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Common Name:Chickadee, Mountain
Scientific Name:Poecile gambeli
Family:Paridae (Chickadees,Titmice)
Area:Spring Creek - Collier Memorial State Park, Oregon
Date:September 29, 2011

Note the white eyebrow above the eye in contrast to the Black-capped and Chestnut-backed Chickadees.

Reference:National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer