#chickadee

[cadere-art]

Gift for my most beloved husband of two black capped chickadees.

[occasionallybirds]

I went to Longwood Gardens to see their Christmas displays, and I may have spent a good chunk of my visit in front of this tree that they had decorated for wildlife. I saw 13 species of birds and a squirrel taking advantage of the food sources

December 17, 2025

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA

IDs below the cut. See how many you can guess before peeking

Red-bellied woodpecker, male (Melanerpes carolinus)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

Red-bellied Woodpecker, female (Melanerpes carolinus)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

White-throated Sparrow  (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

[mushbeast]

happy pride month to my fellow queer birders 🦄

[ostdrossel]

Now with spring approaching, it is also a good time to maintain nesting boxes. They should protect the birds from the elements and from potential predators that could climb up and reach in. There is a ton of good info out there, and sialis.org is a treasure trove of all things related. Here is a video from 2023, when a Chickadee family raised their babies in one of my boxes.

[thomas--bombadil]

A chickadee bops through the forest.

[cookiedoves]

witchy chickadee 🍄‍🟫✨

[hyydraworks]

More littol birds to hang out in your plants!

[samimarkart]

Chickadee is calling. Will you answer?