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Boreal Chickadee discovered by Marcel Roy (#457)
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Observed: January 7, 2011 @ 1:00 PM Posted on: January 7, 2011 @ 12:47 PM (diff: 0 days) Comments: Adults are 12.5–14.5 cm long with a weight of 7–12.4 g. They have grey-brown upperparts with a brown cap and greyish wings and tail; their face is mainly grey with white on the sides. Their underparts are white with brown on the flanks and a black throat. They have a short dark bill, short wings and a long notched tail. These birds forage on conifer branches or probe into the bark, eating mainly eat insects and seeds, which may be stored for later use. They often forage in small flocks including other small birds, especially in winter.
The call is a husky tsik-a-dee-dee, a variant on the call which gives chickadees their name.
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