This chickadee eats insects found among twigs and foliage, and also berries and
tree seeds. Its nest is a hole excavated in a rotting tree branch, or an old
woodpecker hole, filled with leaves, hair, and feathers. Its name comes from its
call note: chicka-dee-dee-dee. Its song is a whistling
fee-bee.
Sighted at the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve (a lush, well-watered
preserve 3 miles [4.8 kilometers] north of Cerro Bonanza, near La Ciénega.)
Black-capped Chickadee, Mountain Chickadee - TRANSIENT & WINTER
Juniper Titmouse - SUMMER
Bushtit - ALL YEAR
Sighted at the Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve (an isolated high
mountain group -- 7,000 to 9,000 feet [2,133.6 to 2,743.2 meters]
elevation -- eight miles [12.9 kilometers] south of Cerrillos.)
Bush tit - May '02, summer '02
Mountain chickadee - May '02, Apr '03
Juniper Titmouse - Apr '03
Bushtit, Mountain Chickadee, Juniper Titmouse - as of '04
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