Bill Hubick Photography - Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

Above: A Carolina Chickadee at Piney Run Reservoir in Carroll Co., Maryland (10/8/2006).
Below: A Carolina Chickadee in Wicomico Co., Maryland (8/26/2007).

Below: A Carolina Chickadee on a sunflower seed run (Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, 2/9/2008).

Below: Photographed near the Nanticoke River in Wicomico Co., Maryland (10/2004).

Below: A Carolina Chickadee in Somerset Co., Maryland (10/10/10).

A Carolina Chickadee in Somerset Co., Maryland (10/10/10). Photo by Bill Hubick.

Below: A lesson in thoroughness. Is there any food at the end of this tiny twig? Maybe...

A lesson in thoroughness. Is there any food at the end of this tiny twig? Maybe... Photo by Bill Hubick.

Below: A freaky intergrade chickadee in western Washington Co., Maryland (6/4/2011). Note the messy bib, long tail, and white secondary edges that suggest Black-capped Chickadee, but the lack of white in the coverts and dirty white cheeks that are more supportive of Carolina. Its voice was intermediate in quality, tending more toward Black-capped.

A freaky intergrade chickadee in western Washington Co., Maryland (6/4/2011). Note the messy bib, long tail, and white secondary edges that suggest Black-capped Chickadee, but the lack of white in the coverts and dirty white cheeks that are more supportive of Carolina. Its voice was intermediate in quality, tending more toward Black-capped. Photo by Bill Hubick.

Similar species: Black-capped Chickadee

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