ALL ABOUT THE CHICKADEE
SUGGESTIONS FOR FIELD LESSONS.
Does not go south in winter.
Song—two or three clear long whistles and the chirping of his own name, "chickadee."
A gay, curious little bird.
Black head and throat—sides of head and neck white—breast grayish buff—wings and tail darker shade edged with white—larger feathers of shoulders white.
Food—seeds and dormant insects or larval eggs.—Valuable as an insect destroyer.
Builds in hollow places—usually deserted woodpeckers' or squirrels' nests—sometimes hollows place for itself.
Six white eggs speckled with red—young birds, male and female much alike in colouring.