Name: Boreal Chickadee

Description: Boreal Chickadees are small, hardy, acrobatic flyers, with black throats and brown caps. The Boreal Chickadee can be found from Alaska to Newfoundland, southward to the northern-most United States.

Other Names: Brown-Capped Chickadee, Hudsonian and Acadian Chickadee

Color: Both male and female Boreal Chickadees have short wings, short bills and a fluffy, rounded appearance. They are gray-brown above and whitish below with white cheeks, a black bib and brown sides and flanks. They are distinguished from the Black-Capped Chickadee by the brown rather than black cap.

Sound: The Boreal Chickadee’s call is a scratchy “chick-a-dee-dee,” a variant on the call which gives Chickadees their name.

Preferred Environment: Boreal Chickadees Inhabit coniferous forests

Nesting Habits: Boreal Chickadees build their nests in tree cavities. Their nests are lined with moss, fur, plant down, inner bark or lichen. Both males and females excavate the nest (if an abandoned Woodpecker excavation isn't used), but only the female builds the nest.

Food Preference: Boreal Chickadees feed on sunflower, safflower and shelled peanuts.