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Loved it and my favorite call has to be the "hey sweetie" ! When i hear that in the morning with a cup of coffee its heaven! Such a peaceful sound for me. Thank you for sharing the rest of their calls. I've learned so much!
I always hear the chickadee-dee-dee by the feeders. Always thought they were feeling threatened by something, but it, in fact, was a food alert! How cute.
LOVE THEM! Well, we get both here in MD but mostly Carolina chickadees where I am in Southern MD. They are so similar it doesn’t make much difference to me which, love them both. Two pairs nested in 2 of my nest boxes (interesting story on how and what boxes they chose) and one set fledged last weekend. The other is prob gonna be ready in another 3-5 days. So glad they both made it. My blue birds lost 4 babies to hypothermia on Mother’s Day due to 48 hours of nonstop rain and a severe drop in temp despite my best efforts. I cried all day. They are trying again tho, started laying yesterday morning. Thank you for your wonderful videos. 🥰
Definitely my favorite year-around yard bird. Such great personalities and comical nature, Ive had more close interactions with these birds than any other. No matter if its while sitting in a tree stand or even hunting off the ground, they are so inquisitive and trusting when you are sitting still. Ive had them land on my arrow shaft, my bow limbs, my knee, my gun barrel, my boot and my hands, and once even on the bill of my hat. It bent right over and looked me in the eye, inches away, and I think it laughed at me. I treasure that memory as one of my alltime top 3 Things That Happened While In The Woods list. Great vid Lesley, thanks again..
I have one that keeps coming in my house when the balcony door is open, it's been in 4 times, it finds its way back out no problem when I encourage it to because I have (had) an old cat. I'm suprised at how comfortable it seems to be with coming in doors.
Some of my observations: if they are saying hi to you, possibly when you are hand feeding, they will tend to make the more high pitched tseet sound. Maybe they think of you as friend or possibly part of the flock? The other things is, they will make a single flat dee sound if they are either impatient or annoyed at something. It can also be used as a greeting, but more of a "hurry up and refill the feeder" type of greeting. Anybody else notice these sounds or have other observations to share?
I have heard the begging dee a lot in the last week as the young ones follow their parents from tree to tree in our yard. They are so much fun to watch. Thank you for this video. I love Chickadees.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Aw, shucks. Fanks, Noofy.🤗 I'm an old boy and have (so far and somehow) surmounted & prevailed against all damages, damnations & dangers. With such well wishes from a fellow Nerd, I'm assured to come through on the sunny side of it all.😉👍🏻
Question-. Don't Cardinals make similar "Tseet" sounding call? Also chipmunks make very similar Tseet noise (although, it's louder and I can differentiate now).
A lot of birds make similar sounds to the chickadee Tseet but they are different from one another and can be noticed after some familiarity and scrutiny.
You get amazing, beautiful footage..I'm in Montana and currently have a Chickadee nesting in the front yard birdhouse and I have nuthatches nesting in a birdhouse I put up on the back yard..It's been awesome watching these lovely creatures..thanks for all the videos and info you share with all of us--I've really learned alot from you!
Love the faint Phoebe!! Who knew this is the call my parents used to find each other & us kids when shopping in a store or other locales. Dad was a beautiful strong whistler as our family is American by way of the Canary Islands (canyon whistling). Love this video. Thanks 👍 from California 😎 Maggie
👍T4S @LesleytheBirdNerd - Your videos always manage to increase my appreciation of birds I have been (at least casually) appreciating pretty much my entire life. 𓅿 Black-capped chickadees in particular are one of the most common birds in my area, but I never realized they made quite so many various and complex vocalizations. 𓅿 Personally, my favorite one is the 'fee bee' (which I have heard many, many times before, but never realized was a chickadee call until watching this video). I find it really sonorous, and it always reminds me of sunny, spring days.
I do hear them, mostly the fee bee song. I recently read about their calls and songs on nature-mentor. I'm glad to have them in abundance ❤️ Thanks Lesley! Enjoy your weekend
Lesley----I love these little guys....only bird I ever got to land in my hand and eat from it....gosh did I love it.....I never realized how many calls they have...hiss sounds like a snake....heck it would scare me lol.......Lesley I hope you know how important these videos are and the calming sound of your voice as well as the bird songs gives us....God Bless you and stay safe
I'm so happy that chickadees came back from the West Nile Virus. That disease nearly wiped out chickadee, blue jay, robins, black birds, crows, cardinals, and many others. When I hear a chickadee singing it brings me to tears of joy! I've often bought sunflower seeds and hand fed these wonderful birds. They WILL land on my hand.
I just wanted to thank you for this video! I have had a lit of Black Capoed Chickadees this spring, and this video helped me understand what they were saying. Turns out, they are using a birdhouse that I have on my balcony this year! They kept doing their alert call as they were coming back to their nest to feed their babies. 😊
Chickadees are some of my favorite birds (they are just so cute and so sweet), and it's always such a joy to see your videos on them! Thank you so much for sharing your love of chickadees with us.
We have a twin species here in the western Florida panhandle (the Carolina Chickadee). The call I usually don't hear from them is the "Fee-bee". These cute little birds are also plenty common here.
I've been using the “faint phoebe” whistle to call my dogs and cats for years. Never realized until this video I probably got it from hearing all the chickadees around.
Chickadees are so darn charming! I wish they were in my area. Right now I have a scrub jay fledgling squawking outside my front door. Not nearly as melodic. Great video, Lesley! 💗🐦
Love the Chickadees Been feeding and watching them for 55 yrs at our home . Our 5 kiddos and 12 grand children are birders too . Always sharing photos back and forth . We're so blessed as a family off 29 😱Yipes !
I love these little guys and gals! Pretty cool that the number of "dees" in the "chickadee" call is significant. Almost like a ship's horn. My favorite is the "cheeeeeseburger!" call 😉
Great video! I'm aware of almost ALL these! Maybe its me or a squirrel near the feeder with their "alert call" but they readily come within 3 or 4 feet of me. Especially, when i refill the feeder!!! I have about 8-10 regulars around. 1 year, a couple built a nest in a pole of my daughters swingset and I wouldn't let her use her swing until the baby's came out...hahaha
Liked and shared! I've learned so much more about my all time favorite bird! Was able to watch a mama and her babies last year as she was feeding them up and down our huge Norway spruces. Thank you again for educating us even more!
I love the chickadee-dee-dee-dee call. They give it to me sometimes because I am a Godzilla in their eyes. I also love the faint Fee-bee. I once chickadee frozen for 15 minutes with a seed in its mouth on our Sandcherry, because of a Raptor threat. It was incredible. They are so tiny and still, in those moments of threat, that even on a leafless tree or shrub, you wouldn't see them unless you look for them.
Fantastic bits of information. I love seeing Chickadees around, and I had no idea they had specific sounds to warn of raptors, although I have seen birds freeze in place just when one flys by on more than one occasion.
Fascinating and so informative. I had no idea they had so many different calls for different purposes. Found the Faint Fee bee especially interesting since it is used by both sexes and serves many purposes for the parents. Also very interesting to learn about the High Zee and that other bird species understand its meaning too.
I’ve been hearing the faint fee-bee in my yard. It’s actually quite loud. I’ve been wondering which bird was making it, because we have many species. This is wonderful to know it’s the chickadee, one of my two favourite birds!
🥰🐦thank you. I feel so worried when I hear the predatory alarm but it is good to know they have a way of communicating to others that danger is near. Such incredible birds. ❤
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I agree! Alarm calls always worry me!! One day there was a cute female American Goldfinch sitting on my feeder. I didn’t notice it at first, and as I got closer to take the feeder down and fill it, I noticed that she was just frozen, sitting there, and didn’t fly away, I also noticed there were no other bird sounds happening (which is unusual). I stepped back to give her space, looked up, and there was a hawk eyeing her! When I moved, it startled the hawk and it flew away. She waited a good five minutes before she finally flew away too! It could’ve gone very differently for her had I not appeared at that exact moment!
This is wonderful information, Lesley! I wonder how much applies to Carolina chickadees? I have a question: I recently went to a presentation on “planting for pollinators” at a local bird store. The presenter seemed to be quite an expert. Some of us asked him how to get rid of moles and voles in our yards (a huge problem here.) He said get a dog, a hunting cat (not doing that), or an Eastern rat snake! I like the snake idea but wonder if they will prey on nesting birds.
Thank you Karen :) Carolina Chickadees have the same calls as Black-capped chickadees but they will likely sound a little different, such as the "Feebee" song". About the snake. They do prey on nesting birds.
Living in Reno NV we are glad to see and hear these cuties! Brave and loving to come so close and eager bathers in our fountain about 4 feet away from the patio table. Wish they stayed around longer as I remember we only see them in spring and fall...only guessing where they're off to next...Thanks Lesley!
I don’t see these magnificent little creatures too often, but I saw one in my backyard the other day. So adorable. Thanks for this video! Very beautiful and educational. Subscribed. 🪹🙂
Great information! Thanks for this fun and interesting dive into the world of chickadee communication. I’ve heard people describe the “faint fee-bee” song as “cheese bur-ger”. I prefer to describe it as “hey swee-tie” - but the 3rd syllable is not always discernible. I’m listening to chickadee chatter in my yard as I write this comment - how appropriate!
I agree, I love it being described as "hey sweetie" too 🙂🐦 I love that as you watched you had chickadees chattering outside 🥰 thank you for checking out the video. Have great new week ahead. Oh I heard a ovenbird the other day. Nice to see them returning
I was always super attracted to these bird calls and took me a lifetime to figure out which birds were making that to note song. Through my childhood, I called them philosopher birds, because in those two notes there seem to be so much being said. I am now 50 years old And know what those are called I am even getting a Tattoo with one of these birds on it. I like bird calls, but haven’t been so attracted to the sound of a bird as this one. I bought a plush toy that has the two note sound. It makes an actual recording if you squeeze it. I am obsessed with these birds. And they will always be philosopher birds to me ha ha ha. I didn’t know those other calls Chicka DDDD was also the same bird so that is pretty cool too. I absolutely loved this video saved. Thanks for all the info.
I love the feint fee bee! Lesley, this is beautiful video showing the Chickadee so close up we can see the individual tiny fluffy feathers and their eyes. Also I'm amazed at how detailed the analysis is of each call is.. The who, what, when, how and why each call is made! Fascinating and so pleasing. Thankyou!
