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broncbuster Waxahachie, TX(Zone 8a) Jun 25, 2007

I love these little birds, but I have no idea what kind they are.

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junebug74 Oshkosh, WI(Zone 5a) Jun 26, 2007

That looks like a Carolina Chickadee...we have their close relatives, Black-Capped Chickadees here. Very entertaining, sweet birds!

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critterologist Frederick, MD(Zone 6b) Jul 01, 2007

What a cutie! Listen for their call... a low, throaty "chick-a-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee" Hmmm, hard to describe, but once you hear it you know it... Let me find a link with an audio... Go to http://www.birds.cornell.edu/MacaulayLibrary/search/freesounds.html and click on the chickadee.

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broncbuster Waxahachie, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 05, 2007

Thanks for the link Critterologist! Junebug, you're right, it's a Carolina Chickadee. Yesterday, I was rebuilding a fence and left my mirror-tinted sunglasses on the H-post. A while later I went to get them and one of these Chickadees was fighting with his reflection in the glasses! He was so into it that he let me get about 2 ft away before he finally flew off.

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