100 More species #69: Black-capped chickadee

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[hai_kah_uhk]

We saw one in China, being kept as an exotic pet in a little cage outside someone's hutong home.

[urbpan]

Very exotic!

[urbpan]

They do cheer up a yard, don't they?

[morgi]

We live right where the ranges of the black-capped and Carolina chickadees meet; I hear them in the neighbours' trees all the time, but almost never ever see them. They sound different here than they do in Maine.

[urbpan]

That would be a fun challenge. I like how the same species sounds different across its range.

[kryptyd]

Lovely! I was going to ask you was a relative of the tits. It looks a little like some of the many varieties we have here, and most of them do that upside down feedings as well. As well as giving the presenters on Autumnwatch and excuse (as if they needed any) to make dumb jokes.

[urbpan]

"Titmouse" causes enough giggles over here, I can't imagine what would happen if we had birds called "tits." Great tits, no less.

When I saw great tits over there, (snicker) it was at Hampstead Heath, and they were clearly acclimatized to hand-feeding. Green chickadees! I thought to myself with delight.