Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
I'm participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend, and have lots of chickadees in my yard. This one pecked off a twig and then carried it into the brush on the edge of my yard. This area is impenetrable because of the tangles of thorny plants and bushes. So, it's a popular place for the birds and bunnies to hang out. On the other side of the brush is a steep hill and wetland.
Habitat: Rural area
For more information on the GBBC: https://www.birdcount.org/
The black-capped chickadee is a small, nonmigratory, North American songbird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests. It is a passerine bird in the tit family, the Paridae. It is the state bird of Massachusetts and Maine in the United States, and the provincial bird of New Brunswick in Canada.
