The Black-capped Chickadee: One of the Beloved Birds of North America

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Whenever I brush my dog outside the chickadees are part of the group that patiently waits "in the wings" for the fur for their nests. It is so fun to watch them with their little dog fur mustaches as they fly away to make their nests.

When I was a child, my cramps showed me how to feed these wonderful little guys from my hands. I thought it was so magical and still do. I was at my grampa's house several days a week and the first thing I did when I arrive at his home no matter sun or snow, was to put a handful of seeds and nuts in my pocket. He kept them in the mudroom, and every visit started with a walk on his property and feeding these little ones. Even before my hand was out, they would be landing on my shoulders and head waiting to be fed. Then we would hide peanuts in the crooks of branches, sit back and watch each but being found. Now I'm 60 with my own little place, the sit at the window feeder if it is empty and tap on the window for the nuts I put out. Life is wonderful!

Thank you, Leslie for your sweet and informative videos! I have a funny story about chickadees: I am a guitar player and while playing on my porch surrounded by chickadees I noticed that their "hey sweetie" call was C to A twice and E to G for the end (usually)... So I made up a guitar rhythm in Am and the birds stayed in tune and in rhythm for 20 minutes!

I love chickadees year round, but especially in winter. When the weather is cold and grim and there’s been no sunshine for days, the sound and sight of these cheerful, brave, busy little birds always bring a smile.

The babies flapping their wings inside the nestbox is hilariously cute.

Definetly my favorite bird. As you said, very social. I always thought it was cool that they can actually recognize people. When I worked night shift I'd come home to the chickadee welcoming party in the morning. They would follow me to the feeders. They knew it was time to refill the feeders.

YES 🥰. My favorite thing about chickadees is how they can stand up to bossier birds.

You've had so many chickadee friends over the years. My first and best chickadee friend was 'Beaker'. She was so sweet. We were besties for 3 years. I could write a little book about her and her antics ...like the time I offered her dried meal worms and she was so disgusted she bit my thumb! Once she was sitting in my hand eating walnuts when the neighbour's cat walked by us. We were up on the deck so the cat didn't notice us at first. Beaker started gargling and screeching at the cat. She didn't fly from my hand, she stood there and cussed at the cat. The cat was very startled and took off. Beaker looked at me and went back to her walnuts. I have lots of little 'Beaker' stories. She liked sitting on my head, she never, ever pooped on me.

Oh my goodness, these lil babies have helped me through some tough times and make my outdoor time even more precious. Thank you for your fantastic videos 🖤

I love these cute little birds. They used to drive my dog crazy. They would fly to one tree and cheekily chirp at her and she would rush to the tree. Then the chickadee would fly to the other tree in my yard and chirp. My dog would get her exercise going back and forth .😂

We moved to our New England homestead in 2019, and the resident chickadees quickly became my favorites. Last year, when nothing went right with my garden and I didn’t get to plant a single sunflower, I had the most magical sunflower volunteers pop up throughout my garden and around because of all the seeds they cached. I now have a chickadee sitting on a sunflower tattooed on my arm as my love note to them ❤️

I love these little birds. So cheerful sounding and friendly.

the 'fee bee' sound is so soothing in the spring mornings, makes them my favorite local bird

They look very sweet, and they sound lovely and Lesley's quietly spoken commentary completes a very nice video.

Wow Leslie to have all those precious creatures by your side and in your life ! I suffer from PTSD and these and all feathered delights make the pain go away. I would like to have 500 nest boxes inside and outside my house so I could be smothered by goodness and happiness indescribable! 😂

I've just started to build trust with the chickadees that visit my balcony. When I hear their sounds I'd place extra peanuts on the fence for them and they'd be waiting on the trees next to the fence. I can see they are getting more comfortable being closer to me. I hope one day they'll let me hand feed them :)

Thank you. These birds are lucky to have such a caring lady looking out for them.

One of the most common birds at our feeder and a joy the watch. They have less fear than most when I’m refilling the feeder and remain nearby closer than other birds. Didn’t know they liked bugs because they eat a good portion of seeds from our feeder. A joy to watch everyday.

I love the chickadees too, they follow me around when I'm walking around to each bird feeder. They are friendly little cute birds. I love them. They are fun to watch.