Out there, in the mountain treelands you will find the birthplace of all our great adjectives. Awesome: snowy mountain peaks at sunrise. Magnificent: lakes high among those mountain peaks. Beautiful: ...

I have previously written on the titmouse, a charming bird of raspy voice, lively demeanor and exceptional plainness. Titmice have a cousin that is equally lovable: the chickadee. At first glance ...

Chances are, the melodious namesake call of the black-capped chickadee has brightened your mood while walking, shoveling snow or pulling weeds: chickadee-dee-dee. Here in the Inland Northwest, this ...

Chickadees are perhaps our most beloved birds. Small, cute, and friendly, they are among the first that will come to a new feeder, and if you sit still enough long enough with a handful of sunflower ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chickadee in early spring looked to be longing for the sun after very rainy weather. I wasn't able to get out to take pictures ...

One of the most recognizable and familiar birds in Montana, particularly in winter, is the black-capped chickadee (Paridae atricapillus). There are three additional species of chickadees occurring in ...

"Come up and see me sometime." "Mmm, I will, my little chickadee." So went the exchange between W.C. Fields and Mae West at the end of the 1940 movie classic My Little Chickadee. The latter line was ...

Chickadees replace 30 percent of their old neurons to make room for new memories in their hippocampus. The expansion of the hippocampus is one of the most impressive aspects of any bird. Seasonal ...

Birds don’t get enough credit for the magnificent creatures they are. Many people have heard a black-capped chickadee trilling or chirping in their backyard but fail to realize evolution has ...