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Black-capped Chicadee Click on picture to hear bird sounds.	Bird Name: Black-capped Chicadee
	Field Marks: The Black-capped Chicadee is smaller than a sparrow and very chatty. It wears a black cap and bib. Its cheeks are white. Look for a long, narrow, gray tail.
	Feeder Food: Sunflower seed, suet
	Natural Food: Insects, insect eggs and larvae, spiders, seeds, small berries
	Behavior: The Black-capped Chicadee is acrobatic. It hangs upside down from branches and moves quickly from one tree or shrub to another in its search of food. It may take a seed from your feeder, fly away to eat it elsewhere and then come back for more. It is a friendly, inquisitive bird, often seen in family groups. Song: chick-a-dee-dee-dee call or fee-bee-bee

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Sources:

Alden, Peter and Brian Cassie, National Audubon Society Feild Guide To New England, New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1998.

Dawe, Neil and Karen, The Bird Book, New York: Workman Publishing, 1988.

Elliott, Lang, Know Your Bird Sounds (cassette), Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, Inc., 1994.

Forbush, Edward Howe, Birds of Massachusetts, Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Press, 1929.

Reed, Chester R., Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

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