Researchers at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University discovered that hippocampal place cells in ...

Courageous: The black-capped chickadee is brave—its core feature, in fact, seems to be courage itself. It doesn’t care about the fact that it may not be the largest or most formidable.

The presence of the bobolink is also noteworthy. In winter, the wildlife area is home to almost 20 species of birds, including the black-capped chickadee, blue jay, and barred owl. Among the mammals, ...

Four of North America’s seven chickadee species live here in Washington state, according to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the black-capped variety is the most common.

Chickadees are plump, sparrow-sized birds with tiny beaks. Mountain chickadees are a bit larger and stockier than the black-capped chickadee. Both species have a black cap and throat with a ...

Following the Goldfinch were the Dark-eyed Junco, Mourning Dove, Black-Capped Chickadee and the Blue Jay. The survey will be open from February 8 to February 9.

However, while the black-capped chickadee is found all across the country, the boreal chickadee is a northern species. Edmonton is Canada’s northernmost major city, so the boreal is a fitting choice, ...

Last week, a reader named Joy emailed me a photo of a bird that she couldn’t quite identify. One look at the photo, and I instantly understood both the observer's confusion and the mystery bird's ...

This year’s winner depicted an acrobatic Black-capped Chickadee feasting on broad-leaf cattail seeds, but we received many more wonderful images of birds and the plants they need. We just couldn’t ...

Juncos, being a versatile backyard feeder bird, eat both millet and the sunflower seed. Black-capped chickadees pick the sunflower seed out of the mix and leave the millet behind. Suet can be easily ...