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 ...

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 ...

The house where I grew up was a one-level modern house with large windows my folks called “picture windows.” It was on a dead-end road and surrounded by tall trees of mostly oaks, some birch and ...

Each spring many readers ask how to use nest boxes to attract eastern bluebirds, tufted titmice, Carolina and black-capped chickadees, and house and Carolina wrens. Many readers specifically ask how ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to literally have a wild bird in hand? Except for bird banders, few of us have ever had this experience — if we approach, birds fly off. But it is possible ...

The Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) and the Juniper Titmouse (Baeolophus ridgwayi) are closely related, ecologically similar passerines sympatric in portions of their range. However, Mountain ...

Daytime and nighttime temperatures are inching downward now, and that means fall migration is picking up. The sagging cold front from earlier this week no doubt has ushered in some neotropical ...

GAINESVILLE, — A social behavior known as the “audience effect” has long been reported among humans. From children tussling on a playground to a sports team’s home field advantage, competitors can be ...