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	Black-capped Chickadee: Just the facts...
		Adults have a black cap and bib with white sides to the face.
		During the fall migration and winter, chickadees often flock (A group of birds) together.
		The reason this mixed flock stays together because the chickadees call out whenever they find a good source of food.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bl/black-capped_chickadee.htm (474 words)

	Black-capped Chickadee
		Black cap and bib and white cheeks are conspicuous.
		Spread a layer of black oil sunflower seed in the bottom tray.
		Loved by all songbirds, these are the "gold" of sunflower foods.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/680/_/Black-capped_Chickadee.aspx (889 words)

	Birds, Familiar: Black-capped Chickadee, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		Field marks.--The chickadee is a round, fluffy little bird, boldly marked with splashes of gray, black, and white in contrast to the streaks, lines, and pencilings characteristic of many of the smaller birds.
		Another chickadee propensity is the assumption of odd attitudes; they often alight up-side-down on the under side of a branch, making, it seems, almost a back somersault as they reach upward and grasp it; and they can hang, back to the ground, steady and secure, from the tip of a swaying branch.
		The Chickadee certainly consumes a great many spiders (which are moderately useful), but the occurrence seems inseparably connected with the bird's mode of feeding, ever prying as it does, under bark scales and into all sorts of crannies which are the favorite hiding places of spiders.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch21-30/chickadee.html (6726 words)

	Black-Capped Chickadee
		Black-capped Chickadees are members of the Family Paridae, which are small, plump, small-billed birds that are very acrobatic when feeding.
		Chickadees are a constant visitor to feeding stations, often feeding upside down.
		Chickadees are smaller than most sparrows (4-3/4 - 5 3/4 inches), tame and friendly.
	aviary.owls.com /chickadee/chickadee.html (301 words)

	Massachusetts State Bird Black-capped Chickadee Penthestes atricapillus
		In Missouri, the black-capped chickadee generally nests north of the Missouri River and the Carolina chickadee nests south of the River.
		The diet of the black-capped chickadee is comprised of 70 percent animal and 30 percent vegetable matter.
		The chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus) shall be the bird or bird emblem of the commonwealth
	www.netstate.com /states/symb/birds/ma_black_capped_chickadee.htm (503 words)

	All About Birds
		One of the most familiar and beloved birds in northern North America, the Black-capped Chickadee is a frequent visitor to bird feeders.
		Black-capped Chickadees have benefited from human-provided food and nest boxes, as well as increased forest edges caused by deforestation.
		The Black-Capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food items for later recovery.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Black-capped_Chickadee.html (203 words)

	Black Capped Chickadee
		The black-capped chickadee is easy to recognize with its black cap and throat contrasted by white cheeks.
		One of the more amazing survival adaptations the black-capped chickadee possesses is the ability to go into a state of regulated hypothermia, in which it lowers its body temperature from a normal of around 108F to about 88F.
		This takes advantage of the chickadees curiosity and is a wonderful way to see them interact with each other and observe their flocking and feeding behavior.
	www.naturewriting.com /BCchickadee1.htm (640 words)

	Black-capped Chickadee
		The Black-capped Chickadee is from 4.75 to 5.75 inches long with a wingspan of from 7.5 to 8.5 inches.
		The Black-capped Chickadee, a familiar and popular visitor to back yard feeders across most of Canada and the northern US, is one of the more than 50 species of titmice and chickadees that occur worldwide (Harrap and Quinn 1995).
		The amount of white in the wing of the Black-capped Chickadee is more extensive than in the Carolina Chickadee, especially in the wing coverts (Kaufman 1990).
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/bcchickadee.htm (570 words)

	Songbirds Of North Dakota
		The black-capped chickadee is justifiably named by its pronounced black head contrasted by its white cheeks and bib.
		Chickadees forage over twigs and under tree bark for insect eggs, ants, beetles and caterpillars.
		In North Dakota, it is common year round along the riparian forests associated with rivers and streams and in the ash/cedar woodlands of the badlands.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/distr/birds/songbird/paridae.htm (225 words)

	Learn About The Chickadee at Wild Birds Forever
		Chickadees are cavity nesting birds, sometimes nesting in abandoned woodpecker holes and the natural cavities of trees.
		The chickadee is a part of the Titmouse family.
		Chickadees dine primarily on insects, seeds and berries.
	www.birdsforever.com /chickdee.html (530 words)

	Black-capped Chickadee
		A small active bird with a black cap, white cheeks, and a black bib, the Black-capped Chickadee is easily recognizable.
		During the fall and winter when the Black-capped Chickadee is in fresh plumage, the forehead, crown, nape, and upper mantle are sooty black.
		Black-capped Chickadees are approximately 5 inches (13 centimeters) in length.
	birds.cornell.edu /bow/bcch (501 words)

	Massachusetts State Bird - Maine State Bird - Black Capped Chickadee
		Between these patches of black is a band of white, from the base of the bill down the sides of the neck, becoming broader behind, and encroaching on the back, which, with the wing-coverts, is ash-grey tinged with brown.
		If, as is usually the case, he is provided with a dinner, the Chickadee at once evinces its anxiety to partake of it, and loses no opportunity of accomplishing its object, although it sets about it with much circumspection, as if it were afraid of being detected, and brought to punishment.
		The Chickadee feeds on insects, their larvae, and eggs, as well as on every sort of small fruit, or berries, including grapes, acorns, and the seeds of various pines.
	www.50states.com /bird/chickade.htm (2423 words)

	AllRefer.com - chickadee (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		The black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus), lively and gregarious, is a permanent resident over most of its range in the East.
		Chickadees are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Paridae.
		Both sexes have black caps, gray backs and wings, and fluffy white to buff underparts.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/chickade.html (198 words)

	Nearctica - Biomes - Eastern Deciduous Forest - Black-capped Chickadee
		Habitat: The Black-capped Chickadee occurs in deciduous woods and in the transition regions of the Eastern Deciduous forests and the southern Boreal Forest.
		The Black-capped Chickadee is a larger bird and is 5 to 6 inches in length.
		Food: Black-capped Chickadees feed primarily on insects and insect eggs in the summer, although they eat seeds as well.
	www.nearctica.com /biomes/edf/bird/chickdee.htm (555 words)

	Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
		Black-capped Chickadees are year-round residents in the Northeast.
		At the Nature Center and throughout the Northeast, Black-capped Chickadees will continually come to a feeder for sunflower seeds and return to a perch to shell them.
		Chickadees eat insects and larvae which they glean from twigs and leaves or underneath the bark of trees.
	www.pfeiffernaturecenter.org /ovenbird/bcch.html (482 words)

	NatureWorks - Black-capped Chickadee
		The black-capped chickadee is four to five inches in length with a wingspan of six to seven inches.
		The black-capped chickadee can be found from Alaska east though southern Canada and throughout the upper two-thirds of the United States south to northern California, northern New Mexico, Missouri and northern New Jersey.
		The male black-capped chickadee will bring the female food during courtship.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/blackcappedchickadee.htm (342 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Black-capped Chickadee
		The Mountain Chickadee is closely related to the Black-capped, and the two species hybridize, or interbreed, occasionally.
		The Black-capped Chickadee eats so much that it is one of the most important pest killers in the forest and orchard.
		In the north, the chickadees usually roost in dense evergreen groves sheltered from the wind and snow.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?cid=7&id=29 (2298 words)

	CHICKADEE HOUSES & CHICKADEES - Providing a house for the Black-Capped Chickadee, Carolina Chickadee and other species of chickadees
		This plump little fellow with the black cap is friendly, and chances are he's been at your feeder in the winter.
		Since chickadees' natural means of nesting is to excavate a hole in a rotting tree, you may make your nest box more attractive to them by putting a little sawdust or wood chips inside it for them.
		Chickadees move to denser woods for breeding and nesting, but the rest of the year they like open areas and forest edges.
	www.coveside.com /merchant/chickadees.html (525 words)

	Eco Field Guide: Black Capped Chickadee
		: The chickadee averages 12-15cm, and is recognized by its black cap and bib and white cheeks.
		Status: Most chickadee populations are healthy, helped in the harsh winter months by the bird feeders and nest boxes people have in their yards.
		Likes to Hang Out: Chickadees live along the edges of forests, sometime venturing near towns and farms in the winter for their feeders.
	www.ecokidsonline.com /pub/eco_info/topics/field_guide/birds/chickadee.cfm (188 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Black-capped Chickadees usually prepare their own nesting hole in soft, rotting tree stumps.
		Chickadees form the nucleus of mixed flocks of woodpeckers, nuthatches, creepers, and kinglets that move through the winter woods.
		Black cap and throat, white cheeks, gray back, dull white underparts.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesRECNUM.asp?recnum=BD0010 (320 words)

	chickadee - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about chickadee
		The commonest species is the black-capped chickadee, Parus atricapillus, which looks very like the willow tit, P.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /chickadee (119 words)

	Black-capped Chickadee, 50birds.com
		Black-capped Chickadees are year around residents and might take advantage of northern winter warming roosts.
		Because Chickadees commonly nest in natural or abandon cavities, or excavate their own cavities, a few chips on the nest box floor are suitable.
		A chickadee birdhouse in a tree in your is a good investment as they are attracted to bird houses.
	www.50birds.com /BPBCChickadee.htm (359 words)

	Black Capped Chickadee
		- The chickadee feeds on insects, seeds and berries.
		They prepare their nest with grass, fur, plant down, feathers and moss in a hole in a rotten tree stump, a natural cavity or a bird box.
		This bird is constantly active, either hopping, clinging or hanging from tree branches.
	bcadventure.com /adventure/wilderness/birds/chickade.htm (101 words)

	Chickadee numbers, Dearborn
		Due to crowding and competition, chickadee mortality is high in winters following big population increases, a phenomena known as “density-dependent survival.” The eastern United States had a huge increase in chickadee numbers in 2001, which probably led to the lower numbers in the last couple of years.
		Because RRBO does not large numbers of chickadees, this translates to a decline of fewer than three birds per year, and there are swings in the numbers that make the trend less accurate.
		A third of the overall slide in chickadee numbers on the WBPS is owing to last year.
	www.umd.umich.edu /dept/rouge_river/bcchnos.html (520 words)

	Audubon Birds, Black-capped Chickadee
		The state bird of Massachusetts and Maine, the Black-capped Chickadees are found year-round in the northern United States and into Canada.
		Description: Black-capped Chickadee with realistic design and authentic sound.
		Chickadees nest in cavities in the soft wood of dead or dying trees and are frequent visitors to backyards.
	www.shopoli.com /detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=WR_AB029 (87 words)

	BirdForum - Black-Capped Chickadee?!
		I looked it up and found out that only Black-Capped Chickadees have such strong white on their wings.
		BCCs in the eastern US move somewhat out of their breeding ranges in Fall and Winter.
		I know it was a BCC because I've known my Carolinas for a long time and this one was definently not a CC.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=27104 (582 words)

	BirdWeb - Bird Details
		Black-capped Chickadees are found in a variety of habitats, but compared to the other chickadees in Washington, Black-cappeds are most likely to be found in deciduous or mixed woodlands.
		Black-capped Chickadees often forage in birch or alders by hopping on twigs and branches and gleaning their surfaces for food.
		Black-capped Chickadees are considered permanent residents, but some may wander in the fall because of food shortages.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=328 (566 words)

	Chickadee Alert
		Chickadees with bill deformities observed late last winter had quite dirty, ragged plumage, probably because they had difficulty preening their feathers with such deformed bills.
		The chickadees and most of these other species are permanent residents and do not migrate.
		In the spring we will also be looking again at nesting chickadees to see if we can detect any problems with the adults, their eggs, or nestlings.
	www.absc.usgs.gov /research/bpif/chickadees.html (1679 words)

	EEK! - Critter Corner - Black-capped Chickadee
		This small bird, easily recognized by its black cap, black bib and white cheek, is a year-round resident of Wisconsin and a favorite visitor to backyard feeders.
		Chickadees also eat insects and spider eggs that they find under bark and in dead wood.
		Chickadees fluff out their feathers to trap air to keep warm.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/critter/bird/chickadee.htm (363 words)

	Black-capped Chickadee
		Characteristics: black cap and bib, white cheeks and breast, gray back, buff sides, wing feathers edged with white.
		Their white cheeks shine out, separating the solid black cap above from the fringed black bib below; their backs are gray.
		Fast-moving hawks prey on chickadees, but the little birds are so quick and alert that they often escape.
	home.att.net /~Hamilton-Allen/metea/chickdee.html (415 words)

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