A black-capped chickadee flaps its wings at Paul Lake, Kamloops.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Doug Giles
January 09, 2024 - 6:00 PM
Residents in Kamloops and the Okanagan are seeing busy little chickadees flitting around feeders and snacking on suet, and the songbirds can be fun to watch and hear.
The birds don’t migrate in the colder months, they cache food, roost in cavities and go into a regulated hypothermia to survive, and they have to eat their own body weight in food every day.
BC is home to four types of the busy little birds: black-capped, chestnut-backed, mountain and boreal, according to Bird Advisors. The birds are known for their distinctive song that sounds like 'fee-bee.'
Photographers have captured the birds on camera which seems like a tricky thing to do as chickadees are always on the move looking for food.
If you snapped some photos of chickadees this winter and want to share, send them to news@infonews.ca.
A mountain chickadee stands on a snowy branch in Paul Lake.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Doug Giles
A mountain chickadee is perched on a limb in Logan Lake.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Loeki Vanderwal
This mountain chickadee was spotted with peanut butter in its mouth in Logan Lake.
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This mountain chickadee must have cold feet, standing in snow in Clinton.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Amanda Nelson
A black-capped chickadee rests on a twig on a sunny November day in Sorrento.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Rick Kwitkoski
Mountain chickadee, Paul Lake.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/ Doug Giles
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