The most widespread, numerous, and geographically variable chickadee, this bird brightens winter days ... Length 5.3". Black cap; white cheek; black bib; gray upperparts; greater coverts ...

Chickadee! This little gray bird with a black cap and black “bib” is known to everybody who is in the least bit interested in nature. Its picture appears on holiday cards and if there are ...

It may even show itself, because above all else, this little bird is inquisitive and not ... Take, for example, the black-capped chickadee hides away seeds and other foods, as does the gray squirrel ...

FALMOUTH — Mainers have been driving around with a black-capped ... bird may not have been in the consciousness of the lawmakers in southern Maine. Our state tree is specifically the white ...

The California gnatcatcher, Polioptila californica, is a little gray bird. Males are identifiable by their black cap (absent in winter), females by the slight brownish tinge of their plumage.

Chickadees are plump, sparrow-sized birds with tiny beaks. Mountain chickadees are a bit larger and stockier than the black-capped chickadee. Both species have a black cap and throat with a white ...

A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name ... It’s easier to find, however, than the gray-headed chickadee, formerly known ...

black-capped chickadee. Naturally, we wonder, “Why would a bird so small be the first?” Research into these sweet little birds confirms that, in fact, their reputation for boldness is ...