10 Black-capped Chickadee Calls and Sounds That Help Identify the Bird

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In this video are the calls and songs of the Black-capped Chickadee with no narration
Timestamps for Black-capped Chickadee calls and sounds
00:00 Intro
00:04 Chick-a-dee
00:27 Tseet
00:51 Fee-bee
01:13 High Zee
01:37 Gargle
02:01 Broken Dee
02:28 Faint Fee-bee
02:57 Hiss
03:23 Squawk
03:45 Begging Dee
🟢The Chick-a-dee Call / Song
Where Chickadees got their name. Males and females use it, which can be heard all throughout the year, especially in fall and winter. There are 4 main uses, to alert to the presence of predators, to keep in contact or locate one another, to communicate about a food source, and for coordinating group movement.
🟢Tseet Call
If you want to locate these darling birds, this is the one important call to take note of. Made Year-round by both sexes, this sound is used almost constantly. Used mainly as a way to signal the caller’s location to other members of a flock who are very nearby, also used in encounters with individuals they don’t know.
🟢High zee Alarm
Used when they see a Raptor quickly flying by in high pursuit or is in attack mode. A really high-pitched call that can vary depending on the type of predator detected, and how dangerous the threat could be. When this call is given which is mostly by males all the other chickadees immediately stop everything they are doing and remain motionless until they hear a chickadee call letting them know all is clear. Even other species of birds understand this cal.
🟢Fee Bee Song
It is mainly produced by males and can be heard throughout the year but more so in late winter and especially during Spring. Often the Fee bee song is referred to as the “hey sweetie” which fits perfectly since one of the reasons males sing it is to charm a female, also described as sounding like cheeseeee-burger. Used to signal aggression to other males, defend a territory, and attract and arouse females.
🟢The Gargle Song / Call
This call is an aggressive, vocalization that lasts just half a second in total. it is complex and varies a lot. They are given by males and are associated with dominance establishment and territory defense.
The gargle vocalization is easily heard from the middle of winter into Spring and again in Fall. Gargles can also be given in a sexual context, sometimes during a male's dawn chorus performance; these Gargles are not associated with aggression but are often associated with copulation.
🟢Broken dee Call
The broken dee can only be heard during the breeding season. It sounds similar to a baby chickadee, however, it is much different and if you hear it then you know you have yourself a female since it is only females who make it. They begin using it once the nest cavity has been completed and through early incubation.
If the male is nearby, the calls are often accompanied by Wing Quivering and usually elicit feeding by the male.
🟢Faint Feebee Call
This call is very much like the Feebee song but is always much lower in amplitude. This call is given by both males and females during the breeding season, and usually near the nest. Often when the male arrives at the nest with food he uses this faint feebee to let his mate know he is there. The female also uses it when inside the nest to alert her nestlings to feeding time. As babies near fledging, it is used again by the male, as a way to encourage the young to leave the nest.
🟢Hiss Alarm
This call is only heard inside the nest or other enclosed small spaces and is used typically by an incubating female when she is startled especially by an intruder trying to get inside. This is widespread among the Paridaefamily and has been given the name, Snake display. Chickadees do this in order to hopefully scare any intruders away.
🟢Squawk Call
Another call only heard in the nest is associated with parental Provisioning by either sex. The purpose is to stimulate the nestings to open their mouths for feeding.
🟢Begging Dee Call
Only heard during late spring and throughout summer this call is made by the adorable fledglings to obtain food from their parents as well as to let their parents know where they are. Honestly, unless they are napping there is rarely a moment when they aren't making this begging call.
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[@judd442009]

These amazing birds and their vibrant calls are permanently imprinted on the minds of anyone who has heard them.

[@darlene9154]

They are the cutest, sweetest little birds ever!

[@Terri_Stauffer]

What an assortment of vocals they have, I just love them. I don’t get many visits to feeder at this time of year but I certainly hear them in the woods every morning. I left the caterpillars on my trees for them and they must be feasting as the number of caterpillars is decreasing. I was told my trees will be defoliated if I don’t treat but I refused as birds need them to feed their young. So I lose a few leaves it’s acceptable to me.

[@BrettVano]

You’re the best! I hope more people will continue to do as you have. Caterpillars and insects generally are critically important to bird populations. Bird feeders alone won’t sustain future generations. If that subject interests you I would recommend looking into native plants to your area (if you haven’t already) that you can add to your garden. Also please consider checking out Doug Tallamy here on KZbin. He gives great perspective and also points out, as you just said, that caterpillars won’t defoliate your plants. Additionally Home Grown National Park, and NWF Plant Finder are great resources. Sorry if you already knew all that. I just wanna make sure the helpful people know the possibilities!

[@Terri_Stauffer]

@@BrettVano thank you for info, have to check out home grown national park and NFW plant finder. Have watched a few Doug Tallamy videos, wealth of knowledge. Been trying to plant more natives too, so enjoyed seeing the birds eating the seeds from plants last winter.

[@isawicame4579]

You don't own the tree.

[@LadyYoop]

I love this. I used to live where I kept 50 lb bags of sunflower seed in a metal garbage can, and I fed everything.....and I mean, everything. One day, a chickadee landed on a gloved hand....I said "How you doing today baby?".....and it hopped up on my shoulder...looked me in the eye, yipped at me and flew off. That'll make for an awesome day!

[@tumbleweed57]

I love these little birds! They have such a big voice for their small bodies. And are adorable.

[@wlieu12]

Look into a chickadee's eyes: there is intelligence, wit, and love inside.

[@gettingold59]

Such a sweet and lovable little guys

[@geriawright1292]

Song birds are nature's medicine for all that ails humanity!🥰

[@conniewojahn6445]

Played this for my kitties. The lazy buggers actually woke up!

[@celestinaanderson3979]

Omg they are the cutest lil fuzz balls! I love the sound of the Fee-bee....its iconic💙💙💙

[@dsc4178]

Yes, our chickadees do all those, lets you know they're there!

[@cattailer1077]

The vibration of sound is such a wonderful gift to all life🤗

[@judd442009]

Interesting! I never heard the chickadee hiss before.

[@ginafriend1690]

They have a large vocabulary ! 😊

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

I wish I was able to get them all (16)

[@ginafriend1690]

@@LesleytheBirdNerd Wow! Impressive!

[@roehrc]

All my cats came RUNNING when I started playing this! They’re looking out the window behind me trying to find the birds, lol

[@melissalove7828]

😂

[@Shevock]

Such diverse music.

[@kennyl4186]

Your camera work is great! The Fee-Bee has a third note sometimes, sounds like three blind mice tune. Fascinating little birds! Thanks Lesley!

[@melissalove7828]

So I'm sitting outside listening to your awesome video,and decide to crank the volume up. All of sudden I had a bunch of chickadees flying really close around me. One of them sat on the rail of my chair facing me and started chatting away at the sounds. ❤️

[@joseenoel8093]

Yay Lesley rescuing our Sat night also!

[@MHarenArt]

These have to be the cutest little birds ever! Love this video! Your photography has gotten so good, great close ups and sound captures!!

[@macshall5741]

Your photography is simply stunning! Topped by engaging informative commentary. Bringing the majesty and sublime beauty of these wonderful creatures in a crafty show acted by nature and directed by you, so take a bow Lesley! BIG thank you!

[@hanfin9698]

True, well said!

[@kathythompson8123]

Sadly, I don't get chickadees where I am now. I know they live close by, just not in my neighborhood, and I miss having them around. I have goldfinches that discovered my yard, that come by several times a day, and I have a resident pair of cardinals that have been bringing 3 babies with them the last few days. They often perch on top of the fence at the back of the property and wait for food from mum and dad, which is awesome to watch. But I miss those little chickadees, always the sweetest little feathered friends!

[@jadelynn1703]

I can say the only one I haven't heard yet is the hiss! They are so darned cute

[@dwaynemcallister7231]

I recall the sound of this bird from 1965/66/67 when i was 3 or 4 years old and I always wondered what bird is that? it brings me back to the first time i heard the sound in spring.

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

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[@GuantanamoBayBarbie2]

I shared your channel via social media. Thanks so much for these great video!

[@zeenohaquo7970]

💚 Love Chickadees, 4ever 💚 🕊️

[@floydmorrison2025]

I miss these calls & songs soooo much! Here in CT, the Chickadees are abundant at my feeders during the Fall/Winter, but seem to transition away from a seed diet during the Spring/Summer. Same with the Tufted Titmice. Still get a few, but not a ton. I guess the cool trade-off is the awesome warm weather breeding birds I get to see. I have 2 pairs (male & female) of Rose Breasted Grosbeaks who park themselves on my feeders daily, chomping away on peanuts & sunflower seeds, totally oblivious to the Finches & Cardinals that keep trying to barge in on them. It's so cute and hilarious! Great video, Leslie!

[@maikerumine]

I had 2 chickadees on THIS phone with your video!!! Tyty

[@christinedehm7313]

Just love these little guys! Thanks for sharing this beautiful video! Great camera work! Looking forward to seeing how many little ones are in the nest on my deck! Mom and Dad have been busy! I saw the slow weaving back and forth and making themselves look BIG whenever any creatures try to come up on the deck (especially chipmunks - the parents are not fans!). 😊❤️

[@keyinadreese7536]

Hi ❤️The black capped 🐥chickadee 🐥 he has a different sound I think I Can identify he’s 🎵 song beautiful 🤩

[@redschafer7804]

sadly I'm too far south to get to hear these guys but they do sound a lot like the Carolina chickadees that live around my house. thank you for such an informative video

[@TheBradster420]

a bunch showed up looking all crazy when I played this 😂

[@samcampbell1351]

Ok these are the little birds with the nest in the tree outside my bedroom window!

[@andrewgamertv372ndchannela5]

They are beautiful

[@dlghenderson2837]

Along with the call of the mourning dove, these tiny birds have provided the familiar ambient sounds of my entire life, no matter where I have lived in the US.

[@fosferus]

i'm not really a birder, but i do love learning about the local population i hear and see around my house. these little guys are my favorite for reasons i can't quite place. i think the runner up is the eastern bluebird, they have really interesting calls.

[@GunnyKeith]

Love the chickadees.

[@cattc6946]

I always know spring is near when I hear the tweets of these birds, so I finally looked up what they are called. I love them! Thank you for such an informative and interesting video!

[@josephgarrison7424]

LOVE THAT SOUND OR SHOULD I SAY SONG,,,CUTEST BIRD,,,NEXT TO THE HOUSE WREN,,,GREAT VIDEO ☆☆☆☆☆

[@froast574]

I heard the begging dee in the trees by my house and recognized it from this video. That's a baby chickadee! So glad they are nesting nearby and had success

[@BayleyBengal]

Amazing putting all these together! They're my favourite bird this will help me find them thanks!

[@cherrycordial4180]

I have watched all your chickadee videos a few times over and have always wondered why I've never been able to hear the fee-bee call and was actually surprised to hear they even made this sound. Chickadees are a favoured regular visitor so I couldn't have missed it. It bugged me enough that I eventually looked it up. Turns out Chestnut-backed chickadees (in BC) don't make that sound. So I wasn't missing it. Or rather I am now because it sounds so cute in the videos. :)

[@randallbruursema7553]

birds of a feather flock together

[@AniFam]

They are sooo cute and lovely~💞 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗

[@nancywhite2014]

My cat 🐈,Apollo Gold, was entranced with the video 😻

[@debrachase3131]

My favorites are both "Fee-Bee"s and the Gargle or "Tweedle-Err" as I call it. I love them, so much.

[@lynncanada1915]

Broken dee new to me...have these guys all year, will listen more, have a bunch of different types. This helps.

[@GunnyKeith]

Thanks Lesley, always enjoy your videos. Well done.

[@fliegeroh]

Lovely little bird

[@kathym6603]

Thank you for the fantastic video. 🪶

[@desertfox3860]

I have these little guys year round!

[@mary.comedy.cat.]

The nature is amazing with all this beautiful birds♡♡♡

[@drewmesiano7602]

I believe these little fellas have the most complex language in the wild. I call em fritto..bandito!

[@VoltronStarlight]

Something I noticed that the fee bee call varies in pitch or octave for the individual chickadees it is very interesting and sweet birbs

[@Tipperary757]

Such a repertoire. Thank you.

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

You showed me that we may have more chickadees on our farm than I saw.

[@Famjules79]

I had one stash a peanut in my ear today. They are very impatient when it comes to refilling the feeders lol

[@brycecollins7550]

I love these birds. Before this video I called them Swing song birds, because the "Fee bee" call sounds like an old swing set to me.

[@sloaneglover1026]

I love these, I hope it becomes a series! Thank you for sharing these creature conversations 😁💕🐦

[@barbarawren4731]

Wow! They make a lot of different sounds…all beautiful!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Love this. The sounds that birds make is sweet music. Cheers! ✌️

[@christinemcleod5499]

They are so cute! I hear them all the time!

[@johnnyhalf6558]

Thanks " Lesley 👍

[@kwiknkleen]

I never knew that so many of the bird sounds I hear are from Chickadees. They are so cute. Thanks for your video.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

In my neck of the woods the chickadees get chased to higher ground. It’s too warm here now. Water, food and shelter are available from trees, lawns and irrigation. I think they dislike the noise of all the humanity around.

[@SafetyMentalst]

Bird in the tree sings chickadee Over an over again near to me Louder an louder I could not see A Chickadee above me in a tree Maybe it's not but one but three

[@user-yc1qn6im5k]

Dr. Seuss

[@shereenorth7261]

Drives the cats craaaazy!

[@melissalove7828]

😂

[@mikebaginy8731]

What an enjoyable video of those sweet little guys. Thanks Lesley!

[@mjinfl967]

Love them💖 Thank you.

[@cindybills677]

Thanks for this video! It really helps me to listen, so I can tell which birds are which even when I can't see them. I'm surrounded by woods, meadows, and ponds, so I get a large variety of birds to my area. Black capped chickadees are one of my most favorite!

[@lesliebarnard1997]

This is wonderful and so well made. 😊thank you for making these videos 🎉❤

[@sonja437]

Thank you, I appreciate learning these bird calls.

[@Duben-ym5vi]

The hiss and banging of the head against the wall reminds me of my wife! lol

[@sandyaw3057]

Thank you for all the work you put into this wonderful video..and for sharing it with us! Black-capped chickadees have always been my favorite bird, they are so precious to me. I can’t wait until they show up every year.

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

You are so welcome!

[@yourenough3]

Love the little sounds , thanks Leslie 🌷🌷🌞

[@differentontuesdays101]

So cute!!!

[@GratefulDeb270]

Delightful! Ty!

[@tk423b]

I saw two separate chickadees hover like hummingbirds this week to check something out. I dunno this bird is fighting for first place.

[@MindGameArcade]

best channel on youtube love it

[@carolm.5880]

🥰love this bird & all the vocals ❣️and I did not know they could have 6!!!

[@asfasdfadf9820]

Wonderful vid

[@tinaboennemann9805]

Lately when i Go out and listen, I truly Wish I was a bird

[@DiamondCutter423]

Very cool.

[@christinasieber5433]

Great video, thanks! All of the (indoor) cats are clustered around me as I listen.

[@hermanforbid2514]

Good singing 👏👏

[@johnlord8337]

(Bronx chickadees) Yo ! Chicka Dee-Dee-dee !

[@briarrose]

Been trying to learn the different songs of birds and there are so many sounds that birds share like the Tseet one. Makes it so hard 😭

[@barryshafer]

Thank you, Lesley!!! So many of these songs are the same as the Carolina Chickadee. Could you maybe compare the songs and sounds between the two similar birds??? Thank you, in advance!!! ❤❤❤😊

[@vazatimo3000]

Hi Lesley the bird nerd how are you today? I just came across your channel. Its pretty interesting. I'm gonna watch some more of your videos sir.

[@tymesho]

Bet folks don't realize how often they hear a Meadowlark, catch it! (Smooch to ya' Les...)

[@marianaovalle6205]

Thank you Leslie 🥰 I used to live where there were so many chicadees and here where I live now I don’t see or hear any! I am living in Ashland, Oregon. I wonder if there are any here? Do you know? Thank you for your beautiful post with all their types of calls 🎶🎶🎶I loved it!

[@cherigreen4471]

This was great and film clips were fabulous! Great job! 🥰

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@micahbirdlover8152]

@@LesleytheBirdNerd I really enjoyed it ☺️

[@micahbirdlover8152]

@@LesleytheBirdNerd lovely Birds🥰

[@micahbirdlover8152]

@@LesleytheBirdNerd I like the broken dee☺️

[@micahbirdlover8152]

@@LesleytheBirdNerd did I hear a Crow in the video

[@iluvcake2614]

how do you get such good footage?! its outstanding!!

[@locksbog4270]

Great one Nerd! 👍✌️😃❤️

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

Thank you 😁

[@micahbirdlover8152]

@@LesleytheBirdNerd thank you Lesley ☺️

[@micahbirdlover8152]

@@LesleytheBirdNerd your welcome ☺️

[@CDNShuffle]

i know one thats friends with a sparrow they come by for peanuts

[@tylerwinkle323]

Just realized they are actually 2-3 times faster than humans wrt reaction times. If thats so, then it makes sense why their vocal communications are so fast. We learned to pack information into a single, often multisyllabic word. Birds, even the highly communicative and intelligent chicadees have to make do with much smaller brains, so they put less information into each sound but repeat them for different meanings. Plus, it helps to stick to the basics in communications when predators are a constant threat. P.s. Slow to .25 speed for a glimpse into how dinosaurs talked back in the day!

[@lynncanada1915]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@idasavoie1803]

I love the chickadees! Also can someone tell me if it’s okay that the Blue Jays in my yard eat the cat’s food? They love the treats like temptation too.

[@isawicame4579]

02:40 Cheeeeeeeeeese burger

[@rimonagale1625]

❤️💜❤️