140: Black-capped chickadees and Mountain chickadees
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I’m sitting here on the fifth day of March watching chubby, adorable little birds flit around my birdfeeder, and most of them are black-capped chickadees. I’m not quite high enough elevation to see mountain chickadees, the other species of chickadee that lives in Colorado. These are passerine (perching) songbirds who do not migrate and live throughout the northern half of North America. Today they are devouring my sunflower seeds and flying away to store them in crevices; they are famous for their remarkable spatial memory that allows them to remember the location of their seed caches for almost a month. They are also famous for being able to survive very cold temperatures by lowering their own internal body temperature to conserve energy; inducing torpor is rare among birds.
140: Black-capped chickadees and Mountain chickadees
140: Black-capped chickadees and Mountain…
140: Black-capped chickadees and Mountain chickadees
I’m sitting here on the fifth day of March watching chubby, adorable little birds flit around my birdfeeder, and most of them are black-capped chickadees. I’m not quite high enough elevation to see mountain chickadees, the other species of chickadee that lives in Colorado. These are passerine (perching) songbirds who do not migrate and live throughout the northern half of North America. Today they are devouring my sunflower seeds and flying away to store them in crevices; they are famous for their remarkable spatial memory that allows them to remember the location of their seed caches for almost a month. They are also famous for being able to survive very cold temperatures by lowering their own internal body temperature to conserve energy; inducing torpor is rare among birds.