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Black-capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus

Description:

This individual was pecking at the branches of this bush.

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7 Comments

SusanRuffanerGahagan
SusanRuffanerGahagan 11 years ago

I will give the peanuts a try. :-)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

How cool, Dane! Thanks for the tip!

DaneCole
DaneCole 11 years ago

If you got peanuts it will take half the time lol, I have a whole flock at my place that just loves me, every time i go outside they line up on the branch and take turns flying down to my hand, while chickin' and chirpin.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Wow! Thanks for sharing the experience, Susan. I tried that once two, and one flew right on to my hand and flew away. I have to do that more often. Maybe I could create a bond! :) I can imagine how thrilled you were, I was too!

SusanRuffanerGahagan
SusanRuffanerGahagan 11 years ago

I once read that the Black-capped Chickadee could be enticed to feed from your hand, if given enough time to trust you. I thought it was not true but decided to try it myself and much to my surprise within 20 minutes of standing very close to the bird feeder while holding some feed in the hand of my extended arm a cute little Black-capped chickadee landed for just the second it took to take a sunflower seed. I was thrilled.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Thank you so much, Gerardo. It took me a bit to sneak up on this one. :-)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Very nice Jakubko :):)

Jacob Gorneau
Spotted by
Jacob Gorneau

New York, USA

Spotted on Jan 4, 2013
Submitted on Jan 4, 2013

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