{"id":461,"date":"2018-11-28T13:46:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T18:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=461"},"modified":"2018-11-28T13:46:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T18:46:49","slug":"chickadee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2018\/11\/28\/chickadee\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane\u2019s Deck of Birds: Black-capped Chickadee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I just had to write about these curious little birds this week as I feel they were my personal assistants while putting out some seasonal evergreens on the deck.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_0849.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-463\" width=\"590\" height=\"787\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo Credits- Jane Paradis<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chickadees are friendly birds who will visit many types of feeders including hoppers, peanut feeders, suet and platform feeders.&nbsp; They enjoy a variety of seeds, particularly black oil sunflower, sunflower hearts, peanuts, and suet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2665.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-466\" width=\"202\" height=\"270\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Chickadees will also use a nesting box. I was fortunate enough to have a pair use my birdhouse this past spring.&nbsp; They line the house with moss, different grasses, and rabbit fur.&nbsp; When I cleaned it out this fall I was amazed by how soft it was. They will also use roosting pockets in the winter taking shelter from high winds and snow.&nbsp; Always make sure the opening is facing away from prevailing winds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/img_2613.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-465\" width=\"231\" height=\"324\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Chickadees are permanent residents to be enjoyed all year. Their range expands from Alaska, throughout all of Canada and down to northern portions of the United States.\u00a0 They reside in woodlands, gardens, parks, and cities. You will recognize their call, \u2018chick-a-dee-dee-dee\u2019 as it sounds like their name.\u00a0 Their mating call is a drawn-out feee-beee which drops in pitch on the second note.\u00a0 This call can sometimes be mistaken for the Phoebe\u2019s song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>An interesting fact<\/strong> &#8211; Chickadees are the Provincial Bird of New Brunswick!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Audio:<\/em><\/strong> Chickadee Call\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/chickadee-call.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>@Urban Nature Store we have a different variety of feeders, seeds, jewelry, outdoor equipment and holiday gifts for all nature lovers and for all ages. <\/em><br><em>Bird of the week &#8211; Black-Capped Chickadee &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbannaturestore.ca\/search.php?search_query=chickadee&amp;section=product\">check out chickadee  products<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\" class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Author &#8211; Jane Paradis<br>Editor &#8211; Daniel Oommen <\/em><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just had to write about these curious little birds this week as I feel they were my personal assistants while putting out some seasonal evergreens on the deck.&nbsp; Chickadees are friendly birds who will visit many types of feeders including hoppers, peanut feeders, suet and platform feeders.&nbsp; They enjoy a variety of seeds, particularly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-janes-deck-of-birds","category-uns-birding-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}