Photos - Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
The Boreal Chickadee pales in comparison, literally, to its well-known cousin, the Black-capped Chickadee.
Adults, pictured here, are brownish or dusky brown, with a dark cap, rufous sides and flanks, black bib, dirty white breast and central belly. They are brown-backed, with a grayish area around the ears and small whitish cheek patches.
The Boreal Chickadee is found in the great spruce forests of Canada,, stretching from Alaska to Newfoundland.
Its call is a wheezy, husky chipping sound, very unlike the clear whistled sound of a Black-capped Chickadee.
I do not have a large life species list of birds, but I'm surprised after watching birds in many places in Canada, I have never this sweet little bird to me list.
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