On nearly every one of my daily walks in the neighborhood in January, a black-capped chickadee calls its name. It doesn’t matter if it’s snowing, cold, raining, gloomy or sunny, and if no other birds ...

New research on northern (black-capped) and southern (Carolina) species of chickadees offers some answers. Amber Rice, assistant professor of biological science at Lehigh and her co-author Michael A.

I sometimes hear Georgians refer to the little black-and-white bird coming to their feeders as the black-capped chickadee. Actually, in Georgia, it would be the Carolina chickadee, one of the state’s ...

Bangor Daily News columnist Bob Duchesne captured this photo of a black-capped chickadee as part of an experiment to see how close he could get to the bird feeder without alarming the birds. Credit: ...

The black-capped chickadee is probably the most familiar bird of northern winters. It's common and easily recognized by sight and song. The chickadee is also bold and apparently fearless. This is one ...

During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights. Where chickadees spent those long nights was a ...

Northern Michigan winters are not for the faint of heart. Never easy for man, nor beast, nor bird. There’s one small but mighty species that sticks it out. Chief photojournalist Corey Adkins and ...

During the darkest days of Alaska’s winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights. Where chickadees spent those long nights was a ...

I remember from years ago hearing or reading chickadees described as "cheery little chubby chaps." This characterization is good because even when the weather is cold and dreary, a band of chickadees ...