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	Mountain Chickadee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mountain Chickadee, Parus gambeli or Poecile gambeli, is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
		Common inhabitants of the mountainous regions of the western United States, their range extends from the southern Yukon to California and western Texas.
		Although primarily nonmigratory, in the fall and winter Mountain Chickadees may extend their range into the lowlands typically inhabited by the similar Black-capped Chickadee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mountain_Chickadee (299 words)

	Chickadees, Nuthatches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Of the three chickadee species in the region, this one is relatively common in riparian cover types, as well as in conifer forests with riparian stringers or early-successional vegetation.
		Mountain Chickadees were detected on 437, 477, and 376 of the points in the three years, respectively.
		The Mountain Chickadee requires snags for nesting and is negatively affected by clearcutting, but otherwise seems to be a generalist species of little management concern.
	biology.dbs.umt.edu /landbird/chick.htm (975 words)

	Chapter 44-Ecological Subregions of the United States
		Mountain soils are generally shallow to moderately deep and have loamy to sandy textures with rock fragments.
		Most of the mountainous part of the Section is between 4,000 and 7,500 ft (1,212 and 2,273 m), and the valleys are less than 4,000 ft (3,030 m).
		Precipitation averages 9 to 18 in (230 to 460 mm) in the valleys and 17 to 100 in (430 to 2,540 mm) in the mountains.
	www.fs.fed.us /land/pubs/ecoregions/ch44.html (3884 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Black-capped Chickadee
		In North America, this brownish-grey chickadee is found in a small corner of the northwestern Yukon and eastern Alaska, where it lives in the willow and spruce woods bordering the treeline.
		Chickadees establish a dominance hierarchy, or “pecking order,” by which each bird is known to the other according to rank.
		The chickadee is ordinarily a year-round resident, but from time to time large numbers of birds move long distances, generally south in the fall, and north in the spring.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?cid=7&id=29 (2298 words)

	Mountain chickadee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mountain chickadees are similar-looking to the fl-capped chickadee, but the mountain chickadee has a longer bill.
		Mountain chickadees can be found at higher elevations in the western United States and Canada.
		Mountain chickadees are found in all of Colorado’s mountain ranges with highest concentrations in the San Juan Mountains.
	wildlife.state.co.us /species_profiles/mountainchickadee.asp (475 words)

	Chickadees
		Chickadees dine primarily on insects, seeds and berries.
		Chickadees will visit your feeder one at a time, while other chickadees wait nearby for their turn.
		Chickadees are cavity nesting birds, sometimes nesting in abandoned woodpecker holes and the natural cavities of trees.
	www.abirdshome.com /chickadee.html (516 words)

	ACOUSTIC SIGNALS IN THE MATING OF MOUNTAIN AND BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES
		Copulation in Black-capped Chickadees was notable for the suddenness of its onset.
		The male solicitation calls of the Mountain Chickadee may be adaptive in attracting the attention of the mate in dense foliage of conifers.
		RESULTS Mountain Chickadee, Parus gambeli.--The mating performance of this species was witnessed by Folks on 29 May and 1 June, and by Dixon and Folks on 3 June, all in 1965, at the Beaver Mountain Ski Area, 7,400 feet elevation, Cache County, Utah.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v087n02/p0322-p0328.html (4031 words)

	- Mountain Nature Network - Your Source For The Birds of the Canadian Rockies
		Description: The mountain chickadee is a small bird with a prominent fl crown and throat, separated by a white cheek.
		The fl-capped chickadee is the only one with an all fl-cap, and a gray back.
		The boreal chickadee trades in its fl-cap for a brown one, and finally the chestnut-backed chickadee has a distinctively brown to chestnut coloured back and sides.
	www.mountainnature.com /Birds/BirdsLatinNameResult.asp?ID=98 (355 words)

	CHICKADEE HOUSES & CHICKADEES - Providing a house for the Black-Capped Chickadee, Carolina Chickadee and other ...
		Chickadees look for tree holes, either natural or made by woodpeckers, for their nests.
		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)

	BISON Species Account 040175 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mountain chickadees of Fort Bliss are rare/irruptive from the beginning of January to the beginning of March, rare/irruptive from the end of September to the beginning of October, uncommon from the middle of October to the middle of December, and are rare/irruptive from the middle of December to the end of December 86.
		Mountain chickadees are known to use Pinyon/Juniper and Juniper habitats on the Zuni Reservation, McKinley County, NM (USFWS, 1980)58.
		1995: Mountain chickadees in the pacific northwest are predators of the Western spruce budworm and the Douglas-fir tussock moth (Torgersen and Torgersen, 1995) 97.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/040175.htm (3009 words)

	Discriminating Chickadees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This chickadee is one of the few passerines whose range is almost totally limited to the northern boreal forests, where it prefers dense conifer stands, particularly fl spruce and balsam fir.
		All chickadees exhibit a dark crown and bib, whitish cheeks, gray or brownish upperparts, and dirty white underparts, with a variable amount of buff on the flanks.
		Boreal Chickadees are white on the fore cheek, but this fades to light gray behind the eye and extends to the nape.
	www.birdsource.org /birds/chickadees (1269 words)

	Mountain Chickadee, 50birds.com
		The Mountain Chickadee Birdhouse (same as for Nuthatches, Titmice, Downy Woodpecker and other Chickadees) has a 4" by 4" floor, 9" inside ceiling, 1 1/4" diameter entrance hole located 7" above the floor and ventilation openings.
		Chickadees commonly nest in natural or abandon cavities, or excavate their own cavities.
		Mountain Chickadees are year around residents and might take advantage of northern winter warming roosts.
	www.50birds.com /BPMountainChickadee.htm (269 words)

	A Systematic Review of the Mountain Chickadee
		In the Rocky Mountain area proper the bill is relatively short, stubby, thick at the base, and blunt; the northern population (grinnelli) is smaller, being shorter and thinner at the base.
		Mountains, and the Kaiparowits Plateau, all of which localities are near the Utah-Arizona border, are intermediate between wasatchensis and garnbeli but closer to the litter.
		Mountain Chickadees are essentially resi- dent birds showing no pronounced migratory movements although some individuals move to lower elevations in fall and winter, and occasionally vagrants wander out of their breeding range.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v058n01/p0051-p0070.html (17451 words)

	Moving to New Mexico
		In the colder waters of high mountain streams and lakes are a variety of trout, including rainbow, lake, brook, cutthroat, and brown, and kokanee salmon.
		Sheep are grazed in the northeastern plains, in the northern mountains, and in the Navajo areas of the northwest.
		During the summer, the state's mountains, rivers, and lakes are havens for outdoor enthusiasts.
	www.abcmovex.com /states/NEWMEXICO.html (11994 words)

	The Birdhouse Network- Mountain Chickadee
		Mountain Chickadees can be distinguished from other chickadees by their white eyebrow, gray flanks, and gray undertail feathers.
		Mountain Chickadees are found in the western United States and Canada.
		Mountain Chickadees feed on insects and other invertebrates, seeds, berries, and plant buds.
	birds.cornell.edu /birdhouse/bird_bios/speciesaccounts/mouchi.html (325 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mountain Chickadees are typically found in dry coniferous forests, especially Ponderosa and lodgepole pines.
		Mountain Chickadees are mostly permanent residents, although food shortages may induce some (especially juveniles) to move to lower elevations in winter.
		Mountain Chickadees are common year round in dry forested habitats from the Cascade Crest east down to the edge of the shrub-steppe zone.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=329 (756 words)

	Mountain Chickadee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The obvious field mark of the Mountain Chickadee is the white supercilium.
		Without the supercilium clearly apparent, the Mountain Chickadee is similar in appearance to the Black-capped Chickadee.
		Mountain Chickadee song and call recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller, LNS catalog # 50220 and # 48828.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/MOUCHI (226 words)

	All About Birds
		The Mountain Chickadee is one of the most common birds of the Western montane coniferous forests.
		The nest cup of a Mountain Chickadee is molded in fur and then plugged with looser fur.
		Juvenile Mountain Chickadees leave their home territories about three weeks after fledging.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Mountain_Chickadee.html (179 words)

	Learn About The Chickadee at Wild Birds Forever
		The chickadee is a part of the Titmouse family.
		Chickadees love fl oil sunflower seed presented at your bird feeder.
		Put out a couple of chickadee specific bird houses to encourage them to nest in your backyard.
	www.birdsforever.com /chickdee.html (530 words)

	Mountain Chickadee -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Mountain Chickadee, Parus (Click link for more info and facts about gambeli) gambeli or Poecile gambeli, is a small (Any bird having a musical call) songbird.
		Adults of both sexes have a fl cap joining a fl postocular stripe behind distinctive white eyebrows.
		Although primarily (Click link for more info and facts about nonmigratory) nonmigratory, in the fall and winter Mountain Chickadees may extend their range into the lowlands typically inhabited by the similar (Chickadee having a dark crown) Black-capped Chickadee.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mountain_chickadee.htm (384 words)

	Violett's Bluebirds [Mtnchicks] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Mountain Chickadees are using these new boxes but house sparrows were also able to enter 1.25" holes.
		More small boxes were added prior to the 2002 season with the intent to increase the mountain chickadee population.
		A leucocystic Mountain Chickadee came for seed during Dec. 2002 and a photo is shown below next to a comparison photo of a mountain chickadee with normal coloring.
	home.earthlink.net /~lviolett/mtnchicks.html (156 words)

	Chestnut-backed Chickadee
		Chestnut-backed Chickadee: This bird is resident from coastal Alaska south to central California and also in the western ranges of the Rocky Mountains in southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, and western Montana.
		Chestnut-backed Chickadee: Five to eight creamy-white, lightly spotted eggs are laid in a natural cavity or woodpecker hole.
		Chestnut-backed Chickadee: Similar to this bird is the Black-capped Chickadee which lacks the bright chestnut colored back, rump, and sides.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/119/_/Chestnut-backed_Chickadee.aspx (631 words)

	Identifying The Six North American Chickadees
		Mountain Chickadee: Throughout the mountains of the West.
		Black-capped Chickadee: Very similar to Carolina Chickadee but has white edging to its greater wing coverts (when fresh in fall and winter) and a song of two whistled notes, the first higher than the second.
		Carolina Chickadee: Very similar to the Black-capped Chickadee but has gray greater wing coverts and a song of four whistled notes, the first and third higher than the others.
	www.stokesbirdsathome.com /birding/id/idpages/id102.html (285 words)

	Laurie Bloomfield
		The fl-capped chickadee's vocal repertoire is arguably best understood of any chickadee and, as such, could serve as a common reference for describing the repertoires of other chickadees.
		Here we first classify the call notes in the mountain chickadee 'chick-a-dee' call into types using the note categories of fl-capped chickadee 'chick-a-dee' calls as a guide.
		In common with fl-capped chickadees, mountain chick-a-dee calls are composed of four, superficially similar note types.
	www.science.mcmaster.ca /~BBCS/2003/viewabstract.php?id=188&symposium=0 (174 words)

	Mountain Chickadee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		By linking the name of our Newsletter, The Mountain Chickadee, to a bird species that is characteristic of our area, we join many other Audubon chapters in recognizing our focus on birds, other wildlife, and habitat.
		The Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) was discovered (by Western science) by the well-known early ornithologist William Gambel (1823-1849) “in the mountains about a day’s journey west of Santa Fe” (likely in the Jemez) in 1841.
		Bailey’s Chickadee, Barlow’s Chickadee, and Grinnell’s Chickadee, the Mountain Chickadee was originally described by Gambel as Parus montanus, not realizing that this name was “taken” by the Willow Tit of Europe.
	www.newmexicoaudubon.org /sdcas/chickadee.html (487 words)

	Whats related to Chickadees
		They similar to Eastern chickadee with their back grayier and darker,shorter tail, and white on wing coverts narrower.
		Two Chickadee species are known to hybridize with the Black-capped: Carolina Chickadee and Mountain Chickadee.
		Mountain Chickadees are thought to be Black-capped Chickadees closest relative dispite the more similar appearance of the Carolina Chickadee.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/Vines/3905/related.html (370 words)

	Mountain Chickadee Detailed Information - Montana Animal Field Guide
		The Mountain Chickadee is a small song bird.
		Top of head (to just below eye) is fl, forming a fl "cap" on head; forehead and superciliary stripe white (distinguishing it from other North American chickadees); chin and throat fl, forming a fl "bib"; cheeks whitish; back, wings, and tail grayish, washed with olive to tan; breast and belly grayish white, fl bill.
		Mountain Chickadees breed and winter widely throughout the western half of Montana in montane areas.
	fwp.state.mt.us /fieldguide/detail_ABPAW01040.aspx (320 words)

	* Mountain Chickadee - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Generally replaces other chickadees in the higher elevation conifer forests of the western United States.
		Like the, the Mountain Chickadee can often be found in mixed flocks of small birds...
		We have a mountain cabin and there are many birds we know there: western tanager, mountain chickadees, warblers, etc. read more Q: Our property is next to a woods, cedars, and a pond in southern Illinois...
	www.mimihu.com /bird/mountain_chickadee.html (126 words)

	The Chickadee-Web, http://www.chickadee-web.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Mountain Chickadee is the only chickadee with a white eye stripe.
		The Chestnut-Backed Chickadee is common in the Pacific lowlands and local in mountains.
		Chickadee Tails A page devoted to Chickadee stories and experiences sent to us by visitors to the Chickadee.
	home.jtan.com /~jack/ckd.html (2151 words)

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