# Carolina Chickadee

[![carolina chickadee on perch.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/carolina-chickadee-on-perch.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/carolina-chickadee-on-perch.jpg)

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-an-american-kestrel-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ecf0f1;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">*A Carolina Chickadee on a photo perch* | 07/24/2022</td></tr></tbody></table>

### **Description**

The Carolina Chickee is a cute, small bird with a short, stout beak. It has white cheeks, a black crown, and a black throat.

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### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**Personal stats**</span>  


#### <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**First observation**</span>

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#### **Captured media details**

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</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Male**  
</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Female**  
</td><td style="height: 29.5px; border-width: 1px;">**Unknown**  
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</td><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle; height: 29px; border-width: 1px;">✔️</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle; height: 29px; border-width: 1px;">🎙️</td><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle; height: 29px; border-width: 1px;">  
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</td><td class="align-center" style="vertical-align: middle; height: 29px; border-width: 1px;">✔️</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### **Experiences &amp; anecdotes**

**05/11/2023** - My first exposure to this bird came when I visited New York in 2014. My friend's parents live on Long Island and we saw these birds in their backyard. Now that I live in Texas, I see them almost every time I go birding.

I usually see these birds in groups up in tree canopies. They love to sing and offer many great opportunities to record them.

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### **Captured media**

#### **Photographs**

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">**[![Carolina chickadee from below.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/carolina-chickadee-from-below.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/carolina-chickadee-from-below.jpg)**</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-an-american-kestrel--1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">A Carolina Chickadee seen from below. This is how you often spot them </span>*<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">| 03/13/2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

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<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">[![Carolina Chickadee clinging to twig.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/carolina-chickadee-clinging-to-twig.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/carolina-chickadee-clinging-to-twig.jpg)</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-a-poofed-up-kestrel-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 29px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px; background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*This chickadee clings to a long twig as it watches the garden* | 08/15/2014</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<span style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*[![carolina chickadee in front of fence.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/scaled-1680-/carolina-chickadee-in-front-of-fence.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-05/carolina-chickadee-in-front-of-fence.jpg)*</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-the-american-kestrel-1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="background-color: rgb(236, 240, 241);">*Another Carolina Chickadee resting on a log* | 08/15/2014</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### **Audio recordings**

- [**ML519464421**](https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/519464421) - 01:12 
    - This is the trademark song of the Carolina Chickadee. Four or five whistles of different pitches.

<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="392" src="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/519464421/embed" width="320"></iframe>

- [**ML517462441**](https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/517462441) - 0:34 
    - This is a much more complex version of their song and call. It's very erratic and much faster than the lazy song in the clip above.

<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="392" src="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/517462441/embed" width="320"></iframe>

- [**ML519464401**](https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/519464401) - 0:21 
    - Another version of the Carolina Chickadee's song.

<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="392" src="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/519464401/embed" width="320"></iframe>

- [**ML519464411**](https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/519464411) - 0:31 
    - Listen to the calls of the Carolina Chickadee. There are some quiet calls of a Northern Cardinal in the background.

<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="392" src="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/519464411/embed" width="320"></iframe>

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### **From my blogs**

- [Quick guide: How to edit bird song recordings](https://becausebirds.com/how-to-edit-bird-song-recordings/)
- [Birding at Medina River in San Antonio](https://becausebirds.com/birding-at-medina-river-in-san-antonio/)
- [Birding at Crescent Bend Nature Park](https://becausebirds.com/birding-at-crescent-bend-nature-park/)
- [Visualize bird songs with spectrograms](https://becausebirds.com/visualize-bird-songs-with-spectrograms/)