8 Black-capped Chickadee Calls EXPLAINED

In this video, I give an explanation to 8 of the many Black-capped Chickadee Calls and Sounds
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00:00:00 Intro
00:00:45 Chickadee dee dee call
00:02:37 Whistled Song
00:04:45 Broken Dee
00:05:11 Gargle Calls
00:07:08 Begging Dee
00:07:37 Tseet Call
00:08:08 High Zee Call
00:08:41 Chatter Call
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[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

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[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

the Fee Bee call has "frequency matching." I did a blog post on this on an old blog. So the group of males try to lower their fee bee call to match the frequency of the dominant male with the lowest fee bee call. ecoechoinvasives.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-convergence-of-birdsong-prosody-and.html Now studies have shown that birds, just as humans, develop a stronger left brain dominance in the timing imitation of songs, whereas right brain dominance is for the frequency learning.

[@ljcl1859]

Please could you tell me what bird was singing in the background at 9:51 , It was a high pitched long song. We had that outside our house and we didn't see who it was, and we were wondering if it was a chickadee song, but it wasn't one that you covered here.

[@Diatom1k]

Hey Lesley, may i ask where in north america you are located?

[@myrta476]

❤

[@samanthaf6482]

​@@ljcl1859 did you ever find out if it was a chickadee or not?

[@leslieb6881]

I’m a bird feeding person who attracts a large number of diverse species and am always amazed that most people know very little and could not care less about learning about our feathered friends. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us fellow birders.

[@TERESAVIALA]

I agree with the statement that most people are not in tune with our feathered friends. I also enjoy feeding my bird companions especially The Chickadee. Very vocal little dudes and dudes. What a fun bird. Thanks for your input.

[@jgedutis]

The black capped chickadee is my favorite bird. I feed them out of my hand on a daily basis. Chickadees are so cute and friendly.

[@lindanash7351]

Thank you so much for this. I discovered long ago that the two tone call at 3:14 is what we hear most in our area of IL. Many years ago, I would hear it so often it annoyed me. Then...I had a breakdown as never before. I became suicidal and had to enter a psychiatric facility. I was in for 9 days. When I came home, this chickadee call was the first thing I heard when I got out of the car. My heart filled with peace and joy. It was so full. This little bird changed my life and helped to save it. Thank you for helping me remember this special love I have for them

[@charmer438]

The healing power of nature at work.

[@CarenKH1]

I hope you’ve stayed in touch with these simple happinesses.

[@lindanash7351]

@@CarenKH1 I hope to hear them again soon.

[@jugbug7597]

I had an eerily similar experience. All my love to these birds ❤

[@eli-iw1hz]

I hope you are doing well

[@bluepool210]

0:49 Chick-a-dee 2:40 Fee-bee 4:46 Broken dee 5:12 Gargle call 7:08 Begging dee 7:38 Tseet! 8:07 High Zee 8:42 Chatter Call just for personal ref :)

[@whosedoingwhat]

Thanks for sharing!

[@coffeecup6539]

Thank you so much for all the wonderful things you taught me. I am new to birding and I am hooked!

[@firstname.lastname.1345]

In my room. Out of michaels and into mine

[@firstname.lastname.1345]

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[@loislangman9095]

This was good until it got to the broken dee and she talked the entire time and I was unable to catch what the “broken dee” sounds like, same with the gargle one, so I stopped watching. 🙁

[@choir90mom]

Love the febee sound...we tend to call them “swing set birds” because it sounds like a slightly squeaky park swing in action.

[@nthgth]

I always thought that too as a kid! I'd forgotten until I read your comment

[@lindaymohegan3529]

Omg that is so cute, and quite brilliant too. Xoxoxoxo

[@kyles312]

my mom always called them the “nelson bird” after the bully from the simpsons who’s catchphrase is “haw-haw!”

[@debradodd4810]

@@nthgth haha!! It sure sounds like a squeaking swing set ❤️

[@joannunamaker6073]

The chicks around my neighborhood really elongate the febee sound, and I think it sounds like a squeaky door.

[@JenniferGBWhiting]

When a black-capped chickadee sings his two-note descending call outside my office window, sometimes I play G6, F6 in a flute voice on my keyboard, and sometimes he answers me. Today he changed his call and flew off to a different tree. I wondered what we were talking about! I found your wonderful video and learned that his answer was a gargle call. He might have been defending his territory against my piano! Thanks for teaching us about chickadee calls!

[@bbrachman]

The one call I absolutely love is the one a chickadee makes when it wrestles a sunflower out of the feeder. It does not happen with every chickadee. Only one (I am surmising) that may not be used to the feeder. I call it a victory cheep. They grab the seed and fly off calling out their victory. It is a gleeful call. These are my most favorite and I am very protective of them. I try to create feeders that allow them free access but limit larger birds.

[@JillHarmony]

We are looking for a chickadee feeder that keeps the blue jay and bigger out. Do you have any suggestions?

[@tanyasurette4496]

Hi @@JillHarmony , I recommend a feeder from Lee Valley Tools that you can calibrate to keep out different size/weight animals: www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/garden/wildlife/bird-feeders/48756-large-squirrel-resistant-feeders I have mine set to feed finches and chickadees, and one cardinal at a time. Blue Jays tip the door closed.

[@jimmy2thymes916]

The black-capped chickadee is my hands down favorite bird. I grew up listening to them in the north woods while deer hunting. I learned to mimic their calls perfectly but had no concept of their call patterns until now. I now realize that I tend to pro-long the "dee, dee" call which is a warning call. Ugh! Love this video and hope you see my comment after 5 years.

[@HeidiSue60]

The Black Capped Chickadee is my favorite bird. I love the fee bee call best of all, and have answered them many times myself. It's fun getting in a dialogue, and I once had a chickadee follow me along while I was walking and calling back and forth with him. He flitted along among the trees while I walked along.

[@JillHarmony]

I love their little quiet chatters. When I go to feed them and reload a little feeder in the tree, they come closer with this type of chatter. It makes me feel part of the crowd and they seem happy to see me, telling others food has arrived. This happy chatter is like a thank you too. My fave birds!

[@charmer438]

So true....they do seem to be telling the others “he’s filling the feeders!”

[@audreylawrence82]

So true they seem to being saying hello & thank you, they also get pretty close. I love them !

[@sangvinaryyah]

Me: don't know what to watch KZbin:want to watch bird calls? Me: *_YES_*

[@manifestgtr]

These calls are so nostalgic for me. Cape Cod is completely filled with chickadees and when I visited my grandparents as a kid....every morning “FEEE beeee, FEE beeee”, “chickah ah ah ah ah”. These sounds bring me right back to the 90s.

[@kevindarroch7332]

These sweet small, petit animals have always brightened my heart!

[@TechOutAdam]

I see them everyday on my walks. They hang high and low all over the trees. I absolutely love them. Sometimes they build a nest outside my office window. They're truly special. So grateful for them everyday on my walks. ❤

[@leeanneferrell]

Turns out, I have been whistling for my sweetie (mostly in stores to get his attention!) The fee bee-ee song. It works! It either lets him know where I am in the store or I just need him to look up at me. This is better than yelling his name.

[@vanessaebey4849]

My husband and I use this whistle for our son. I find that whistling cuts through the noise in a room. He hears it every time. We also have a different whistle for our daughter and they know who is needed by their whistle. I started this because my dad is hard of hearing and whistling is the only way I can get his attention. I can stand a foot away and yell his name and he wouldn't hear me. When I whistle even 10 feet away in a crowded room, he would always turn to look at me. He's the one that told me out of all the noise, he hears a whistle the best.

[@tonyv8925]

That is really funny! When I am in the store, I use the Goldfinch "come here, food" call. Wife picks right up on it and other people don't even notice...thanks for sharing..

[@richardodriscoll5379]

@@tonyv8925 hope she brings you a wriggly little caterpillar!

[@Paige-Turnner]

@@tonyv8925 there's something just so sweet about that 😄

[@cg-ny9078]

That's so funny! My husband and I use whistles in stores too. There was one time when I went looking for him because I heard "our whistle" so I went toward the sound... It was another guy whisting for HIS wife! 🤦‍♀️😆

[@johnshilling2221]

One of my favorite Birds. When I was just a wee lad oh, I would sometimes choose to walk to school in the winter. Passing through a section of woods, I could sit down and start imitating some of the chickadees calls. Not quite being mobbed, but many chickadees would fly to within 5 feet of where I sat, motionless.

[@missanella]

I can not get enough of these little tiny fluffy feather babies 🥰😍🐦💛 When I get their feeders refilled I hear the *"cheek a dee"* and I interpreted that as "they are talking to me and saying thank you" 💛🐦🥰 I just saw a Townsend Warbler male for the first time ever and it took my breath away how adorable they are 🥰💕🐦🧡💙

[@wolfmangoland7972]

I love the song of the black-capped chickadee. Even during the winter months in -20 Fahrenheit, I see and hear these cute little birds happily chirp in my backyard. Thank you for posting this video.

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

You are so kind

[@jennamarynsierra]

I love the description of the fee bee as “hey sweetie!” So cute. I’ll never unhear that.

[@matthewharvey4604]

Such cute little birds! Especially their calls make them so innocent! Another great video Lesley!

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

They are super adorable. I love my little guys. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@born_again_torinos]

I have a lot of chickadees in my yard. When I hear one a couple houses over, I whistle the "fee bee" call and they reply back. Within a minute they have found me and are a few feet away on a branch. Simply adorable.

[@Sealust50]

I've got the biggest smile on my face right now. Joy in my heart just listening to this precious little bird calling out. ❤💖❤💖❤💖❤💖❤

[@mikearst2940]

Love our local black-capped chickadees. I think our favorite is the chicks' begging-for-food calls. We even wrote them a blues song for it: "Well now you sure know how to chicka/But you don't know how to dee-dee-dee..." Yeah, I know. We need a life. :-) So many of them come to the feeder that my wife renamed it to Chickadee International Heliport. But of course the jays and crows figured out how use this particular feeder, so sometimes it becomes Corvid International.

[@adriasorensen2249]

hahaha, it's ok... I'm guilty of actually having nick names for some of the birds, like nutty hatch for the nut hatch, bloop bloop for the blue jays, etc...oh, and the bushy tailed piglets is what I call the squirrels : )

[@johnshilling2221]

@@adriasorensen2249 my brother calls them tree rats. I called them chicken of the tree.

[@treewalker1070]

Hey, have you recorded the song and put it on KZbin??

[@LlethanderDrae]

I adore the Fee-Bee call. It's the one birdcall that has stood out to me having lived in BC for more than 30 years. That two tone call has, to me, at least in the early morning come to be the signal of sunrise.

[@cadendignard-campbell4578]

I have yet to nail down all the calls and variations, but I watch them almost everyday while they hang around my feeder and bird bath. There's another group that I saw- a bunch of juveniles learning how to hunt with their parents. I love love love them

[@judispackman3616]

All of those birds say "Hi Judi.. Hi Judi hi." I just love it.

[@jiminycricket2230]

My mother loved the chickadees and I've loved them since I was just a boy. I'm retired now and enjoy watching them and will start to listen for these specific calls.

[@NicholeBGoodger]

Where I grew up we had a row of large Honeysuckle bushes and they were just filled with flocks of these sweet little guys. Every morning throughout spring & summer I woke up to the sound of the feebee call, continuously throughout the morning by seemingly all of them. How very in love they must all have been

[@doreenrich3637]

My cat heard your chickadee calls and sat straight up in his bed and looked around for the birds! He lays on my desk and watches them a good share of the day.

[@nancyfahey7518]

They tell me when one of my cats are on the prowl. Then I send out the Chihuahua. No one gets hurt but the cat gets out of that tunnel vision kill mode.

[@dthtoneocons1]

Nancy, aside from the beauty of the bird world we live in, my former girlfriend had a Chihuahua-Dachshund mix, let me tell you, "Moe", was the smartest dog I have ever encountered! I'll never forget that little fella!! I was going through liver cancer at the time, and Moe made life so much better, at times he made me forget about my condition at the time. Let me reiterate, Moe made my life so happy considering an uncertain future! Thanks for sharing.

[@mattr2238]

I have a beagle that would probably kill the neighbor cats given the chance. He will also sit and sun himself while a robin does the same right next to him. I let him chase the cats because I don't really care what happens to them.

[@joehostile4541]

matt R we don’t really care what happens to you. Story was also pointless and off topic.

[@mattr2238]

@@joehostile4541 You do not represent the entire community here.

[@cathylindeboom638]

I love that you're doing this, so I'm subscribing. I love birds so much. I just need to come up with a solution to my indoor/outdoor cats. To protect birds, and of course to keep my cats safe, and from bothering neighbors. I 'm considering building a good sized outdoor cat enclosure.

[@dion1949]

All the communication that's necessary. Wish humans were like that.

[@fritzjagr5121]

LOL I watched this video outside with my camera... and all the chickadees went nuts! I live close to a large city and decided to start a huge bird feeding racket a few years ago; an entire food table, numerous hanging feeders, suet, live mealworms (I breed them for those picky insectivores!), and seed sprouts. Over time, this has attracted hundreds if not thousands of birds. I had never seen a chickadee in my life before I started doing this, and my neighbors are all enjoying it very much! It's so fun to mimic the "Chicka-DEE-DEE-DEE" call because all the chickadees get massively triggered and to sound off! I love them so much.

[@aliecarey]

I used to have a chickadee pal who would come inside my house and sit on top of a taxidermy cobras head..lol I called him little bird. He would just hang out and watch the family. Super friendly lil guy

[@jennifermedeiros4790]

You were truly blessed! ❤

[@laprietayelguero]

Wow!

[@Jax-bd1yy]

Just heard this sound outside my house in Fargo ND... have seen a lot of chickadees... then bam confirmed it here! Thanks

[@jkrause365]

I have once in awhile sat on my front porch and have mocked a black capped chickadee whistling the fee-bee call. What great fun when the bird answered back!

[@TheEpicRandomGuy99]

I love when you break down the calls of songbirds! This is a great sequel to the blue jay one you made a couple months ago! By the way, It’s crazy how much energy these small birds have. They’re always moving non-stop or fidgeting...like me in calculus class. Anyway, Great Video, Lesley! Keep up the amazing work! :)

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

Hey thanks a lot. :) Chickadees are pretty cool little birds. Very different from other birds of their size

[@joiebourisseau7623]

Rarely see chickadees featured, so infinitely grateful for this showing. From 2000-2004 lived in Colorado. Had a wonderful back deck dedicated to all sorts of birds (unless the bear reached it first). When I finished setting out the various seeds & grains in their different feeders, I then held a small amount of seed in my palm. I had to totally quiet my mind, and be very still. There was one particular chickadee who had become comfortable landing on my palm and feeding itself. It not only gave me the gift of its landing, but with the amount of LOVE pouring through its tiny feet. That was unexpected ~ and ALWAYS received with Great Gratitude.

[@stvbrsn]

There are few things in this world that bring me joy as reliably as a chickadee doing the “fee-bee.” Has been that way since I was 12. I’m 54 now.

[@joek81981]

My cat is all over this video/audio. Freaking glued to the screen.

[@joek81981]

Also, I liked the one with the apostrophe in it. The fee-b'bee one.

[@leporellothegoldfinch]

Lovely video, and well explained. A couple of years ago I started recording goldfinch vocalisations and found that domestic goldfinches learn to associate their calls with different rewards (food, drink, out-of-cage time, certain games). Interestingly, the goldfinch's warning call is also very much along the lines of "tseet" or "tsee tee". To see that chickadees have the same complexity is heartening. Makes you wonder what languages of other bird species humanity has been missing so far!

[@thegunsngloryshow2923]

The little chicka dee-dee-dee is possibly my favorite bird.

[@spark_6710]

They're absolutely adorable & so talkative !!! 😍💗💘💜🥁🐉🎤🎵🎶💞

[@JapaneseCityPopCat]

I love the famous "chick-a-dee" call, especially after I learned the number of dee's correlates to the severity of the predator. I'll have to listen more closely to these energetic cuties the next time they visit my feeders and neighborhood :).

[@rosworms]

The feebee sound! I always know the weather is gonna get better when I start hearing that.

[@taylormurray9417]

I had been searching high and low to figure out the bird that made the fee bee sound!! Thank you!!

[@dthtoneocons1]

Of all the bird voices, at the top of my list is the haunting song of the Loon. The Redwing Blackbird, the Whippoorwill, the BobWhite, the Meadow Lark, and of course the beloved Chickadee! All the above are beautiful lullabies. I'm sure I'm missing a few.

[@petarded8529]

Fee bee? More like “Hey, Petey!” I can call them in every time. So fun. They’re cool little birbs.

[@ps37see10and29]

It’s their swee-tie calls that charm me most .The notes are so pure it seems I hear them with my ears but the sounds travel via some hidden paths such that my heart hears them too . I can feel those notes within my ribcage.I can’t think of any other sound -of two notes-within the bird world which is so sweet.And they seem like one of springs signatures ,along with the calls of robins ,redwing blackbirds , the first time I hear a male finch singing for all he’s worth from the top of his favorite tree...

[@SusanWillful]

Love that, too, especially the finches and how you describe them!

[@ChipJohnson]

I hear the "gargle call" a lot when I'm refilling feeders in the morning. Interestingly, I hear the "gargle" when one of the birds is higher in a tree, and the "chick-a-dee" when they're lower. They also must not see me as a threat that much, as I may only get up to 4 "dees" when I'm outside with the feeders.

[@isabellerudolf4463]

Chickadees are very friendly and are always the first ones at the feeder. I answer their calls and I can swear they answer me back. They're certainly the most entertaining of my backyard birds. Larger flocks during winter.

[@lesnyk255]

I've actually been attacked by males during mating season! It was my own fault - they were hollering at me to get the hell away from their flock, and I very rudely refused. Then one rushed at me, flew behind me, and was hovering above the back of my head getting ready, apparently, to dive-bomb! Needless to say, I beat it out of there, chastened.....

[@Rockymtnbloom]

I do the same and exchange volleys of calls back and forth while working in the garden. I just learned in this video that the call I mimick (easiest for me to whistle) is the "youre in my territory" call. I thought it was just fun "conversation"! HaHa!

[@spartan7199]

In Texas, we got the Carolina Chickadee. I enjoying listening to their Fee-Bee-Fee-Bay songs and the faster Chick-a-dee-dee-dee calls.

[@trilliance]

Thanks for this. I have one that fee bees not far from my window, and I can do that song by whistling and he answers me. This is in the spring.

[@DrewSohl]

I love these guys.Next to Peregrin Falcons, they are my favorites.Really smart.

[@cindys9491]

Yeah. Just don't put those two species in the same area...;)

[@Kristina-bs6ph]

3:55-4:01 is my favorite -- the high-low fee-bee song. Reminds me of spring and summertime.

[@onetwothreefourlife]

Is this the one with 4 'notes' ???

[@CarolinaGirl33]

I've currently got one in my backyard that whistles six notes it's adorable and loud!

[@cherylhartley4613]

Jill E Beans hi. I was wondering about the Fee-Bee song. I often call back when they are having their competition. But I’ve also heard more “Bee’s” after the first “Fee” if that makes sense. It varies. Sometimes it’s 3 Bees, 4Bees, even 5 Bees. I’m assuming it’s the same bird song. 🤷‍♀️

[@LilyTreeArt]

The fee bee call has always been comforting for me. Brings back memories of spring walks I used to take with my mom when I was little .

[@statelyelms]

My favourite is definitely the hey-sweetie call! They only seem to sing it when it's warm out, at least relative to the normal weather, so no matter when I hear it it feels like spring has come.

[@Grizzleback07]

Chickadees are by far my favorite bird. Their calls always make me smile and ponder the little things in life.

[@raphaelpommier4304]

I've been hearing a chickadee making the 'begging dee' call around my house the past few days. I thought it was a sick adult. Nope! Just a cute little baby! Thanks for the informative video!!

[@cme1027]

Omg!! I love these little birds.. I always refer to them as a tiny sparrow in a tuxedo... they are very brave.

[@cindys9491]

Yeah! I always thought male house sparrows looked like they were wearing a tuxedo also.

[@jackiegutmann]

I love Chickadees, we have so many in British Columbia, Canada. I have a bird feeder just for the chickadees. ♥️ 🤙🏼 Every winter my chickadee comes to my yard and picks the last of my winter greens for foods to store/eat.

[@birdie701]

Thank you so much!.Last winter I hung bird houses around our (tree surrounded) upper deck, never expecting the chickadees to fill them up in spring. Your videos really helped me understand what is going on here - it's their territory, I'm a welcome visitor but stay in my lane. They let me know when the feeder is empty!. (This year I watched lots of chicks take their first flight. They're still here but on their own! Nature is wild.) So I'm watching this on my deck right now and the birds living in the houses are hearing the calls and are confused and reacting so I had to go inside! lol I love them much and hope they stay forever.

[@jmshepherd1490]

Love this video - it gives me a whole new appreciation for these wonderful and gregarious birds - we live at 8,200 feet in Colorado San Juan Mountains and feed birds during the long winters - we take the feeders down in Spring due to frequent bear visits. We have numerous chickadees here and now have a whole different perspective of appreciating these beautiful creatures. I love going out to fill the feeders and hear how excited they get.

[@heidiullrich966]

I'm so happy I stumbled upon your channel! The black capped chickadee has always been my favourite bird. When I go to a walking trail, near me, I bring black sunflower seeds and they land on my hand, shoulder or even head to eat!! Absolutely wonderful!! 🎶

[@gussaley]

Its a small reference pool but of the birds that visit our patio, I consider the chickadee to be the most graceful and brave little bird, making them my favorite. These audible observances are just another endearing feature. Thank you for sharing your findings.

[@ryleemclean8948]

I loved hearing them in the winter. They are so cute.

[@7389]

I love Chickadees. They are bold, and come to my bird feeder even if I am standing next to it. I answer them back by saying "chicka dee dee dee dee"

[@williamdejeffrio9701]

I became obsessed with finding the origin of a high frequency prolonged bird call that occurs long before dawn and long after dusk where I live. Based on my research I believe it is a black capped chickadee. I understand they are the first birds to begin calling in the morning and the last to call after sunset.

[@oc2538]

I grew up in Canada and the Fee Been song was my favourite. I would swing on my swing set and listen to them sing. This makes me homesick

[@teejay3272]

I live around Mountain Chickadees and it's interesting that their "Fee Bee" song is actually three distinct notes.High-Low-Medium. Awesome birds.

[@lyndagrandmason4392]

chickadee-dee-dee! never get to see them where i live now, but love my memories of those little black-capped cuties! thanks for your video & discussion, Lesley :)

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

They are little sweeties, aren't they?! I'm so happy you enjoyed this video, Lynda. Thanks for the comment and I hope you are having a nice labor day weekend :)

[@lyndagrandmason4392]

Lesley ~ thanks, you too :)

[@SW13333]

Hi Lesley - I like the warning call "Chicka Dee dee dee dee dee dee" warning call. I wonder if other bird species nearby know it's a predator alert. I know when Blue Jays do their alert call, other bird species fly away or become very quiet. I do not have Chickadees where I live so this is a great way for me to learn about them. Thank you so much and for all of your hard work 👍👍- Stephanie

[@johnwisnes3824]

Thank you for posting, I'm in Massachusetts and the chick a dee is our state bird.... thanks again!

[@Jack-bj5wb]

Glad I finally figured it out my favorite call they must be laughing at me when I walk around going Fee-bee lol...seem to hear them often at the bottom of a long climb on a bicycle ride lol...that call Sue carries for such a little bugger!

[@tramarherrera6685]

These are cute little birds. For some reason I haven't seen them for about a year.

[@Maikonix]

Hearing Fee bee during spring is always welcoming

[@angelhelp]

By the end of this week, we’ll have moved ourselves and 7 (indoor-only) cats 1500 miles west to northeastern South Dakota. I’ve already made a list of birds of the area and am looking forward to setting up feeders so they’ll get to know me before winter. Can’t wait! :)

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

Exciting! Have fun :)

[@margietucker1719]

I hope the move went well, and everyone is settled in.

[@JakeBarlow]

I love all their sounds. I can't stand how much I love the sounds of chickadees. It's one of my favorite things in the world.

[@SPohl-zy4rz]

I like the two tone Fee Bee call. It's so soothing to me.

[@blipblip88]

Wonderful! I've such admiration for them, and so enjoy attracting these little scamps to my feeders and heated bird baths every year! .

[@dawngreen9275]

Amazing how many calls ! I love all birds and the chickadee is one of my favorites

[@linderdono]

I had just posted an encounter between two males at the feeder. One was definitely doing the gargle call when another tried to approach the feeder. They fought in midair and one, I believe the original, returned to eat alone. Thank you for the great video and explanations.

[@anthonypassarelli5534]

I think I would often hear the fee-bee call in Washington, but it always sounded like it was in a minor key and always had this haunting charm to it and was always well timed.

[@Maria-db1lq]

Yesterday in my backyard, I heard the chickadee fee-bee call. Thank you!

[@hollywilde5428]

I’ve never paid attention to birds before! Never too late to start.

[@samantharumak1704]

Love hearing these birds in the mornings around 8 am all year.

[@helenhighwater5313]

I love these little birds. They are the first to sound off when I fill the feeders and also the most fearless, venturing close even when I'm still nearby.

[@georgepelekoudis]

Fascinating! These little guys are adorable, and tough, sticking around for the winter. I’ve heard all these vocalizations but never understood what they meant. I’m going to keep my ears open for the high pitched one, that makes them stand still. Thanks for the vid!

[@ZasraFREE]

Thank you for making this, I was able to discover which bird species I was just whistling back and forth, flirting with a male black headed chickadee!

[@Justme77400]

Amazing video!! I hear the chickadees' calls mostly in the fall when it gets cool out, although that may be because I have everything open once the heat is over and I open up my house to the nice cool weather (that I'm looking so forward to right now). Every time I see a chickadee I think of WC Fields saying, "My little chickadee". LOL!!

[@rejoyce57]

I've been hearing the Black-Capped Chickadee for years here in Central Utah, but had no idea what it was, until your video, thank you! I always thought of the Fee Bee sound as "Seeee Sawww", because the notes and sounds reminds me of an old nursery-rhyme song I sang as a child: "See saw, marjory daw, Johnny shall have a new master..."

[@Alli_Sea]

Hi Lesley, Loved this video! I always wondered about the "added D's"!!! As a young girl, I had a family dog named Phoebe. So of course I likened it to sounding like "Here...Phoe-be!". My goodness the babies are SO cute begging for food! Little balls of fuzzy feathers ☺ 💕😚💕 Alli

[@enjoynature2827]

I love Chickadees, such complex calls, thanks for enlightening me!

[@russelder9743]

I love these little birds, a few years ago I had one eat out of my hand.........felt like I was in Heaven.........as usual I learned a lot from your video. I like the danger call where it can add with the amount of danger........incredible.......good job on this video

[@lesnyk255]

Yes, you can train them quite quickly to take food from your hand, especially if you've hung out a feeder. After they've gotten used to the feeder, go out on a very cold day and block it with your arm, offering food in your hand instead. It'll take a few minutes, but once they're desperate enough to overcome their fear they'll take the food - and once they start, they very quickly come back for 2nds & 3rds. I've had them land and stay there for several seconds, browsing for the choicest sunflower seed.

[@enjoynature2827]

I like the chick a dee call, I always recognize it and now I know how it relates to predators, thanks for expanding my understanding of Bird Language!

[@WalkingScriptureWithShanna]

I have two flocks of Chickadees on our property who I feed and talk to. I often get the “Fee-Bee Song” when I walk out the door ❤️

[@organtunes]

Terrific video, Lesley. When I lived in the Ohio Valley, I treasured these little birds. We moved to SoCAL in 1978 & there are none in our area. That's a minus for living out here! So, I must rely on your videos to fulfill & satisfy my "Chick-a-dee-ee" fix. Thank you for another great educational & entertaining video. :)

[@LesleytheBirdNerd]

Aww you must miss them. As you said though, at least you get to see them in my videos. ❤

[@OrbitalSnapshots2455]

My favorite bird!

[@billm4560]

Thanks for all the information on this beautiful little bird! I love to watch them at the feeder! Thanks Lesley for sharing !

[@shrinkquit]

Lesley, you are fabulous! We love your informative and fun videos. Your voice is soothing. Go bird lovers go!

[@senatorjosephmccarthy2720]

These birds have came to me, in small groups, while I was bow deer hunting, and dressed in camouflage including face cover, two different times. They've perched within 3 or 4 feet, beeping and looking at me. This in cool weather before I had fed any birds at the feeder. It seemed they were saying "Hi!, we know it's you, from the brown house". Real buddies.