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Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Chickadees love backyard bird feeders! They love sunflower seed and suet offered in backyards.

Description:

  • Chickadees have a black cap and chin with whites cheeks.

  • They have a small black bill.

  • They have gray backs and wings with white underneath and buffy colored sides or flanks.


Food:

  • Insects, seeds, fruits. Forages in trees.


Habitat:

  • Prefers trees and inhabits mixed woodlands.


Preferred Nest:

  • Nest in cavities. 


Backyard Birdhouse:


More Facts:

  • Sexes are similar in appearance.

  • They do not migrate.

  • Chickadee make a call that is their name. Chick-a-dee-dee-dee (the more dee-dee-dee's at the end indicate the level of threat to the bird)


Link for more information: Carolina Chickadee




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