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The Boreal Chickadee is a brown-capped chickadee, similar the Black-capped species. They are found in the Algonquin Highlands, rarely spotted south of this region. They have a brown crown and back, white cheeks, a black throat, and a dull white underside. Their narrow wing feathers are slightly edged with white. They produce a similar “chick-a-dee-dee” song, but it is more nasal sounding.
Inhabiting mature black spruce forest in large bogs, the Boreal Chickadee spends its time creeping through the dense foliage like a mouse. This makes them much harder to spot, even remaining under cover in the spruce trees, rarely venturing to the branch tips. Here they remain all year round, including the winter season. In the late summer and early fall, when there is plenty of caterpillars and seeds, the Boreal Chickadee stores food for the winter among the needles and under the bark of branches, making sure they are above snow level.
Nests are made from plant down, feathers, and moss, and placed in a natural tree cavity, usually only a few feet from the ground. Females lay 5 to 7 white eggs, each lightly speckled with red-brown.
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BOREAL CHICKADEE
Parus hudsonicus
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