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Black-capped Chickadee

Parus atricapillus

Description:

From the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Active, acrobatic and agile with a perky cheerful air, the chickadee is one of the most widely recognized birds in Alaska forests. The black-capped chickadee is one of four chickadee species that occurs in the state and has a black cap and bib, white cheeks, soft gray back, wing feathers gray edged with white, and soft buffy-colored underparts grading to white in the center. Its song is often a 2 or 3 note whistle that sounds like "Hey, sweetie." Look and listen for their flocks in forest habitat, residential neighborhoods and parks.

Habitat:

Forest habitats

Notes:

This one was super fast and always on the move flitting from branch to branch. This was the only photo I could get of him.

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Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus Black-capped chickadee - Wikipedia


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Musicwolf
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Musicwolf

Alaska, USA

Spotted on May 17, 2017
Submitted on May 18, 2017

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