How to Identify Birds by Songs : The Song & Calls of the Black-Capped Chickadee

Learn the songs and calls of the Black-capped Chickadee in this free birding video

Expert: Wayne R. Petersen
Contact: www.massaudubon.org
Bio: Wayne R. Petersen is director of the Massachusetts Important Bird Areas (IBA) program at the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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[BugFolk]

I guess the closest I could describe the sound sort of starting like the black-capped chickadee, but then continuing like the Carolina one, but with one note rather than the varied tone. I notice even in the Twin Cities some Chickadees do the lower 3rd note, but then finish off like the typical sound. I can't seem to find any info about the variation.

[BugFolk]

I could use some help. I was at the Boundary Waters area in MN and I heard a bird that sounded distinctly like the whistled Fee-bee note, but it went one note lower after the typical 2 note whistle and it repeated the 3rd note whistle in a sort of a Fee bee bee bee bee bee dee. (instead of the scratchy sound) I can't figure out if that is a unique dialect of the black capped chickadee or another bird. I can't find a recording anywhere.

[boojum22]

"but it's also important to the chickadees themselves." hehe, so cute.

[msauraann]

Thank You! That was informative. It was driving me crazy not knowing what that bird was. I LOVE that sound.