About The Chestnut-backed Chickadee
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee Mating Habits
Little is known about the mating habits of chestnut-backed chickadees. So far there is no information available regarding their mating behavior or pattern for pair formation. What is known is that chestnut-backed chickadees become territorial during breeding season but otherwise freely join mixed-species flocks, especially in winter. Breeding season starts around mid-March or early April. T
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee Feeding Preferences
Chickadees get their food by foraging. They hop along tree branches and pick the surfaces and probe crevices in order to find food. Chestnut-backed chickadees are often seen hanging upside down from tree branches in order to get to the food found on the branches' underside. They like to forage in conifers and even eat conifer seeds. The main diet of a chickadees is composed mainly of insects and spiders. They also like to eat berries and conifers, as mentioned earlier. Chestnut-backed chickadees also seem to like the suet and birdseed found in bird feeders. They store food in the fall, which the retrieve and use during winter.
Interesting Facts
Although these birds are non-migratory they sometimes fly short distances in winter when their food supply gets low. They usually move to lower elevations in the same area when winter starts and move back up to higher elevations in late summer. Chestnut-backed chickadees use lots of fur and hair to make their nests. Their nests are actually 50% fur and hair. The most common hair they use comes from deer, rabbits, and coyotes. The adult chickadees also make a layer of fur about a centimeter thick which is used to cover the eggs on the nest whenever they leave the nest.
Little is known about the mating habits of chestnut-backed chickadees. So far there is no information available regarding their mating behavior or pattern for pair formation. What is known is that chestnut-backed chickadees become territorial during breeding season but otherwise freely join mixed-species flocks, especially in winter. Breeding season starts around mid-March or early April. T
The Chestnut-backed Chickadee Feeding Preferences
Chickadees get their food by foraging. They hop along tree branches and pick the surfaces and probe crevices in order to find food. Chestnut-backed chickadees are often seen hanging upside down from tree branches in order to get to the food found on the branches' underside. They like to forage in conifers and even eat conifer seeds. The main diet of a chickadees is composed mainly of insects and spiders. They also like to eat berries and conifers, as mentioned earlier. Chestnut-backed chickadees also seem to like the suet and birdseed found in bird feeders. They store food in the fall, which the retrieve and use during winter.
Interesting Facts
Although these birds are non-migratory they sometimes fly short distances in winter when their food supply gets low. They usually move to lower elevations in the same area when winter starts and move back up to higher elevations in late summer. Chestnut-backed chickadees use lots of fur and hair to make their nests. Their nests are actually 50% fur and hair. The most common hair they use comes from deer, rabbits, and coyotes. The adult chickadees also make a layer of fur about a centimeter thick which is used to cover the eggs on the nest whenever they leave the nest.