The post Why Female Chickadees Leave Their Mates for Smarter Birds appeared first on A-Z Animals. A fascinating new study has revealed that female chickadees are very fussy when it comes to selecting ...

Female chickadees living in monogamous mating systems will proactively seek out males that have better cognitive skills than their nest mate, according to new findings. The research, published in ...

How many female birds can you count? Can you tell male from female birds? Some are easy, some are tricky, some are nearly impossible. Red-winged blackbirds and redstarts are easy to tell apart, but ...

“I took a picture of a chickadee that visits my backyard every day. She loves sunflower seeds and can feed all day in the summer or winter,” says Birds & Blooms reader John Pizniur of Red Deer, ...

Mountain chickadees in Boulder have evolved a different tune to avoid getting mixed up with their cousins, according to a new CU Boulder-led study published Oct. 9 in the Journal of Evolutionary ...