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title: "All About Birds: Black-capped Chickadee"
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## Black-capped Chickadee 

## ![Blackcapped_Chickadee_on_Viburnum_Jerry_Acton_NY_2012](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-228179133.jpg)

© Jerry Acton

| ![what_they_eat](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-219239072.jpg?width=106&height=182&name=file-219239072.jpg) | **What they eat:** These birds mostly eat insects, but at feeders they prefer peanuts, sunflower seeds, and mealworms. Tube, hopper, platform, and suet cage feeders will attract Chickadees. |
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| ![how_they_sound](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-218885748.jpg?width=194&height=182&name=file-218885748.jpg "how_they_sound") | **Where they live: **Chickadees live in forests, open woods, parks, cottonwood groves, and disturbed areas. They are found coast to coast in North America, including most of Canada and the northern two thirds of the United States. |
| **![where_they_live](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-219130301.jpg?width=93&height=79&name=file-219130301.jpg "where_they_live")** | **Did you know? **The Black-Capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food to eat later, placing each item in a different spot and recalling over thousands of hiding places. |
| **![did_you_know](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-218887603.jpg?width=118&height=87&name=file-218887603.jpg)** | **How they sound:** ****Chickadees make their *chickadee-dee-dee* call using increasing numbers of *dee* notes when they are alarmed. |

 

**![sound](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-230263965.jpg?width=19&height=16&name=file-230263965.jpg) [Listen to the Black-capped Chickadee](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-232268018-mp3/Black-capped_Chickadee.mp3?hsLang=es).**

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**To learn more, visit the Cornell Lab's free website: [www.allaboutbirds.org](http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-capped_Chickadee/id).**

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