Although the mountain chickadee is the black-capped’s closest relative, the Carolina chickadee likely will cause the most trouble, especially in late spring and summer when the black-capped’s ...

However, there is another creature with incredible memorization skills-black-capped chickadees. These small birds store away thousands of seeds and insects in preparation for the cold, harsh ...

It turned out to be a black-capped chickadee with a condition known as “leucism” (pronounced Luke-is-m). In June, I wrote a column about leucism in some red squirrels that were coming to my feeders, ...

Both beak shape and body mass are also important. In general, smaller birds generate higher frequency sounds, with larger ...

There are seven different species of chickadees in the U.S. All of them have snazzy dark caps and black bibs. Black-capped chickadees are found at feeders throughout much of the continent ...

Washing the dishes after a family dinner is a big job, especially because my mom’s kitchen doesn’t have a dishwasher. But the ...

Wagner DN, Curry RL, Chen N, Lovette IJ, Taylor SA. 2020. Genomic regions underlying metabolic and neuronal signaling pathways are temporally consistent outliers in a moving avian hybrid zone.

Black-capped and mountain chickadees are closely-related species that co-occur in Boulder County but occupy different habitats based on elevation. The Boulder Chickadee Study leverages an extensive ...

A fledgling black capped chickadee. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

Black-capped chickadees are the most fun. They dart in, grab a single seed, and swoop off to eat it in a spot that’s less exposed than the feeder on a second-floor deck railing. This is similar ...