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Loved it and my favorite call has to be the "hey sweetie" ! When i hear that in the morning with a cup of coffee its heaven! Such a peaceful sound for me. Thank you for sharing the rest of their calls. I've learned so much!
I always hear the chickadee-dee-dee by the feeders. Always thought they were feeling threatened by something, but it, in fact, was a food alert! How cute.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Aw, shucks. Fanks, Noofy.🤗 I'm an old boy and have (so far and somehow) surmounted & prevailed against all damages, damnations & dangers. With such well wishes from a fellow Nerd, I'm assured to come through on the sunny side of it all.😉👍🏻
Yay! Aren't Scarlet Tanagers lovely?! Such bright & beautiful birds. Saw my first one as a teenager & thought my eyes were playing tricks on me...had never seen such a brightly colored bird in Utah, USA.
I love these little guys and gals! Pretty cool that the number of "dees" in the "chickadee" call is significant. Almost like a ship's horn. My favorite is the "cheeeeeseburger!" call 😉
Definitely my favorite year-around yard bird. Such great personalities and comical nature, Ive had more close interactions with these birds than any other. No matter if its while sitting in a tree stand or even hunting off the ground, they are so inquisitive and trusting when you are sitting still. Ive had them land on my arrow shaft, my bow limbs, my knee, my gun barrel, my boot and my hands, and once even on the bill of my hat. It bent right over and looked me in the eye, inches away, and I think it laughed at me. I treasure that memory as one of my alltime top 3 Things That Happened While In The Woods list. Great vid Lesley, thanks again..
I have one that keeps coming in my house when the balcony door is open, it's been in 4 times, it finds its way back out no problem when I encourage it to because I have (had) an old cat. I'm suprised at how comfortable it seems to be with coming in doors.
I've been using the “faint phoebe” whistle to call my dogs and cats for years. Never realized until this video I probably got it from hearing all the chickadees around.
I'm so happy that chickadees came back from the West Nile Virus. That disease nearly wiped out chickadee, blue jay, robins, black birds, crows, cardinals, and many others. When I hear a chickadee singing it brings me to tears of joy! I've often bought sunflower seeds and hand fed these wonderful birds. They WILL land on my hand.
We have a twin species here in the western Florida panhandle (the Carolina Chickadee). The call I usually don't hear from them is the "Fee-bee". These cute little birds are also plenty common here.
I have heard the begging dee a lot in the last week as the young ones follow their parents from tree to tree in our yard. They are so much fun to watch. Thank you for this video. I love Chickadees.
👍T4S @LesleytheBirdNerd - Your videos always manage to increase my appreciation of birds I have been (at least casually) appreciating pretty much my entire life. 𓅿 Black-capped chickadees in particular are one of the most common birds in my area, but I never realized they made quite so many various and complex vocalizations. 𓅿 Personally, my favorite one is the 'fee bee' (which I have heard many, many times before, but never realized was a chickadee call until watching this video). I find it really sonorous, and it always reminds me of sunny, spring days.
Some of my observations: if they are saying hi to you, possibly when you are hand feeding, they will tend to make the more high pitched tseet sound. Maybe they think of you as friend or possibly part of the flock? The other things is, they will make a single flat dee sound if they are either impatient or annoyed at something. It can also be used as a greeting, but more of a "hurry up and refill the feeder" type of greeting. Anybody else notice these sounds or have other observations to share?
Chickadees are some of my favorite birds (they are just so cute and so sweet), and it's always such a joy to see your videos on them! Thank you so much for sharing your love of chickadees with us.
I love the chickadee-dee-dee-dee call. They give it to me sometimes because I am a Godzilla in their eyes. I also love the faint Fee-bee. I once chickadee frozen for 15 minutes with a seed in its mouth on our Sandcherry, because of a Raptor threat. It was incredible. They are so tiny and still, in those moments of threat, that even on a leafless tree or shrub, you wouldn't see them unless you look for them.
LOVE THEM! Well, we get both here in MD but mostly Carolina chickadees where I am in Southern MD. They are so similar it doesn’t make much difference to me which, love them both. Two pairs nested in 2 of my nest boxes (interesting story on how and what boxes they chose) and one set fledged last weekend. The other is prob gonna be ready in another 3-5 days. So glad they both made it. My blue birds lost 4 babies to hypothermia on Mother’s Day due to 48 hours of nonstop rain and a severe drop in temp despite my best efforts. I cried all day. They are trying again tho, started laying yesterday morning. Thank you for your wonderful videos. 🥰
Love the Chickadees Been feeding and watching them for 55 yrs at our home . Our 5 kiddos and 12 grand children are birders too . Always sharing photos back and forth . We're so blessed as a family off 29 😱Yipes !
The Carolina Chickadees in our yard use the "Chicka-Dee" and "Tseet" calls in a chorus when it's bath time. These adorable and quite social visitors to our Live Oaks are always busy. So I imagine a big 'Ahh' when I see them sitting in the bird bathes up to their tiny chests.
I do hear them, mostly the fee bee song. I recently read about their calls and songs on nature-mentor. I'm glad to have them in abundance ❤️ Thanks Lesley! Enjoy your weekend
I just wanted to thank you for this video! I have had a lit of Black Capoed Chickadees this spring, and this video helped me understand what they were saying. Turns out, they are using a birdhouse that I have on my balcony this year! They kept doing their alert call as they were coming back to their nest to feed their babies. 😊
Lesley----I love these little guys....only bird I ever got to land in my hand and eat from it....gosh did I love it.....I never realized how many calls they have...hiss sounds like a snake....heck it would scare me lol.......Lesley I hope you know how important these videos are and the calming sound of your voice as well as the bird songs gives us....God Bless you and stay safe
I’ve been hearing the faint fee-bee in my yard. It’s actually quite loud. I’ve been wondering which bird was making it, because we have many species. This is wonderful to know it’s the chickadee, one of my two favourite birds!
Love the faint Phoebe!! Who knew this is the call my parents used to find each other & us kids when shopping in a store or other locales. Dad was a beautiful strong whistler as our family is American by way of the Canary Islands (canyon whistling). Love this video. Thanks 👍 from California 😎 Maggie
I was always super attracted to these bird calls and took me a lifetime to figure out which birds were making that to note song. Through my childhood, I called them philosopher birds, because in those two notes there seem to be so much being said. I am now 50 years old And know what those are called I am even getting a Tattoo with one of these birds on it. I like bird calls, but haven’t been so attracted to the sound of a bird as this one. I bought a plush toy that has the two note sound. It makes an actual recording if you squeeze it. I am obsessed with these birds. And they will always be philosopher birds to me ha ha ha. I didn’t know those other calls Chicka DDDD was also the same bird so that is pretty cool too. I absolutely loved this video saved. Thanks for all the info.
You get amazing, beautiful footage..I'm in Montana and currently have a Chickadee nesting in the front yard birdhouse and I have nuthatches nesting in a birdhouse I put up on the back yard..It's been awesome watching these lovely creatures..thanks for all the videos and info you share with all of us--I've really learned alot from you!
I love chickadees! They are sometimes the bravest! Certainly entertaining! My favorite sounds are the chick-a-dee-dee & fee bee. My mother's favorite bird as well. She adored them. Her name was Phoebe!!! 😊
I have an azalea outside my office window which is often populated by chickadees, nuthatches and a few other birds. When buds appear, they are here every day. As the azalea begins to flower, there are fewer each day. Then they are back if alls and through winter. Due to my business, I'm living right in town. For many years, I lived in the woods and spent a lot of time wandering in the deep woods. chickadees have always been my favorite birdcall because they are so relaxing as in 8:35 in the video. There was a nest under the deck outside my bedroom and I could hear them. This is a really nice video and, I'll s'cribe.
Fantastic bits of information. I love seeing Chickadees around, and I had no idea they had specific sounds to warn of raptors, although I have seen birds freeze in place just when one flys by on more than one occasion.
Too much cuteness in one video! I think for a favorite I would have to pick the standard Chicka dee dee dee! Just the idea that the added Dees are a way to be really emphatic with the BE ON THE ALERT significance. That's adorablle. Did anyone else notice the Faint Fee Bee sounds like people did when they called out "yoo hoo!" to other people to get their attention?? Did humans pick this up from the birds?
Liked and shared! I've learned so much more about my all time favorite bird! Was able to watch a mama and her babies last year as she was feeding them up and down our huge Norway spruces. Thank you again for educating us even more!
Chickadees are so darn charming! I wish they were in my area. Right now I have a scrub jay fledgling squawking outside my front door. Not nearly as melodic. Great video, Lesley! 💗🐦
I love them. We see them everyday at the bird feeders we have for wild birds. They are friendly and sing constantly. Thank you for the informative video.
Fascinating and so informative. I had no idea they had so many different calls for different purposes. Found the Faint Fee bee especially interesting since it is used by both sexes and serves many purposes for the parents. Also very interesting to learn about the High Zee and that other bird species understand its meaning too.
🥰🐦thank you. I feel so worried when I hear the predatory alarm but it is good to know they have a way of communicating to others that danger is near. Such incredible birds. ❤
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I agree! Alarm calls always worry me!! One day there was a cute female American Goldfinch sitting on my feeder. I didn’t notice it at first, and as I got closer to take the feeder down and fill it, I noticed that she was just frozen, sitting there, and didn’t fly away, I also noticed there were no other bird sounds happening (which is unusual). I stepped back to give her space, looked up, and there was a hawk eyeing her! When I moved, it startled the hawk and it flew away. She waited a good five minutes before she finally flew away too! It could’ve gone very differently for her had I not appeared at that exact moment!
I have alawys liked the chickadee dee dee song the best. Probably because this is the one I am most familiar with and because it reminds me of my dad who died a few years ago. He loved chickadees and always had a host of feeders. Great video as usual Lesley 👌 👍 ❤️🕊
Living in Reno NV we are glad to see and hear these cuties! Brave and loving to come so close and eager bathers in our fountain about 4 feet away from the patio table. Wish they stayed around longer as I remember we only see them in spring and fall...only guessing where they're off to next...Thanks Lesley!
I have a birdhouse with a chickadee family being raised right outside my window, I watched a previous video of yours that chronicled the nesting process and it is so helpful,. Babies will be fledging soon!
I love the feint fee bee! Lesley, this is beautiful video showing the Chickadee so close up we can see the individual tiny fluffy feathers and their eyes. Also I'm amazed at how detailed the analysis is of each call is.. The who, what, when, how and why each call is made! Fascinating and so pleasing. Thankyou!
That's wonderful. They truly are a great example of language. I can only imagine how much more is hidden in their calls that we haven't discovered yet.
Great information! Thanks for this fun and interesting dive into the world of chickadee communication. I’ve heard people describe the “faint fee-bee” song as “cheese bur-ger”. I prefer to describe it as “hey swee-tie” - but the 3rd syllable is not always discernible. I’m listening to chickadee chatter in my yard as I write this comment - how appropriate!
I agree, I love it being described as "hey sweetie" too 🙂🐦 I love that as you watched you had chickadees chattering outside 🥰 thank you for checking out the video. Have great new week ahead. Oh I heard a ovenbird the other day. Nice to see them returning
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Loved it and my favorite call has to be the "hey sweetie" ! When i hear that in the morning with a cup of coffee its heaven! Such a peaceful sound for me. Thank you for sharing the rest of their calls. I've learned so much!
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@@carm787 it is such a sweet little bird song. I'm so happy that you enjoyed learning about their calls in this video. 🐦🙂
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Chickadees are probably the most adorable birds around. Thanks, Lesley!
You can say that again! The fact they are so tiny yet incredibly smart and very social just makes them the cutest 🥰❤️
Definitely the most inquisitive!
So adorable!
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I never hear zeet😔
@@LesleytheBirdNerd and floofy :3
I always hear the chickadee-dee-dee by the feeders. Always thought they were feeling threatened by something, but it, in fact, was a food alert! How cute.
As long as it's just a couple added dees to the end of their call it's likely something to do with food or things like that :) They are adorable 🥰❤️
Four to five dee's indicate food (5) or food bringer (4). Just something I observed whenever they see me bringing them food.
I like the “faint phoebe” best; I always feel like they’re calling out, “yoo hoo”! Such friendly neighbors.
Haha yes, that fits perfectly 😄 Yoo hoo, hey friend, hey-yo!
A chickadee landed on me while I was just standing there, thinking about my roses! First time! WOW!
I love these types of videos that give us all the variations of vocalization of each specie, it helps recognize the chatter.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I agree, certainly is nice to recognize them 🥰❤️
Chickadees sure are happy birds, to me.
I'm quite pleased to announce that I just yesterday saw my season's first Scarlet Tanager.😍
Oh wow now that's something 🥰❤️
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It was a blessing to me, in this time of personal turmoil.💞😍💞
@@nicksweeney5176 Aww I hope whatever is going on that it soon passes and everything works out well for you. Take care ❤️
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Aw, shucks. Fanks, Noofy.🤗
I'm an old boy and have (so far and somehow) surmounted & prevailed against all damages, damnations & dangers.
With such well wishes from a fellow Nerd, I'm assured to come through on the sunny side of it all.😉👍🏻
Yay! Aren't Scarlet Tanagers lovely?! Such bright & beautiful birds. Saw my first one as a teenager & thought my eyes were playing tricks on me...had never seen such a brightly colored bird in Utah, USA.
I love these little guys and gals!
Pretty cool that the number of "dees" in the "chickadee" call is significant. Almost like a ship's horn.
My favorite is the "cheeeeeseburger!" call 😉
Definitely my favorite year-around yard bird. Such great personalities and comical nature, Ive had more close interactions with these birds than any other. No matter if its while sitting in a tree stand or even hunting off the ground, they are so inquisitive and trusting when you are sitting still.
Ive had them land on my arrow shaft, my bow limbs, my knee, my gun barrel, my boot and my hands, and once even on the bill of my hat. It bent right over and looked me in the eye, inches away, and I think it laughed at me. I treasure that memory as one of my alltime top 3 Things That Happened While In The Woods list. Great vid Lesley, thanks again..
I have one that keeps coming in my house when the balcony door is open, it's been in 4 times, it finds its way back out no problem when I encourage it to because I have (had) an old cat. I'm suprised at how comfortable it seems to be with coming in doors.
I loved your stories of the chickadees landing on you 😀 I'm amazed in Leslie's video how they eat out of her hands. Friendly sweet little bird!
@@loriwatkinson6425 : Thanks, they truly are some of my favorite moments in nature. I have a Monarch butterfly story thats pretty cool, too.
@@repetemyname842 I'd love to hear the Monarch story! I'm a big fan of those beauties 😍
I've been using the “faint phoebe” whistle to call my dogs and cats for years. Never realized until this video I probably got it from hearing all the chickadees around.
I'm so happy that chickadees came back from the West Nile Virus. That disease nearly wiped out chickadee, blue jay, robins, black birds, crows, cardinals, and many others. When I hear a chickadee singing it brings me to tears of joy! I've often bought sunflower seeds and hand fed these wonderful birds. They WILL land on my hand.
We have a twin species here in the western Florida panhandle (the Carolina Chickadee). The call I usually don't hear from them is the "Fee-bee". These cute little birds are also plenty common here.
The hey sweetie call is so cute.
I have heard the begging dee a lot in the last week as the young ones follow their parents from tree to tree in our yard. They are so much fun to watch. Thank you for this video. I love Chickadees.
👍T4S @LesleytheBirdNerd - Your videos always manage to increase my appreciation of birds I have been (at least casually) appreciating pretty much my entire life.
𓅿 Black-capped chickadees in particular are one of the most common birds in my area, but I never realized they made quite so many various and complex vocalizations.
𓅿 Personally, my favorite one is the 'fee bee' (which I have heard many, many times before, but never realized was a chickadee call until watching this video). I find it really sonorous, and it always reminds me of sunny, spring days.
Wow, I had no idea that they hissed! Thanks for another great video Lesley!
My fav call is the "fee bee" because it also sounds like "Tra-cee" which makes me think of my daughter, Tracey 😁
Some of my observations: if they are saying hi to you, possibly when you are hand feeding, they will tend to make the more high pitched tseet sound. Maybe they think of you as friend or possibly part of the flock?
The other things is, they will make a single flat dee sound if they are either impatient or annoyed at something. It can also be used as a greeting, but more of a "hurry up and refill the feeder" type of greeting.
Anybody else notice these sounds or have other observations to share?
I can't pick a favorite chick a dee sound...their all so sweet🥰
Chickadees are some of my favorite birds (they are just so cute and so sweet), and it's always such a joy to see your videos on them! Thank you so much for sharing your love of chickadees with us.
You're very welcome 🥰
Love it! Thanks so much!
The hiss is my favorite....They are chatty little birds!!
I love the chickadee-dee-dee-dee call. They give it to me sometimes because I am a Godzilla in their eyes. I also love the faint Fee-bee.
I once chickadee frozen for 15 minutes with a seed in its mouth on our Sandcherry, because of a Raptor threat. It was incredible. They are so tiny and still, in those moments of threat, that even on a leafless tree or shrub, you wouldn't see them unless you look for them.
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I love Chickadees, Every time I see them here in FL. It always makes me smile 😊
LOVE THEM! Well, we get both here in MD but mostly Carolina chickadees where I am in Southern MD. They are so similar it doesn’t make much difference to me which, love them both. Two pairs nested in 2 of my nest boxes (interesting story on how and what boxes they chose) and one set fledged last weekend. The other is prob gonna be ready in another 3-5 days. So glad they both made it. My blue birds lost 4 babies to hypothermia on Mother’s Day due to 48 hours of nonstop rain and a severe drop in temp despite my best efforts. I cried all day. They are trying again tho, started laying yesterday morning. Thank you for your wonderful videos. 🥰
This is pretty incredible - they really are so smart! The snake display is kind of shocking coming from something so cute :) Thanks for the video!
I love their songs in the winter …!
Love the Chickadees
Been feeding and watching them for 55 yrs at our home . Our 5 kiddos and 12 grand children are birders too . Always sharing photos back and forth . We're so blessed
as a family off 29 😱Yipes !
Hahaha begging baby birds are just so cute. It’s my favourite call in any species.
I love the "hey sweetie" call. I heard them all over my neighborhood this spring.
The Carolina Chickadees in our yard use the "Chicka-Dee" and "Tseet" calls in a chorus when it's bath time.
These adorable and quite social visitors to our Live Oaks are always busy.
So I imagine a big 'Ahh' when I see them sitting in the bird bathes up to their tiny chests.
so cute I love all birds💕💕
They are cute~
It’s sooo pleasant to see backyard birds~💞
Thank you for sharing this video~🤗
I love them so much, their songs bring tears to my eyes when I hear them sing. They are so beautiful
The Faint Fee-Bee reminds me of Nelson Muntz of The Simpsons saying "Ha-ha!"
This is how the forest should sound and dearly thank you, Lesley, for translating all for me. Know I know better.
I do hear them, mostly the fee bee song. I recently read about their calls and songs on nature-mentor. I'm glad to have them in abundance ❤️ Thanks Lesley! Enjoy your weekend
Nature Mentor is a great site, it has helped me understand chickadees better. ❤️ You enjoy your weekend too 🥰
@@LesleytheBirdNerd thanks 👍
My favorite little bird!! I love every time they sing ❤️
I love the begging dee. Honestly the first three syllables sound like, "feed me please"!
I have a family of these birds, love the singing
Thoroughly enjoyed this video, Lesley! Thank you for providing such valuable, informative videos. Chickadee vocalizations never fail to make me smile.
Wonderful! I'm so happy you enjoyed this video. 🥰❤️ Hard not to smile when hearing those little darlings 🤗
@@LesleytheBirdNerd cute little darlings 🥰
@@LesleytheBirdNerd are Carolina chickadees related to tits🤔
I just wanted to thank you for this video! I have had a lit of Black Capoed Chickadees this spring, and this video helped me understand what they were saying. Turns out, they are using a birdhouse that I have on my balcony this year! They kept doing their alert call as they were coming back to their nest to feed their babies. 😊
I recently heard one chickadee call described as the "cheeseburger" call. !Made me smile.
These are my favourite birds. We feed them all the time and some are brave enough to now feed in our hands. Thank you for the wonderful videos
Lesley----I love these little guys....only bird I ever got to land in my hand and eat from it....gosh did I love it.....I never realized how many calls they have...hiss sounds like a snake....heck it would scare me lol.......Lesley I hope you know how important these videos are and the calming sound of your voice as well as the bird songs gives us....God Bless you and stay safe
I’ve been hearing the faint fee-bee in my yard. It’s actually quite loud. I’ve been wondering which bird was making it, because we have many species. This is wonderful to know it’s the chickadee, one of my two favourite birds!
I like the fee-bee call, as it reminds me that spring is coming. The chick-a-dee call is also very nice to hear.
Perfect long weekend video. Well done as always and informative to the point of breaking my old brain
Yea hey! Not a bad video for this beautiful long weekend. 🥰❤️
I know I've heard this all my 58 years of life. I admit I'm not s bird expert but really appreciate & respect them and all bird/animals.🤗🥰
As usual, a wonderful video from my premier bird lover!!! ❤
"HEY SWEETIE! (it's spring!). Let's meet!"
That's what i think of when i hear that call!!
🥰 you're so sweet, I'm glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Love these little birds!!! They are so friendly!!
Yes they are 🥰
Will you make a video about how you trained your birds to land on your hand and catch food that you toss to them?
Chickadees are my favorite bird and my favorite call is the cheeseburger call. I sure love them and all the cute calls they make!
Love the faint Phoebe!! Who knew this is the call my parents used to find each other & us kids when shopping in a store or other locales. Dad was a beautiful strong whistler as our family is American by way of the Canary Islands (canyon whistling). Love this video. Thanks 👍 from California 😎 Maggie
I was always super attracted to these bird calls and took me a lifetime to figure out which birds were making that to note song. Through my childhood, I called them philosopher birds, because in those two notes there seem to be so much being said. I am now 50 years old And know what those are called I am even getting a Tattoo with one of these birds on it. I like bird calls, but haven’t been so attracted to the sound of a bird as this one. I bought a plush toy that has the two note sound. It makes an actual recording if you squeeze it. I am obsessed with these birds. And they will always be philosopher birds to me ha ha ha. I didn’t know those other calls Chicka DDDD was also the same bird so that is pretty cool too. I absolutely loved this video saved. Thanks for all the info.
I love how you pay attention to the detail
Thank you so much 🐦🥰
You get amazing, beautiful footage..I'm in Montana and currently have a Chickadee nesting in the front yard birdhouse and I have nuthatches nesting in a birdhouse I put up on the back yard..It's been awesome watching these lovely creatures..thanks for all the videos and info you share with all of us--I've really learned alot from you!
I remember hearing the call of the babies. So sweet.
Chickadees are one of my all time fav birds and a fav of my daughter as well ❤
Some are very subtle differences! The faint fee-bee for instance. Fascinating, unparalleled, as well as is the videography!
Love the hey sweetie, after a long snowy winter, I know spring is just around the corner.
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Thank you for the kind comment, Aaron :)
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I love chickadees! They are sometimes the bravest! Certainly entertaining! My favorite sounds are the chick-a-dee-dee & fee bee. My mother's favorite bird as well. She adored them. Her name was Phoebe!!! 😊
That's so sweet about your mom being named, Phoebe and her favorite bird being chickadees, which sing a phoebe song. Love that 🥰
I love these birdies. The Fee-bee call is my favorite. So cute💙
I have an azalea outside my office window which is often populated by chickadees, nuthatches and a few other birds.
When buds appear, they are here every day. As the azalea begins to flower, there are fewer each day.
Then they are back if alls and through winter.
Due to my business, I'm living right in town.
For many years, I lived in the woods and spent a lot of time wandering in the deep woods. chickadees have always been my favorite birdcall because they are so relaxing as in 8:35 in the video.
There was a nest under the deck outside my bedroom and I could hear them.
This is a really nice video and, I'll s'cribe.
Thanks Lesley!! I have Chickadees visiting my yard year long. Their beautiful high pitched singing always makes me stop to listen for a bit.
Hello from Iowa! Phoebe has been my favorite since childhood and always will be.
I like the "Hey sweetie". Very common bird here in the Inland PNW.
Fantastic bits of information. I love seeing Chickadees around, and I had no idea they had specific sounds to warn of raptors, although I have seen birds freeze in place just when one flys by on more than one occasion.
Too much cuteness in one video! I think for a favorite I would have to pick the standard Chicka dee dee dee! Just the idea that the added Dees are a way to be really emphatic with the BE ON THE ALERT significance. That's adorablle. Did anyone else notice the Faint Fee Bee sounds like people did when they called out "yoo hoo!" to other people to get their attention?? Did humans pick this up from the birds?
The faint phe be call of the black-capped chickadee is my favorite. 🐤
The way you narrate makes love even the scariest creature .these little balls of feathers are overly adorable. Sooooooooooo kyute♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Liked and shared! I've learned so much more about my all time favorite bird! Was able to watch a mama and her babies last year as she was feeding them up and down our huge Norway spruces. Thank you again for educating us even more!
You are welcome and thank you so much for sharing the video. So sweet about you getting to witness the parents feeding their babies 🥰
Lesley, these bird song videos make me want to write music based on the songs and calls. Inspirational!
Chickadees are so darn charming! I wish they were in my area. Right now I have a scrub jay fledgling squawking outside my front door. Not nearly as melodic. Great video, Lesley! 💗🐦
Such a pleasant-sounding outdoor song.
My favorite is the faint fee-bee. I hear this in my neighborhood in the mornings
My favorite is the tseet call because that's what Minerva does when she visits me on the balcony for walnuts and it's soo cute!
I love them. We see them everyday at the bird feeders we have for wild birds. They are friendly and sing constantly. Thank you for the informative video.
Fascinating and so informative. I had no idea they had so many different calls for different purposes. Found the Faint Fee bee especially interesting since it is used by both sexes and serves many purposes for the parents. Also very interesting to learn about the High Zee and that other bird species understand its meaning too.
Oh, my! Love this video, Lesley!! All the calls are interesting, and a welcome sound (except the "predator" one!)! Thank you for sharing!🥰
🥰🐦thank you. I feel so worried when I hear the predatory alarm but it is good to know they have a way of communicating to others that danger is near. Such incredible birds. ❤
@@LesleytheBirdNerd I agree! Alarm calls always worry me!! One day there was a cute female American Goldfinch sitting on my feeder. I didn’t notice it at first, and as I got closer to take the feeder down and fill it, I noticed that she was just frozen, sitting there, and didn’t fly away, I also noticed there were no other bird sounds happening (which is unusual). I stepped back to give her space, looked up, and there was a hawk eyeing her! When I moved, it startled the hawk and it flew away. She waited a good five minutes before she finally flew away too! It could’ve gone very differently for her had I not appeared at that exact moment!
I love the faint feebee sound. Thank you for this very informative video!
You are so welcome!
Such cute birds 🐥 ❤️ nice footage!
Loved this all together living bravely, Lesley, wonderful ❤ the MIGHTY CHICKADEES !
Thanks so much
I have alawys liked the chickadee dee dee song the best. Probably because this is the one I am most familiar with and because it reminds me of my dad who died a few years ago. He loved chickadees and always had a host of feeders. Great video as usual Lesley 👌 👍 ❤️🕊
Delightful video!
Many thanks!
I absolutely love their songs!
Great job. Had them in Wisconsin all the time.
Mom had a birdfeeder outside the kitchen window. Fun to watch.
My favourite bird.❤️
I’ve heard these calls so many times and now I know who’s talking! Thanks so much😊💕
My favorite is the "Hey, sweety!"
Living in Reno NV we are glad to see and hear these cuties! Brave and loving to come so close and eager bathers in our fountain about 4 feet away from the patio table. Wish they stayed around longer as I remember we only see them in spring and fall...only guessing where they're off to next...Thanks Lesley!
I have a birdhouse with a chickadee family being raised right outside my window, I watched a previous video of yours that chronicled the nesting process and it is so helpful,. Babies will be fledging soon!
I love both the dee dee dee and the fee bee!!! Thank you for this video!!
Nice 👍 video . Thanks 🙏!!! My 3 cats 🐈⬛ become so alert 🚨 from the sounds of this bird 🐦 on the video .
I love the feint fee bee! Lesley, this is beautiful video showing the Chickadee so close up we can see the individual tiny fluffy feathers and their eyes. Also I'm amazed at how detailed the analysis is of each call is.. The who, what, when, how and why each call is made! Fascinating and so pleasing. Thankyou!
Thank you 🙂🐦 it really is something for how intricate their sweet calls are. ❤
Love the Phoebe song. Hearing lots of it right about now!
I used chickadees as an example of how birds use language in a group I'm in that studies language.
That's wonderful. They truly are a great example of language. I can only imagine how much more is hidden in their calls that we haven't discovered yet.
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Agree 💯. Unfortunately the group holds the belief that only humans have language. 🙄
@@lesliemoiseauthor Haha! Us silly humans 🙄
@@LesleytheBirdNerd Again, 💯 agree!
Great information! Thanks for this fun and interesting dive into the world of chickadee communication. I’ve heard people describe the “faint fee-bee” song as “cheese bur-ger”. I prefer to describe it as “hey swee-tie” - but the 3rd syllable is not always discernible. I’m listening to chickadee chatter in my yard as I write this comment - how appropriate!
I agree, I love it being described as "hey sweetie" too 🙂🐦 I love that as you watched you had chickadees chattering outside 🥰 thank you for checking out the video. Have great new week ahead. Oh I heard a ovenbird the other day. Nice to see them returning