96: Black-Capped Chickadees: The Tiny Bird With an Incredible Memory 🐦

This week on Birds of a Feather Talk Together, we explore one of North America’s most beloved backyard birds: the Black-capped Chickadee.Known for their cheerful “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” calls, fearless personalities, and incredible intelligence, Black-capped Chickadees are far more fascinating than most people realize. In this episode, we dive into chickadee behavior, bird communication, memory, winter survival strategies, and how these tiny songbirds manage to thrive in harsh cold-weather environments.Field Museum ornithologists and curators of birds John Bates and Shannon Hackett join RJ and Amanda Pole to discuss Black-capped Chickadee habitat, bird identification, food-caching behavior, flock dynamics, and why chickadees are such favorites among birders, backyard birdwatchers, and nature lovers alike.We also answer a listener question about writer Ellen Meloy and her connection to nature writing, birds, and the natural world.If you love birding, birdwatching, backyard birds, bird songs and calls, bird behavior, ornithology, wildlife science, and fascinating bird facts, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.Here are links to our social and YouTube pages, give us a follow:YouTube InstagramTikTokBlueSky