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Black-Capped Chickadee
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| Length: |
5.5 inches |
Song: |
Lower huskier more drawn -out
chick-a-dee-dee-dee. |
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Wingspan: |
7.5-8.3 inches |
Behavior: |
pairs; forms small groups after
nesting season. |
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Weight: |
0.4 ounces |
Breeding: |
Monogamous. |
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Habitat: |
forest edge oak and riparian,
coniferous, broadleaf, temperate |
Population: |
Incubation 11-13 days by both
male and female |
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Migration: |
Nonmigratory |
Feeders: |
Doughnuts, peanut
butter-and-cornmeal mixture, and sunflower seeds. |
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Appearance: |
black cap, short black beak,
black bib, blackish gray feet and legs, white underparts with
olive-buff, long tail, tertials and secondaries with broad whitish
edges, light gray upperparts, white cheeks. |
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Interesting Facts: |
Female hisses like a snake when
nest is bothered. |
Compiled by
Chase, Middletown Elementary School, Louisville, KY
Information from Birds of North America by Fred J Alsop III, DK Publishing, Inc., 2001
Photos -
wikipedia.org, The Free Encyclopedia.
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