Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapilla
(L 5.25" WS 8" Wt 0.39 oz )
Oak Park
our backyard
25Oct2010
Hard to believe this tiny bird,
Who’s nearly four inches long,
Can carry out a tune
That echoes so loud and strong.
Fee-bee-Fee-bay
(Stacy Smith, The Voice of Spring)
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
28Apr2010
Has a familiar song “chick-a-
dee-dee ...the more “dees”
the higher the alarm.
dee-dee ...the more “dees”
the higher the alarm.
Poecile in Greek means small
bird; atricapilla in Latin means
black-capped.
bird; atricapilla in Latin means
black-capped.
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Frances Wood
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Ornithology
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Columbus Park
Chicago
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