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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