Chances are, the melodious namesake call of the black-capped chickadee has brightened your mood while walking, shoveling snow or pulling weeds: chickadee-dee-dee. Here in the Inland Northwest, this ...

Each morning, after making coffee, my wife and I fill the distinctive, barn-red bird feeder that hangs down between our back deck and Illinois Mountain. As we fill the feeder, we whistle to signal to ...

Each morning, after making coffee, my wife and I fill the distinctive, barn-red bird feeder that hangs down between our back deck and Illinois Mountain. As we fill the feeder, we whistle to signal to ...

Mountain chickadees in Boulder have evolved a different tune to avoid getting mixed up with their cousins, according to a new CU Boulder-led study published Oct. 9 in the Journal of Evolutionary ...

Last week, a reader named Joy emailed me a photo of a bird that she couldn’t quite identify. One look at the photo, and I instantly understood both the observer's confusion and the mystery bird's ...

Bangor Daily News columnist Bob Duchesne captured this photo of a black-capped chickadee as part of an experiment to see how close he could get to the bird feeder without alarming the birds. Credit: ...