Yes, their call is quite distinctive. When I was banding birds in the Wenatche Nat'l Forest in 2003, we always saidit sounded like they were saying CHEESE - BURG - ER, because the Mountain Chick's call is a 3 noter, instead of a 4 noter. Sure are cute, feisty little buggers in th hand!

Brett A. Wolfe
Seattle, WA
gismybabe at yahoo.com


Ellen Blackstone <ellenb at 123imagine.net> wrote:
Hello, Tweetsters!

I just saw three Mountain Chickadees, working high in Douglas firs in
the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle, about 38th NE and NE 85th.

The call is quite distinctive from the Black-caps and Chestnut-backs
that we usually have.

Cheers,
Ellen Blackstone

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