Hontz Resort
Shickshinny PA
2021

Chickadees get their name from their easily recognizable “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” alarm call, which they use to alert each other to the presence of a potential predator.

Our Dad use to be able to get them to feed right out of his hands!

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

• ORDER: Passeriformes
• FAMILY: Paridae

A bird almost universally considered “cute” thanks to its oversized round head, tiny body, and curiosity about everything, including humans. The chickadee’s black cap and bib; white cheeks; gray back, wings, and tail; and whitish underside with buffy sides are distinctive. Its habit of investigating people and everything else in its home territory, and quickness to discover bird feeders, make it one of the first birds most people learn.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-capped_Chickadee/overview

Chickadees are one of the easiest birds to attract to feeders, for suet, sunflower, and peanuts. They don’t mind using tiny hanging feeders that swing in the wind, and also readily visit window feeders. Planting willow, alder, and birch trees provides future nesting habitat for chickadees.