National Audubon Society

Want to Find Fall Warblers? Listen for Chickadees

The calls of these resident stalwarts serve as an alarm bell for migrating songbirds—and a helpful beacon for birders.
Birds & Blooms on MSN

How to Identify a Black-Capped Chickadee

Capped Chickadee Look Like? Meet the black-capped chickadee, a beginner backyard birder’s dream. The small songbirds are ...
Star Tribune

What goes into a bird’s name? What goes into a bird’s name? What goes into a bird’s name? What goes into a bird’s name?

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 ...