Although the mountain chickadee is the black-capped’s closest relative, the Carolina chickadee likely will cause the most trouble, especially in late spring and summer when the black-capped’s ...

However, there is another creature with incredible memorization skills-black-capped ... chickadees hiding seeds all over the arena. Every time a bird stashed food at a site, its hippocampus lit up ...

Learn all about the chickadee birds. There are seven different species of chickadees in the U.S. All of them have snazzy dark caps and black bibs. Black-capped ... and have an up-close encounter ...

A fledgling black capped chickadee. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...

It turned out to be a black-capped ... “puny” chickadee. The problem is that the birds are so similar in appearance and so free in their movements around the landscape that they are seen once or twice ...

Black-capped chickadees exhibit remarkable episodic memory, recalling thousands of food caches hidden throughout their territory, which is vital for winter survival. Mountain chickadees have ...