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=**//-Chickadee Observations-//**=

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//•//Very high pitched, soothing call of "Fee-bee" •Very energetic and fast. •Make quick "Chirp" noises when lower in tree branches. •Usually likes to be hidden from other species. •Seems to like sunflower seeds. •Tend to fly by themselves, or chase each other when in a small flock. •Black heads, white body. •Relatively Long (For the size of the bird) skinny tails. •Makes a high pitched, short chirp sound when hopping from branch to branch. •These birds come out around 6:00 A.M and don't go away until around 6:30 - 7:00 P.M •Most chickadees will be seen in the early morning from between 7:00 and 12:00. They will also be seen from 2:00 to 6:00 •Do NOT like squirrels, chirp rapidly at them.

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March 20 - Bird: Chickadee 8:35 - 8:50 A.M Location: Front Yard Today in the early morning I watched two chickadees who seemed to be flying back and forth between my front yard tree, and my power line. The chickadees seemed very tense, as they kept looking about very swiftly. They looked like they were afraid of something. They would fly to the tree, then down to the feeder, feed on bird seed, and nervously fly away. After a few minutes they would fly back and feed some more. The chickadees would not rest, and they kept twitching their heads and hopping about. One flew away, but the other kept hopping around on the grass and flying back up to the tree. The chickadee flew higher into the tree out of my view. I couldn't see it but I could hear its intense call of "FEE-BEE". This sound is very high pitched and this call was repeated about every 2 seconds. In between calling and hopping around the chickadee would feed on bird seed. The bird is very fast.

March 25 - Bird: Chickadee 6:40 - 7:10 A.M Location: Side of my house. Before I went to school today I took a quick look outside and saw something very surprising: It was a chickadee at my back bird feeder. I decided to grab my notebook and watch it until either it flew away, or I had togo to school. I sat out on my deck cautiously watching the bird trying not to disturb it. It kept flying back and forth between my feeder and the tree. It would fly to the feeder, take a couple of seeds and eat them in the tree. It would immediately go back to the feeder after it was done eating. I expected the bird to fly away after maybe 5 minutes but it stayed. It flew up to a near pine tree but seemed to keep eyeing the feeder. After around 2 minutes the bird flew back to the feeder for some more food. It repeated the same thing as before jumping back and forth, grabbing some seeds, then eating them. The bird then flew up to the pine tree again and stayed for a while flying between branches or just sitting, bobbing its head back and forth. It kept calling "Fee-bee" over and over again. Before I knew it, I had to leave for school, even though I wanted to keep watching the interesting bird.



March 28 - Bird: Chickadee 5:25 - 5:55 P.M Location: Back yard I was walking in my kitchen when I looked out the window and saw quick movements in my tree where I have my two bird feeders. I went out side and watched as the two chickadees stayed within 6 feet of each other at all times. One seemed more nervous than the other as it hung back in the tree while the other perched on the side of the feeder and quietly but swiftly ate. It stayed at the feeder for around 10 seconds and flew back up to a branch near the other bird. It occasionally made a quick "Chirp" as if communicating to the other chickadee. After one chickadee fed for around 15 minutes, (flying back and forth) the other finally came off the branch and landed on the bird feeder, quickly eating the bird seed and flying back to the tree. After the two birds alternated for another maybe 5 to 10 minutes they both flew up to one of my pine trees, about 15 feet up. The chickadees would fly from branch to branch, staying very close to each other. They both looked almost exactly the same, except for one that had more black near its feet then the other. Both the birds kept making quick chirping noises, hopping back and forth, going up the tree farther and farther.

March 29 - Bird: Chickadee 4:30 - 5:00 P.M Location: Back yard Today, a while after school, a walked into my backyard to the tree where my feeder is to look for some chickadees. I stayed back on my deck and sat for around 10 minutes before I noticed one high in my pine tree. I watched it hop from branch to branch, occasionally stopping and making the sound of "Feee-bee" It kept doing this for around 5 minutes before it finally flew down to the feeder to eat. It looked around vigorously as it pecked at the seeds. It would do this for almost a minute and jump back to the tree. I watched the chickadee for another 15 minutes as it ate and made the noise of "fee-bee" when it rested. The bird didn't seem to do much but look around intently as it chirped and ate.

March 29 - Bird: Chickadee 5:42 - 5:57 Location: Back yard Shortly after I observed the chickadee, I went back out side to see if it was still there. Sure enough the same (or at least I though) chickadee was feeding at my bird feeder. After I watched it for around 5 minutes as it fed, it blew almost straight at me to the pine tree behind me. I looked for it and finally spotted it high in the tree calling "Feeee-bee" over and over again. I watched it bob its head up and down and back and forth for another 5 minutes before it swooped back down to the feeder, pecked at the seeds and flew about 10 feet to the left to the nearest tree. It stayed here fore a while, chirping and hopping, until it flew away across the street.

March 30 - Bird: Chickadee 3:45 - 4:15 Location: Back yard When I got home from school today I went outback to let my dog out, as I started to let her go I saw two chickadees at my bird feeders and started to observe. At first the birds seemed pretty chilled, as they just sat around in the tree, jumping from tree to tree every once in while. After a good 5 minutes one of the birds flew up to my roof where it hopped up there until it flew to a nearby pine tree. I turned to see the other chickadee pecking on the bird seed that I had early spread on the lawn. This is the first time that a bird has eaten these seeds instead of the ones in the feeder. While I was watching this chickadee eat at the seeds, I heard a sudden "Feee-bee" from behind me. I turned to see the other chickadee, very high now (around 40 feet) in the pine tree. I tuned back to the other bird, to see that it was gone.

April 1 - Bird: Chickadee 1:45 - 2:15 Location: Back Yard Today it we had a snow day. I looked outside when I got up to see all of the branches on almost all my trees weighed down by thick heavy snow. I didn't expect much when I looked at my bird feeder. To my surprise I saw a lone chickadee eating seed. It was almost hidden and looked like it was getting out of the snow. I threw my boots on and went outside to watch it. It stayed at the feeder for a while looking back and forth very fast and chirping every once in a while. The chickadee stayed here for around 10 minutes just eating and staying out of the snow. Finally, it flew up to a branch in one of my pine trees. I followed underneath it. When I looked back up I noticed two more chickadees hopping from branch to branch. My first thought was that the were just resting, but then I knew that they were staying out of the intense snow, the birds probably did not know what to because of all the snow in spring time.