Birds Identified: Boreal Chickadee
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Boreal Chickadee has these characteristics:
- Hopping or climbing
- Smaller than robin
- Tail long
- Bold markings present (patches or blotches of black, white, or color)
- Crown patch
- North summer (June through August)
- North winter (November through February)
- Wood habitat
- Marsh habitat
- Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
- Rasping harsh calls
- Smooth, clear calls (can be imitated by human singing voice or whistling)
- Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org