and feed from their hand, at first the chickadees will behave differently toward the strangers I bring with me on the rare occasion. They are incredibly smart
I have quite a few black-capped chickadees that visit my feeder and they are so feisty, scaring away bigger birds, like mourning doves. It’s quite cute how small yet strong these little cuties are!
They are my favorite birds and I know so little about them! Well now I know a little more! I always wondered where they slept at night. Thank you!
Interesting fact about the curled tails, will be looking for that from now on. I had a pair use a nesting cavity last summer that I made out of a cedar log, I am wondering of the chances they use it again. When I checked the nest in late summer, it appeared as if they had been successful. They seem very secretive during the nesting time of year, and I was sometimes wondering if the were acutally around.
My favorite small bird. They always seem so happy, and they have the courage of a lion. The easiest bird to get to sit on your hand. Just sit still, with sunflower seeds in your hand, and they will reward you with their company.
I totally agree!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd tuffed titmouse have graywings and gray head ☝️
Hi Lesley, I love all of your videos! Chickadees are my favorite little darlings, along with Nuthatches and the Titmouse! Thank you for all the great information you share with us!
Celebrated National Bird Day yesterday with Lesley The Bird Nerd videos!!!🤗🐦🐦🐦🦅🦅❤️🇺🇸
love these little guys , we get hoards of 30 at a time in the yard binge feeding on black oil seeds ,
they are so use to us they stick around watching while we refill the feeders , no alarms whatsoever , so cute
Worth every seed!
@@TarekMidani absolutely worth every seed , these little guys bring us joy during the long winter months
For me, picking a favorite bird is like picking my favorite Beatles song. It can't be done, because just like BEATLE songs, there are so many wonderful birds.
I live where the Carolina and black capped ranges overlap. I see mostly Carolina. I can't tell the difference unless they sing.
Dear Lesley, (aka Snow White) those are really super cute! Thank You for this video. --- Two weeks ago.. i am just out of DC in Virginia and i saw a see of RED in the sky!! It was CARDINALS! It was such an unbelievable sight! Wow! (SMILING)
In honor of the great W.C. FIELDS, I call ALL chickadees "My Little Chickadee".
Love my chickadees! I have at least two pair that frequent my yard year round. Such brave little guys! I watched one yesterday get a seed from the feeder while a hawk watched him (: thanks for the info about the difference in the sounds they make. I always thought the Cree sound was from the nut hatches, And I didnt know it was a warning sound, so thank you for your knowledge.
Darlings...a well suited name for these fiesty yet adorable birds.
Chickadees are by far the most energetic birds that I get at my feeder. They are so much fun to watch with their quick movements and acrobatics. Thank you for your video.
Lesley, your content is truly amazing , such great photography and love the relationships you've built with these ashtonshing creatures!
Thank you so much!
I love hand feeding the local chickadees! They’re so goofy
I now have chickadees coming to my hands for peanuts! Thanks for inspiring me to be patient! I don't know if I'll ever be able to tell individuals apart, though...
There are some simple pleasures in life that I would have a hard time living without. Hearing distant chickadee calls on a crisp winter morning, with the snow falling gently, is one of them. It would sadden me greatly to have to move to a different continent (or a heavily urbanised area) where I couldn't hear my dear feathered friends singing and communicating with one another every time I stepped outside. Of course, there are amazing birds all over the world, and I'd familiarise myself with them no matter where I moved, but I fear it wouldn't be the same.
I love chickadees too. I find them the most friendly of all the birds and usually I can talk to them when I am filling feeders and they watch me. I think the birds know on some level that I am helping them. By the way we also have an adorable small bird here in NE Ohio called the Titmouse. Your video about the Chickadees was wonderful!
Thanks for sharing your story and thankyou, glad you enjoyed
We have ALOT of chickadees at the feeders this year, and I also hang a suet cake in the "chickadee bush" at the edge of the yard. My goal this year is to get one to eat out of my hand. They are so friendly and cute - one of my favorite birds. Thank you for this video. It was very interesting. Have a Merry Christmas! 🎄
These are my favorite little guys. Awesome video!
We have year around chestnut backed Chickadees and migrating Black Caps. They will sit on your head,eat out of your hand, and I've had them perch on the edge of my cereal bowl. I'm in the PNW.
It is great fun watching them carry away peanuts. It seems the bigger the better.
Just moved into an apartment in Bismarck, ND. and have permission to put up my feeders. So will see who comes to dine! I miss my own home where I fed the birds for many years in my back yard! Your videos help me to stay connected. Thank you, Lesley!
These were always a favourite of my late mother. She would watch them by the hour at her feeder in West Island Montreal. She also had nuthatches, cardinals, blue jays and occasional gross beaks. She also enjoyed the antics of the local grey squirrels attempting to access her well protected feeders.
My Carolina Chickadees are my favorite birds. They hide in the bushes and watch me. They are definitely observant
I grew up in Oregon. I'm sure Robins were the first birds I learned to identify, but I know I learned what a Chickadee was soon after that. A favorite of my Mom's and her sister (both birders).
Hello Lesley,
I love this video! There is always something I glean from your work. Thank you for the quality content and awesome editing. You are doing something wonderful here, and I enjoy these more than I can tell you!
Have a wonderful holiday season!
With admiration and respect,
Ken in Chicagoland
Hey Ken, I lived in Chicago for many years and just came back home to Maine this past winter. I really missed all this birds while I was gone and am loving all the Chickadees here! Hope you have a good Christmas!
Hey, Kenneth,
thank you so much for the kind comment and nice holiday wishes. Fills me with lots of joy knowing that you enjoy these little videos I make. You have a wonderful holiday season too.
Take care
Lesley
I really want to take pictures of chickdees 😔
My cat found this video very entertaining, and has had many chickadee come and check out his leash and harness for their safe viewing pleasure.
I feed many chickadees by hand (peanuts only). My squirrel is trained to chase away the jays and even a magpie. He's hilarious. I make a ugly noise at the blue jays and they flee. The squirrel chases them but he never bothers my sweet chickadees. I do so love my birdies..Thanks for this video..
Chickadees used to be my favorite bird. Then I was introduced to white breasted nuthatch. I’ve never seen the red variety so the white remains #1.
They are the bravest birds. Always the first to the feeders. Love when they eat out of my hand, which is One of God's gifts IMHO.
I love watching chickadees -
I am aiways happy to see them 👀
One night on May 31st 2017 at 10:00pm ,I rescued two Chickadees After almost stepping on them, One died with in a hour, they were very small, they fell out of the nest accidentally, he had to to eat every 15 mins first three days were rough on us no sleep, just before we were going to release him he broke his leg in the cage the vet tried to wrap it up she said she wish she could but he was too small to operate on, the bandage was on for about two weeks it never straightened correctly he always limped, some time after that he broke it again we took him back to the Vet she wrapped it again two weeks, then again same thing except we didn't take him back to the Vet the third time because the bandage was aggravating to him, it healed just as well as being wrapped, anyway it never happened again and he never got off the ground only flew two times before the broken leg, My Chickadee was as sharp as a tack he loved to dance to music, talk to you 12 hours a day, the mostly beautiful soul I ever knew,he would stay fenced inside our bed room so he had half the bedroom he was always telling us get back over here, what are you doing? We could write a book on Chickadees well this one, there is so much I wish every one could witness about this angel so many songs so many expressions of happiness Very high IQ,He knew his name and he knew his nick name, he would hide his food and every mid day 6 hours after waking for an solid hour he would sing like crazy,he would mind when we would say you get over here,just a treasure,Sadly Asa died on Dec 31st 2020 4:40am ,He chocked on a piece of blueberry, We are devastated I will never love anyone more than him he was my best friend,I cried for four straight days it's too quite now unbearable. BTW the Vet said we could keep him she is an avian doctor, she even wanted to take him home he Charmed everyone.
Here in the Colorado mountains, I see some Black Capped Chickadees, but I see a lot more Mountain Chickadees, which are very similar, but have a light stripes in the "cap" that run just above the eyes. They are daily visitors to my feeder.
I love my Carolina chickadees. I used to live in upstate NY (black-capped chickadees) but now live in Tidewater Virginia and started feeding my wild birds seriously when the pandemic started. Before then, I traveled so much I did not want to start something when I could not keep up a routine. I love my birds so much and cannot imagine life without them. Observing the chickadees and tufted titmice, you can tell they are related because of their similar behavior. Anyone who really wants chickadees should put out live mealworms! I have them in a caged feeder that excludes large birds, and have very happy chickadees, bluebirds, and Carolina wrens. I love watching them get plump as winter approaches!
The Chickadee is the Maine State bird. I live in the mountains and these little guys are everywhere.
I once had a chickadee fly in the open door to a screened-in porch. Trying to shoo it back toward the door wasn't working, but pretty soon I was able to catch it in my hand. As I was carrying it to the door it was pecking at my hand the whole time, clearly putting all its energy into being just as brutal and vicious as it could manage. And of course I could barely feel it. It was cute as heck seeing the little guy be so tough and so ineffectual at the same time.
Everything I always wanted to know about Chickadees but was afraid to ask, lol. My soul finds comfort in your works and words.
Haha! Glad this video helped answered them :) Happy New Year
Hey Lesley! Another awesome bird video- I really love these sweet little guys.. something about them being around makes me feel more cheerful. 😊 One of my favourite birds here in Canada(I'm in NB), is the Mourning Doves! I am a huge dove/pigeon lover and love seeing & feeding these guys in my backyard! Would you be able to make a video about Mourning Doves? Take care!
Edit: Also, the information on where these guys sleep at night during the Winter is amazing!!
I will certainly try, they have been on my list of to do birds for a while.
Thankyou
@@LesleytheBirdNerd That would be awesome! Merry Christmas!
I love chickdees🥰🥰 so cute
I know I have told you this before but I just love them! They are one of my favorites and I have a bunch at my feeders everyday. they always make me smile.
I hears these brids in my back yard I hears the fee bee call the most is a pretty sound but they do it to protect themselves thank you for helping me out learning about black capped chickadees they are very interesting birds and they are very beautiful birds
Right now I only have house finches coming to feed. I hope to see these little guys some day.
As usual, very nice. This is the first time I've seen any thumbs down and I have no idea why anyone would do it.
Thankyou
It could be a million different reasons, so I pay no attention to that anymore.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd ok,good.
Barn swallows are fascinating. I feel that they would be a great addition to your videos and presentations. I'm not too certain whether they are common in NFLD, but they are definitely present in SW Nova Scotia and other areas of the province.
We have tons of chickadees around here and they are great to watch. Some of them are extremely territorial and they do fight at times.
I drew a picture of a black-capped chickadee years ago and still have it.
I love the Chickadees at my feeder! They're already landing in my hand! They love the unsalted peanuts!
May I ask how you were able to achieve this miracle. .I have them and love watching them...I love them .
@@westwindpainting a lot of patience!
Thanks, I love to learn what birds do at night, so now I will be on the lookout for tail feather askew.
This is the one that got me interested. I hated them forever waking me up, now they're my fav
Another enjoyable video, Lesley! Thanks for all the bird education. 🐦 ❤
I admire Black Caps. They are so peaceful, patient and tolerant. Everything I’m not.
Thank you Miss Bird Nerd.
I am so disappointed there are few chickadees in Florida. I fed dozens in CT for 14 years! So cute!!
❤❤❤❤ I Love them all especially chickadees ❤❤
I love BCCS. Have a bunch of em in my yard all year and a few that nest in a lil birdhouse that my daughter made and painted.
ANOTHER REALLY CUTE BIRD AND THANKYOU FOR GREAT FOOTAGE AND SOUNDS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM!! WE FEED YEAR ROUND. THEY LOVE PEANUTS AND MEALWORMS!!!!! WE LIVE IN DES MOINES, IA. NEAR WOODS AND CREEK.
Awesome video. You answered questions I have had for years. They show up in our yard a lot. Some have been using the eves of the houses for a long time in my neighbor's yard. Been watching them since I was a kid. I'd make up stories about what they were up to lol.
Thank you, Lesley, for the info on chickadees. I love hearing your voice and the passion you have for birds. Keep up the great work. Jim
Thank you so much!
Here where I live we get their cousin the Carolina Chickadee which are a bit smaller than their northern cousin but they too are smart little birds with a lot to say and currently hold the record for the non human animal with the most complex call syntax I love these cuties
I made a PVC birdhouse last year but nothing ever moved in. We have moved since and this year, SUCCESS! Didn't really care who moved in, but am happy to say we got chickadees!
One question I have... You are supposed to clean out your birdhouses every winter. However, chickadees do not migrate. Will they move out? Do I just not worry about cleaning it out? I'm guessing I will just have to watch and see if they leave or not. We are so ecstatic that we got these little guys tho! Now, I just need to sit in my lawn chair, near the nest, with a bunch of sunflower in my hand!
Love your videos Lesley. I love chickadees - they are my favourite little snappy birds. I get sometimes 9 or 10 cardinals in my backyard over winter and the chickadees come back daily to my feeders. They particularly like the hard mixed nuts and suet disks that I buy, some of which are filled with pecans. I am also fortunate to get a bunch of blue jays as well. Thanks for the videos, I love how close you can get to some of these birds.
Love them.they greet me when I put the food in feeders.
Nice narration lady, very relaxing and informative.Thanks nice lady..
I've had a Northern Shrike around recently that's been attacking the Black-capped Chickadees frequently. They use the high-pitched call or they are totally quiet and just fly off to somewhere safer.
Churning out videos left and right!
I loved your video! I was also curious if chickadees had a different intonation to their call when they are excited or happy? When I go to put food in the theaters they seem to have a different excited call and they do stick around in the tree until the feeders are full! They are such dear little fluff ball's!
Yay! USA Maine's state bird... Massachusetts too, but ours are better ; ) Great vid, thanU.
I love the chickadees that frequent my feeders. I’ve got two pairs. They are so active, quick and agile!
What I almost missed this one somehow!! So glad I found it 😊
Leslie, Love you and always will! You are so re-lakings haelacing to me and trust
My mom and I adore your channel. We're beginner birders in Northern Colorado and there is a lot of overlap between your backyard birds and ours!
As for a video idea...Have you made a video about different nest types yet? I think it'd be cool to learn about the different ways common birds nest (i.e. in cavities, building cup-shaped nests, mud nests, hanging nests, etc)
One of my favorites but I love all birds. 💜💜 🐦 🐦 I so many Chickadees here, along with Wrens. I have suet, black oil sunflower seeds, saflower, and unsalted peanuts for all the birds. 😊 Thanks for sharing
1st I love your video's , they are always informative and accurate. I'm a birder and love birds , have lived where I'm at for 20 yrs now. I've been feeding the birds that come to my yard for 20 yrs also. The reason i have done so is that I have an Indian Ring Neck parakeet and a Green Cheeked Conure , I buy them food and they both are kinda picky eaters, so every other day when i change their feeders. They have seed that doesn't get eaten. So I put it in a small barrel. I add it to the food I buy for the outside birds. So nothing ever gets wasted. I have 6 chickadees that come to my feeders everyday. They are awesome to watch. Ty Lesley for all that you do
Thank you Lesley
Enjoyed
Hi Lesley, Chickadees are cool! Carolina Chickadees come to the feeders here and are very lively ;)
Yes they are!
Happy Holidays to you and your family and friends and any livestock you might have wandering around the house and yard!
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Same to you!
Thank you, I love chickadees.
So cute
This is a beautiful video!
Such great work you do, keep it up!
Very informative. Thank you!
One of my favorite birds!! So friendly!!
Very informative
Thank you Leslie! We love our chickadees!
They're so cute!
Beautiful video!