I have previously written on the titmouse, a charming bird of raspy voice, lively demeanor and exceptional plainness. Titmice have a cousin that is equally lovable: the chickadee. At first glance ...

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part article about the relationship between tufted titmice and Carolina chickadees. Part 1 focused on their role in a foraging strategy called “flocking,” ...

In our most recent birding column, we took a look at tufted titmice. Now come two more members of the titmouse family group with a different last name — chickadee. There are seven species of ...

Hosko said the very popular program was started in the 1940s. The nature center actually starts training the birds in October of every year. The naturalists use a wooden training dummy that looks like ...

The three have a reputation of being fearless, curious and friendly. The Carolina chickadee is typically the leader of flocks of small birds that also usually include tufted titmice and white-breasted ...

If not for tufted titmice, my bird-feeding stations would be considerably less interesting. So, too, I assume, would yours. White-breasted nuthatches, chickadees, goldfinches, house finches, downy, ...

One of the cheeriest visitors to my bird feeder, just as cute and perky as any chickadee, is the tufted titmouse. Aside from having a name that makes my students snicker, this is a rather unassuming ...

A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name, the reference used worldwide to avoid the confusion a list of local names could offer. For ...