I was in my neighbor’s back yard taking flower pictures when I lucked up on this shot. Looks like the bird is checking out the bird house as a nesting location. Don’t know what kind of bird this is – if you know please let us know.
Submitted by mcaroline on April 23, 2008 - 6:37am.
The Chickadee belongs to the group of birds known as titmice. The word titmouse comes from the Old Icelandic word titr, meaning something small and a corruption of an old english word mase meaning small bird. articapillus, Latin, ater meaning black capillus meaning hair of the men, or hair of the head
black capped chickadee
The Chickadee belongs to the group of birds known as titmice.
The word titmouse comes from the Old Icelandic word titr, meaning something small and a corruption of an old english word mase meaning small bird.
articapillus, Latin, ater meaning black capillus meaning hair of the men, or hair of the head