black capped chickadee

Black-capped chickadees seem to love our sunflower seed feeders. These birds are a symbol of faithfulness. They hang around all year, and they mate for life...mostly. They have been known to get divorced, however. The rank of the potential mate can warrant a "trading up"! They prefer deciduous and mixed deciduous woodland, willow thickets as well as cottonwood, birch and alder trees. Their diet includes primarily insect larvae and eggs, caterpillars and spiders. They'll also eat plenty of pine, hemlock, birch, walnut, ragweed and sunflower seeds.