TDJenkins Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Carolina of black-capped? And what distinguishes them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) What’s the location, please? That’s the easiest way to tell them apart. Edited December 13, 2022 by Charlie Spencer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDJenkins Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 Sorry - southern NJ shore, yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Cochrane Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 I would like to see better views of the wings before calling this bird but leaning Carolina 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Southern NJ is Carolina, northern is Black-capped. Anywhere south of Sandy Hook BCCH is exceeding rarer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDJenkins Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 Another shot... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Carolina for me. Wings have much less white edging on the coverts. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Black-capped Chickadees have: - pretty noticeable white-edged coverts, secondaries, & tertials; the white part kind of looks like an upside down hockey stick at a distance - a raggedly edge to the black bib, especially at the lower corners on each side - completely bright white cheek (if you look at a CACH, you’ll notice that the back part of the cheek starts turning light gray) - brighter pink/peach sides & flanks that contrast with the whiter belly & breast Carolina for me based off these reasons. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 7 hours ago, TDJenkins said: Sorry - southern NJ shore, yesterday. It should be a Carolina then 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim W Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 https://feederwatch.org/learn/tricky-bird-ids/black-capped-chickadee-and-carolina-chickadee/ There is a table at the bottom of the page that lays out the differences that @Birds are cool listed. The nice thing is, if you click any row of the table, it opens up and shows comparison pics of that specific feature. One cautionary note: Your bird has a lot of color on its underparts which favors Black-capped (or more likely a hybrid). But pay attention to the fine print. This field mark may not apply in the northeastern part of Carolina's range (they show more color in the northeast). The northeastern part of Carolina's range includes southern NJ (and my hometown in SE PA). You should be below the Black-capped/Carolina integrade range which is further north in NJ. Calling it Carolina Chickadee (versus a hybrid) seems pretty safe. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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