How To Use Chickadee In A Sentence
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As we had learned from those first brave chickadees, the cardinal, the robin family, and now the sparrow, communion with another life can change your perspective on the world.
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The more common birds are the winter wren, Townsend's warbler, chestnut-backed chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, gray jay, and Steller's jay.
Cascade Mixed Forest - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)
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House sparrows and starlings seem to not care for the design of the house but tree swallows, bluebirds, chickadees and wrens really like it.
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At the feeder on the window sill, goldfinches, titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, and cardinals have been busy at a heap of free (to them) sunflower seeds.
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Intended for the smallest of birds - the chickadees and finches - we assumed the swing factor would be enough to deter larger unwanted guests.
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Golden-crowned kinglets often accompany the chickadees, so I follow this troupe to look for them.
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Woodpeckers, flickers, chickadees and nuthatches are among the many species that benefit from it.
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Weak cavity excavators, chickadees nest in hardwood snags, dead limbs, or knot-holes of live trees.
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In Massachusetts winter residents include chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, titmice, cardinals, and mockingbirds.
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The shrike is his worst enemy, the swift swoop of his cruel beak being always fatal in a flock of chickadees.
Ways of Wood Folk
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What I do know is that the chickadee was, in an obvious and unproblematic sense, responding to me in its expressive, chickadee-like manner.
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Perhaps our best birder poet, he has written memorably about chickadees, towhees, titmice, owls, great blue herons, pelicans, kingfishers, and many others, always effacing himself before the glory of the thing seen.
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Even just before dusk, there were only a scant few Chickadees chittering about, and they were making their soft chirping calls, rather than their usual brassy ones.
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The chickadee, for example, weighing just one-third of an ounce, seems a tiny spark of life to throw to the mercy of frigid, 40-m. p. h. winds.
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By the way, I've been called to task for not mentioning that safflower seed is very popular with cardinals, chickadees, blue jays, doves, house finches, wrens, titmice and even bluebirds.
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By the way, I've been called to task for not mentioning that safflower seed is very popular with cardinals, chickadees, blue jays, doves, house finches, wrens, titmice and even bluebirds.
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Working with mountain chickadees caught in California, he has inserted implants that release corticosterone, a hormone associated with stress.
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Boreal Chickadees are one of only a few species of songbird that are year-round residents in boreal forest.
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Chickadees, cardinals, doves, and robins came and went, and a grackle made a racket in the woods.
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Mountain Chickadees are typically found in dry coniferous forests, especially Ponderosa and lodgepole pines.
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House sparrows and starlings seem to not care for the design of the house but tree swallows, bluebirds, chickadees and wrens really like it.
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The chickadees like to catch the drip right from the fountain head, but others are willing to drink and bathe in the water below.
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Use suet or specialty suet cakes with added berries or peanuts to attract woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice, Carolina wrens and wintering warblers.
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With their white cheeks and dark caps and throats, Chestnut-backed Chickadees look much like Black-capped Chickadees.
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Chickadees, cardinals, doves, and robins came and went, and a grackle made a racket in the woods.
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There's a small hole in the wall and he watched the chickadees go in with nesting material.
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Use suet or specialty suet cakes with added berries or peanuts to attract woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice, Carolina wrens and wintering warblers.
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There the wind whistled too, "whiles," with the fall approbation of snow birds and chickadees, -- the three going out of fashion together.
Say and Seal, Volume II
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A total of 227 bird species have been recorded (including species characteristic of all boreal forest habitats) which include great grey owl Strix nebulosa and snowy owl Nyctea scandiaca, willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus, redpoll Acanthis spp., crossbill Lorix spp. and borealchickadee Parus hudsonicus.
Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada
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And speaking of terms of endearment, let's not forget those of the animal variety, too - chicken, kitten, possum, chickadee, dog.
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With a close focus of 14 feet 4.27 meters, these exceptional little binoculars allow me just the right amount of distance to enjoy the "up close" views of the outdoor bird feeder from my indoor easy chair – yet still be able to tell a nuthatch from a chickadee in a more distant tree.
Great Binoculars For Kids – Celestron 12X25 UpClose Binoculars | Universe Today
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In late fall, there are red-shafted flickers, hairy woodpeckers, finches, chickadees, nuthatches, and, of course, jays.
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Unlike many woodland food hoarders, chickadees don't put most of their provisions in large caches.
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The voracious shrews and chickadees await them.
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She liked to spend weekends at her farm up the Hudson River in Duchess County where she would clear brush and hand-feed wild chickadees.
Jim Luce: Memorial for Social Activist Betty Millard (1911-2010)
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Plenty of birds of winter still mob Ann's bird feeders; chickadees, juncos, sparrows, woodpeckers, nuthatches, goldfinch, and doves are in no short supply.
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Although cardinals, chickadees, titmice, blue jays, nuthatches and finches will eat the large striped sunflower seed, there is much less waste and a bit more nutrition in the small, oil type.
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House wrens and chickadees compete for cankerworms and caterpillars; wood ducks, gray squirrels, flickers, and screech owls fight for the same nesting sites.
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I'm standing at the window considering all this and noting how the chickadees outside seem more cheering than a while ago, when I remember I need to put more wood on the fire.
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A rock had collected a little puddle of water, and a chickadee dropped down to bathe.
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Today the chickadees at the feeder put on a show and I was ready, camera in hand.
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We cannot recall ever having such large families of cardinals, downy and hairy woodpeckers, English sparrows, blue jays, titmice and chickadees.
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Tube feeders come in many sizes and attract jays, cardinals, finches, chickadees, titmice and others.
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This behavior is especially prevalent among chickadees and tits that scatter hoard food items in foliage, branches, and bark of trees.
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In Massachusetts winter residents include chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, titmice, cardinals, and mockingbirds.
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A house wren feeds 500 spiders and caterpillars to her young in one afternoon; a brown trasher consumes 6,000 insects a day; a chickadee eats 138,000 canker worm eggs in 25 days; and, a pair of flickers eats 5,000 ants as snack.
Chapter 7
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In my yard, jays and grosbeaks entertain me on one side of the house (large tube feeders with seed trays) and goldfinches, chickadees, and nuthatches feed in peace on the other (small tubes with no seed tray).
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Never fear, my little chickadees; Aunty Jane has even the most parsimonious among you covered.
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Kinglets and chickadees worked the cedars nearby, and we were lucky enough to glimpse the scarlet streak atop one little kinglet's head.
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I don't want to see more goldfinches, chickadees, herons or cardinals.
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Plenty of birds of winter still mob Ann's bird feeders; chickadees, juncos, sparrows, woodpeckers, nuthatches, goldfinch, and doves are in no short supply.
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For the chickadees, he made feeders from lengths of PVC pipe that hung from high wires to foil the bears.
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I discovered that the chickadees had fledged from the bluebird box and bluebirds had started a nest with one egg already laid.
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A fluffy little chickadee pops out of his mouth and tweets sweetly before hopping away.
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All day the sun has shone on the surface of some savage swamp, where the single spruce stands hung with usnea lichens, and small hawks circulate above, and the chickadee lisps amid the evergreens, and the partridge and rabbit skulk beneath; but now a more dismal and fitting day dawns, and a different race of creatures awakes to express the meaning of Nature there.
Walden
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We've already seen a perky chickadee on our bird feeder and I met the striped lizard that seems to live in the chimney rocks.
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There seems to be less of a variety of species now, but the cute chickadees still come by, picking their way through the seeds to get to their favorite sunflower seeds.
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When trees die, the Crouches leave them standing so that birds such as flickers and chickadees can feed on the insects that invade the dead wood.
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I thought this was smart since that would save energy, but I'm sure there is some predator defense that works since most chickadees grab a seed and eat it elsewhere.
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Another round of the finch-siskin-junco with added! chickadees turmoil in our side yard.
Warmer
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If you have an old, dead tree in your garden, woodpeckers, nuthatches, and chickadees may seek out your yard to look for food and build their houses.
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Use suet or specialty suet cakes with added berries or peanuts to attract woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice, Carolina wrens and wintering warblers.
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Chickadees, crossbills, goldfinches, nuthatches, siskins, and woodpeckers pick the winged seeds out of pine and spruce cones.
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Some of those species include bluebirds, robins, titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, wrens, tree and barn swallows, purple martins, owls, flycatchers, and woodpeckers.
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A chickadee clutched something white and pulled at it.
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In Massachusetts winter residents include chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, titmice, cardinals, and mockingbirds.
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Black oil sunflower seeds are relished by chickadees, evening grosbeaks, cardinals and finches, and are less attractive to non-native sparrows and starlings.
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On the island itself, titmice, chickadees, pewees, and at least one Red-bellied Woodpecker thrived.
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I don't want to see more goldfinches, chickadees, herons or cardinals.
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Your woodpeckers, chickadees and wrens will repay you for keeping a supply of suet on hand by bringing their babies - your next generation of customers - by for a treat.
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We see chickadees, crows, two pretty orioles … But where is a pigeon when you want one?
Birdology
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Chickadees, crossbills, goldfinches, nuthatches, siskins, and woodpeckers pick the winged seeds out of pine and spruce cones.
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From the seed feeders on the deck come the euphonious calls of chickadees, the bell-like trill of the dark-eyed juncos, the down-slurred whistle of the titmice, the “ank-ank” of the nuthatches, the “zree” of the house finches, and the coo of doves; from the nectar feeders and flowers, the whirr of hummingbird wings.
Birdology
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Sparrows, chickadees, woodpeckers, and an assortment of other creatures were awake and bustling that summer morning.
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Because they need a lot of food, especially when the days shorten and sustenance becomes scarce, chickadees spend all autumn gathering and storing food.
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The whole backyard gang composed of those mentioned above, plus house finches, chickadees, goldfinches, titmice, grackles, redwings, and blue jays start around 5 pm with their bedtime snacks.
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Not even the chickadees chattering and hopscotching in the shrubs at our yard's edge can break my mood.
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There are other sounds, now that the shrill cry of the hyla is stilled -- the cawing of crows beyond the wood, the scratching of a beetle in the crisp leaves, the cheep of a prying chickadee, the tiny chirrup of a cricket in the grass -- remnants of sounds from the summer, and echoes as of single strings left vibrating after the concert is over and the empty hall is closed.
The Hills of Hingham
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Woodpeckers, screech owls, chickadees, nuthatches, bluebirds, tree swallows and some flycatchers need them.
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As we had learned from those first brave chickadees, the cardinal, the robin family, and now the sparrow, communion with another life can change your perspective on the world.
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House sparrows, black-capped chickadees, and blue grouse dine on mistletoe berries, while porcupines devour whatever plant parts they can reach.
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The Black-capped Chickadee, a resident cavity-nesting songbird, is known to breed in fragmented and otherwise disturbed habitats.
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Without my binocs, it looked like a chickadee, but as I raised them, I realized it was a Blackpoll Warbler - a bright male with white cheeks, streaked sides, and neon legs.
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Chickadees don't have a crop in their throats to store food that is slowly digested while sleeping.
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As a control, the researchers also exposed chickadees to a perched bobwhite quail, a non-predatory species.
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Aside from pigeons, chickadees, seagulls, and the occasional bluejay, we city-dwellers don't usually get to see a variety of bird species.
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Chickadees called occasionally, but never titmice.
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Titmice, chickadees, gnatcatchers, grackles, and swifts came and went.
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Use suet or specialty suet cakes with added berries or peanuts to attract woodpeckers, chickadees, titmice, Carolina wrens and wintering warblers.
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Titmice, chickadees, gnatcatchers, grackles, and swifts came and went.
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Chickadees, tufted titmice, blue jays, cardinals, sparrows, juncos and red-headed woodpeckers all come to feast on the scrumptious mixture of seeds, nuts and cracked corn I put out for them.
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We mostly saw the usual sparrows, doves, crows, chickadees, and titmice. Tons of Blue Jay are in flight right now as they are involved in a migration of their own.
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Chickadees, cardinals, doves, and robins came and went, and a grackle made a racket in the woods.
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I discovered that the chickadees had fledged from the bluebird box and bluebirds had started a nest with one egg already laid.
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The chickadee, for example, weighing just one-third of an ounce, seems a tiny spark of life to throw to the mercy of frigid, 40-m. p. h. winds.
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House wrens and chickadees compete for cankerworms and caterpillars; wood ducks, gray squirrels, flickers, and screech owls fight for the same nesting sites.
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Likewise, the chestnut-backed chickadees hide in the branches of the scrub oak awaiting an opportunity for a quick breakfast.
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Common birds include the mountain bluebird, chestnut-backed chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, ruby-crowned kinglet, pygmy nuthatch, gray jay, Steller's jay, and Clark's nutcracker.
Southern Rocky Mountain Steppe - OpenWoodland - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)
