Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Black-capped Chickadee are found on Mt. Tom, near the Bird Blind, in the Mixed Forest around the Main House, and in the Ferns 13
The Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, North American songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is the state bird of both Maine and Massachusetts in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick in Canada. It is notable for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights, its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (they can...
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