| Common Name: | Chickadee, Black-capped | | Scientific Name: | Poecile atricapillus | | Family: | Paridae (Chickadees,Titmice) | | Area: | Adair Pond - Corvallis, Oregon | | Date: | April 23, 2011 | 
This is a busy little bird with the familiar chick-a-dee-dee-dee sound. Second photo shows natural cavity being cleaned in preparation for nesting. Bottom photo shows four baby chicks. Typically they lay 6 - 8 eggs, 15 - 12 mm. | 
Salem Riverfront Park - - - April 7, 2014 | 
inside bird house - Elkton, Oregon - - - May 31, 2012 | | Reference: | Birds of the Willamette Valley Region by Nehls, Aversa, & Opperman / National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America / Western Birds' Nest by Harrison |
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