Dr. Ray L. Winstead
Professor of Biology (retired), Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Blue Spruce Park Chickadees:

Feeding Chickadees Out of My Hand
near Indiana, Pennsylvania

4 Tidbits

1) With variation, chickadees live about two years in the wild.

2) Chickadees appear to be wearing black masks and look like bandits, and the official name of a flock of chickadees is "a banditry of chickadees."

3) How Do Chickadees Survive the Winter?  Check out:

How Chickadees Weather Winter

Chickadee Survival Techniques

 

4) A Semi-close Encounter of the Neat Kind at Blue Spruce Park!
Blue Spruce Park
April 10, 2018

A sudden commotion of running and yelling immediately captured my attention earlier this afternoon out at Blue Spruce Park.  While feeding the chickadees out of my hand for an hour at my usual spot, I heard this ruckus down the trail a short distance to my right away from the playground.  Two Long-tailed Weasels (!) were racing up a large tree trunk - - CONTINUE.

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