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Black-capped Chickadee Call?


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2 minutes ago, Birds are cool said:

Song Sparrow, American Robin, and domestic chickens.

(And the Eastern-screech Owl)

Huh, weird, this was in a park not too close to any houses and I think owning chickens is illegal in Philadelphia.

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2 minutes ago, Tom_ said:

Just realized I put the wrong date, this was heard April 7 not May 7.

I didn't see this until after I had posted my earlier message. In early April, Carolina Chickadee is also far commoner than Black-capped Chickadee.

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3 minutes ago, Peromyscus said:

I didn't see this until after I had posted my earlier message. In early April, Carolina Chickadee is also far commoner than Black-capped Chickadee.

I realize that, but the Black-capped Chickadee's seemed a little more abundant this year then normal and seemed to stick around a little longer in this area for whatever reason. I remember seeing them reported in Philly, Montgomery, and Bucks County relatively frequently all the way into late April and even early May somewhat.

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4 minutes ago, Tom_ said:

I realize that, but the Black-capped Chickadee's seemed a little more abundant this year then normal and seemed to stick around a little longer in this area for whatever reason. I remember seeing them reported in Philly, Montgomery, and Bucks County relatively frequently all the way into late April and even early May somewhat.

I see that on a time delimited eBird map of the species. Still, for April and May 2023 for Philadelphia County there seem to be 6 spots with Black-capped Chickadee reported, singles each time except for one spot that had 2 birds one time. Carolina Chickadees were reported from many many more eBird hotspots in the county, and many had more than one Carolina reported.

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2 hours ago, Peromyscus said:

In Philadelphia it's going to be a Carolina Chickadee in May. eBird maps & bar charts show Carolina as far and away the prevalent chickadee species in May (and indeed, year round). Bar chart for Philadelphia County: https://ebird.org/barchart?byr=2013&eyr=2023&bmo=1&emo=12&r=US-PA-101

eta: Welcome to Whatbird, Tom_

Totally forgot about that, agreed. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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