Interesting. As the adult approaches the nest it often vocalized a "chickadee-Dee-Dee" to announce its presence. I hear the wee-ones when I put my ear to the nest hole. I'm giving them as much privacy as they need although the adult often flies over my head coming to and fro.... And a pair of Carolina wrens has been very antsy of late coming onto the porch and coming very close to me and squaking a way... I hope they leave the chickadees be. Pete Sar
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 1:00 PM Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would guess that that is two adults Pete. We had a family nesting in a > nest box hanging from our birdfeeder tree a couple of years ago. The > parents were frantically gathering beakfuls of insects and zooming into the > box then stopping for a quick sunflower seed on their way back to hunt for > the kids’ meal. They didn’t want to take the more nutritious food for > themselves was my interpretation > > Linda > > On Jul 5, 2021, at 12:42 PM, Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Very cool. > I have a brood of chickadees who will be fledging soon. An adult has been > feverishly bringing caterpillars for days. They decided to nest in a old > decorative log on my porch that has a woodpecker hole in it. > They are wonderful company. > Pete Sar > > > On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 12:38 PM Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I’m sitting on my front porch on Muriel street listening to a young >> chickadee practicing and mimicking adult parent’s song. His song has a more >> slurry less crisp whistle to it and he’s mostly just doing the first note >> of “hey sweetie”. The adult is up on a higher branch and singing his >> complete hey sweetie clear whistled song around every fifth time the young >> one tries. And then the the young one holds the whistled tone more >> clearly and is more likely to be able to complete the phrase. He also tries >> to accompany simultaneously. Very neat. >> >> Linda Orkin >> Ithaca, NY >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> >> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
