Nature Notes: Recounting the remarkable chickadee
The black-capped chickadee, like this one, is a favorite at our bird feeders, but few know they have an amazing memory and help warn animals when predators are nearby. (photo by Bill Hobbs)
Published December 22. 2020 7:53AM
Bill Hobbs, Special to The Times
Talented is an adjective not typically used to describe a bird. But, in my book, the little black-capped chickadee has this gift and much more.
For instance, black-capped chickadees have been observed stashing tiny morsels of food in hundreds, if not thousands of locations, like tree bark crevices, and during the lean winter months, retrieving almost all of them.