Chickadees & Titmice (Family: Paridae)

A distinctive group of feisty songbirds, chickadees and titmice are often the first to respond to "pishing" and are familiar backyard birds at feeders. In NC, Carolina Chickadees are found nearly statewide. Only at the highest ranges, roughly above 4500' - 5000' (for example in the Great Smoky Mountains and the Great Balsam Mountains), can one reliably find Black-capped Chickadees.

Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis)
Durham Co., NC
22 Jan 2006

	Carolina Chickadee (Parus carolinensis) Currituck Co., NC 6 Nov 2009

	Black-capped Chickadee (Parus atricapillus) Quebec, Canada 5 Aug 2005 Very difficult to separate from Carolina Chickadee by sight.

Back to Jeff's Bird Page | Back to Jeff's Nature Page

Created on ... February 9, 2006 | Updated on ... Nov 15, 2009 | jspippen@duke.edu