Category Archives: chickadees, nuthatches, and allies

Scientific Name: Poecile rufescens Diet: The Chestnut-Backed Chickadee eats a variety of bugs including spiders, caterpillars, leaf hoppers, aphids, and wasps. They also eat berries and conifer seeds. Habitat: Chestnut-Backed Chickadees inhabit wet and dense Pacific rain forests where they … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Certhia americana Diet: Brown Creepers eat insects, spiders, spider eggs, and suet. They also eat some seeds, and different invertebrates. Sound: The Brown Creeper’s song and call are both highly pitched. The song is 4 to 9 clearly … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Thryomanes bewickii Sound: The Bewick’s Wren has a beautiful voice. Its song is a variation of whistles and trills sung by the male at nesting time when he uses song to defend his and his mates nesting territory. … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Psaltriparus minimus Description/field marks: Bushtits are tiny birds, and they are only about two to four 1/2 inches long.They are very plain looking. Bushtits are gray-brown all over. Female Bushtits have light cream colored eyes, and the males … Continue reading →

Scientific Name: Parus atricapillus Diet: Black-Capped Chickadees eat berries, bugs, suet, and seeds, especially sunflower seeds in feeders. Behavior: The Black-Capped Chickadee is an active, curios, and beautiful bird. You can watch them hop, jump, and scurry along in trees as … Continue reading →