I approach a flock of mountain chickadees feasting on pine nuts. A cacophony of sounds, coming from the many different bird species that rely on the Sierra Nevada’s diverse pine cone crop, fill the ...

Watching chickadees flit through the treetops is like witnessing master acrobats at work. These adorable birds duck and dodge through branches as they hunt down small insects. Not only are these birds ...

If you’d like to see some new-to-you birds in Michigan this fall, listen for the sound of one of our most common birds: The Black-capped Chickadee. The chickadee’s namesake “chickadee-dee-dee” call is ...

Discover how tiny black-capped chickadees outsmart brutal Minnesota winters with hidden food stashes, hypothermia tricks and ...

Winter is a season when most of us spend more of our time indoors. But wild animals don’t have that option. Not only must they find ways to keep warm all winter, but they have to work harder to find ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sofia Marie Haley, University of Nevada, Reno (THE CONVERSATION) I approach a flock of ...

Members of the Pravosudov lab catch and release resident chickadees to attach identifying bands that allow the researchers to track individual birds.(Sofia Haley) I spend my days out at our field site ...