{"id":15416,"date":"2021-03-29T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=15416"},"modified":"2021-03-29T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:02:00","slug":"take-5-chick-a-dee-dee-delightful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-chick-a-dee-dee-delightful\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Chick-a-Dee-Dee-Delightful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spring at last! Our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/the-first-sounds-of-spring\/\">early migrant birds<\/a> are returning in ever-greater numbers, but many of the year-round residents have already been preparing for nesting season for weeks, including our beloved Massachusetts state bird, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/learn\/nature-wildlife\/birds\/black-capped-chickadees\">Black-capped Chickadee<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Year-round, chickadees make their namesake call, <em>chickadee-dee-dee<\/em>, using an increasing number of <em>dees<\/em> the more alarmed or threatened they feel\u2014an early-warning alarm that even other species of birds will respond to. But as early as mid-January, males begin singing their high, sweet <em>fee-bee<\/em> song to attract mates and prepare for nesting season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/335242\/embed?simple=1' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' width='340' height='115'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to confuse the chickadee&#8217;s sweet whistle with the more emphatic, raspy <em>fee-BEE<\/em> sung by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/learn\/nature-wildlife\/birds\/eastern-phoebes\">Eastern Phoebes<\/a>, which we should also start hearing around this time of year, but play them side-by-side a few times and you&#8217;ll quickly learn to recognize the difference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src='https:\/\/www.xeno-canto.org\/564546\/embed?simple=1' scrolling='no' frameborder='0' width='340' height='115'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty of small migratory songbirds will associate with flocks of chickadees during spring and fall migration, so if you hear a flock of chickadees in your neighborhood, grab your binoculars\u2014there may be an interesting migrant nearby, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy these five photos of Black-capped Chickadees from our annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/photo-contest\">Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest, and listen for these sweet songbirds on your next nature walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/2475Jonathan_Elcock8839-2.jpg\" alt=\"Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Jonathan Elcock\" class=\"wp-image-15422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/2475Jonathan_Elcock8839-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/2475Jonathan_Elcock8839-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/2475Jonathan_Elcock8839-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/2475Jonathan_Elcock8839-2-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/2475Jonathan_Elcock8839-2-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Jonathan Elcock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/1773SueFeldberg6288-2.jpg\" alt=\"Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Sue Feldberg\" class=\"wp-image-15421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/1773SueFeldberg6288-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/1773SueFeldberg6288-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/1773SueFeldberg6288-2-624x418.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Sue Feldberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/3586timothy_hayes15836-2.jpg\" alt=\"Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Timothy Hayes\" class=\"wp-image-15423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/3586timothy_hayes15836-2.jpg 750w, 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225w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/4663bob_durling34307-2-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Bob Durling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/6668Craig_Blanchette34791-2.jpg\" alt=\"Black-capped Chickadee \u00a9 Craig Blanchette\" class=\"wp-image-15426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/6668Craig_Blanchette34791-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/6668Craig_Blanchette34791-2-300x210.jpg 300w, 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Our early migrant birds are returning in ever-greater numbers, but many of the year-round residents have already been preparing for nesting season for weeks, including our beloved Massachusetts state bird, the Black-capped Chickadee. Year-round, chickadees make their namesake call, chickadee-dee-dee, using an increasing number of dees the more alarmed or threatened they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":15421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,158],"tags":[28,391,393,392],"class_list":["post-15416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-take-5","tag-birds","tag-birdsong","tag-black-capped-chickadee","tag-spring-birdsong"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/03\/1773SueFeldberg6288-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-40E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15328,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/the-first-sounds-of-spring\/","url_meta":{"origin":15416,"position":0},"title":"The First Sounds of Spring","author":"William Freedberg","date":"March 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Red-winged Blackbird \u00a9 Rachel Bellenoit Some resident birds start singing their spring songs in late February and early March like clockwork, no matter what the weather is doing. 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