Black-capped Chickadee Images, Facts and Information:
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- Black-capped Chickadees have black caps, white cheeks, short, thin black bills, gray backs and wings with buffy underparts.
- Black-capped Chickadees are nonmigratory.
- Black-capped Chickadees are found from Alaska south to northern California then as far east as Newfoundland and south to the Atlantic States. Black-capped Chickadees prefer deciduous and mixed forests, open woodlands and suburban areas.
- Black-capped Chickadees eat insects, insect eggs, seeds, berries and fruits.
- Black-capped Chickadees lay 5 to 10 eggs which hatch in 11 to 13 days. The female incubates and they are monogamous.
- A group of chickadees can be called a “banditry” or a “dissimulation” of chickadees.
- Black-capped Chickadees can live up to 12 years of age.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Black-capped Chickadee photos.
Singing Black-capped Chickadee adult
Title: Singing Black-capped Chickadee adult
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/21/2022
Black-capped Chickadee hanging onto a branch
Title: Black-capped Chickadee hanging onto a branch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2022
Back view of a Black-capped Chickadee in mulleins
Title: Back view of a Black-capped Chickadee in mulleins
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/26/2021
Black-capped Chickadee and Common Mulleins
Title: Black-capped Chickadee and Common Mulleins
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/26/2021
Black-capped Chickadee perched on an old mullein flower stalk
Title: Black-capped Chickadee perched on an old mullein flower stalk
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/26/2021
Black-capped Chickadee foraging in mulleins
Title: Black-capped Chickadee foraging in mulleins
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/26/2021
Black-capped Chickadee adult
Title: Black-capped Chickadee adult
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2021
Black-capped Chickadee close up in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Black-capped Chickadee close up in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/3/2020
Adult Black-capped Chickadee perched in a hawthorn
Title: Adult Black-capped Chickadee perched in a hawthorn
Location: Wasatch Mountains, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/1/2020
Adult Black-capped Chickadee perched in dead willow branches
Title: Adult Black-capped Chickadee perched in dead willow branches
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2020
Calling adult Black-capped Chickadee
Title: Calling adult Black-capped Chickadee
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2020
Black-capped Chickadee calling
Title: Black-capped Chickadee calling
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/21/2019 […]
Adult Black-capped Chickadee in a serviceberry
Title: Adult Black-capped Chickadee in a serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2019
Molting Black-capped Chickadee In a Serviceberry
Title: Molting Black-capped Chickadee In a Serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/16/2019
Black-capped Chickadee and Autumn leaves
Title: Black-capped Chickadee and Autumn leaves
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/16/2018
Black-capped Chickadee & Western Tent Caterpillar tent
Title: Black-capped Chickadee & Western Tent Caterpillar tent
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/23/2018
Black-capped Chickadee about to take flight
Title: Black-capped Chickadee about to take flight
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/12/2018
Calling Black-capped Chickadee
Title: Calling Black-capped Chickadee
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/12/2018
Black-capped Chickadee on a Serviceberry
Title: Black-capped Chickadee on a Serviceberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/12/2018
Bedraggled Black-capped Chickadee on a Common Mullein
Title: Bedraggled Black-capped Chickadee on a Common Mullein
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/12/2018