We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Spring is in the air, and with that, a chorus of birds, especially if you live in the Northeast. While some birds are flying back north from a ...

How to identify: Like all chickadees, the mountain chickadee has striking black-and-white markings on the head and gray elsewhere. The white stripe over the eye identifies mountain chickadees from all ...

The post A Chickadee's Brain Physically Grows Each Fall. Then It Shrinks Again in Spring appeared first on A-Z Animals. Every autumn, mountain chickadees prepare for one of the harshest winters in ...

It's the off-season for me, and that means less time spent watching birds, and more time watching my computer. As much as I love being outside, it's actually a really exciting time to look at all the ...

A chickadee, blissfully unaware of the cold, dashes in to a bird feeder, picks up a seed in its beak and flits to a nearby shrub. There, the little bird perches on a branch, and then grips the seed ...

Even though the temperature was below zero this morning (something my little dog didn't really appreciate), two cardinals were in full song in the pre-dawn twilight. They enthusiastically sang back ...

A debate is brewing in Maine over the state bird — the chickadee. There's more than one type of chickadee in Maine — and bird experts say the state should pick one. Our next story pits north against ...

Researchers in Anchorage are working to crack a tough nut in the form of a beak deformity affecting a large portion of black-capped chickadees and other birds in parts of Alaska, including the Kenai ...

Editor's note: Benjamin P. Burtt began discussing the family life of chickadees as reported by scientist Jon Glase in his Aug. 16 column. Jon Glase, who carefully watched what each parent did during ...

Spring is in the air, and with that, a chorus of birds, especially if you live in the Northeast. While some birds are flying back north from a sunny winter break in the South, the chickadee is an ...