this adorable bird is a black capped chickadee...i had about ten of them in my yard and at my feeders today...(i also noticed blue jays and either a hairy or downy woodpecker, i didn't get a good enough look at the beak to figure out which it was...)
i figured since some people suggested i do a somewhat themed blog, and since i enjoy birds and bird watching, i would try to focus one of my blog entries per week on a bird of some sort...
today's bird is obviously the black capped chickadee...these birds are absolutely marvelous...they are year round residents in the freezing, snowy winters....just how does such a small bird survive such a long cold winter?...good question....it has to do with this amazing feature they have built in by God Himself...it's called "controlled hypothermia" .... these little birds will perch after feeding and will rest or fall asleep...eventually their body temperatures drop to an almost fatal level, and they will wake up, shiver and shake and puff their feathers out and bring their body temperatures back up to a healthy, more normal temperature....then they will settle in and go back to sleep...the body temperature eventually drops again, and they wake up and start the cycle all over again...
amazing, isn't it?...
chickadees are cavity nesters, usually found in a soft, rotting tree or stump ...a female chickadee will lay and incubate 6 to 8 white eggs which are finely dotted with reddish brown spots...the incubation time is 12 to 13 days....
is there anyhing else you'd like to know about the black capped chickadee?...leave a comment, and i'll try my best to find the answer for you... :-)
happy tuesday, everyone!!
-ramona anne
one good thing that happened today: definately it was seeing all the different birds at my feeder...
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