Learn all about the chickadee birds. 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 ...

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 ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count, in which members of the public are asked to count the birds they see or hear for at least 15 ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count is one of several annual counts that help researchers to better understand bird species.

Even those of us who embrace winter have been homebound by recent weather, so that outdoor story material has been a challenge to obtain. Snow and extreme cold disrupted school routines, and families ...

Image Some birds, including the black-capped chickadee (top right) and mountain chickadee (top left), may induce a hibernation-like state of torpor to get through a cold night. At bottom is the ...

“I couldn’t have seen a fraction of my birds without the inclusive, growing Chicago birding community.” Birder Tarik Shahzad whistles for a black-capped chickadee to land on his hand at ...

Diane Birdsall has been watching black-capped chickadees sip drops of snowmelt from the edge of the roof. Bright sunshine and ...