Bird Gallery Index

Family:  (Paridae) Chickadees and Titmice

Preferred Habitat:  Woodlands

Seasonal Occurrence:  Abundant in all seasons. Breeds in our area.

Notes:  One of our favorite backyard yards, the Carolina Chickadee readily visits bird feeders for sunflower seeds, and even uses hummingbird feeders. Carolina Chickadees are social and garrulous. Their call, a fast chick-a-dee-dee-dee, is well-known to even non-birders. Carolina Chickadees are replaced in the northeast by the Black-capped Chickadees. The two species are very difficult to tell apart. The easiest clue is the Carolina Chickadee's song – a fee bee fee bay which descends at the end. (The Black-capped Chickadee sings a slower, two-note fee bee.) Carolina Chickadees nest in tree cavities and also use bird houses.
- Susan Billetdeaux