Mountain Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee calls from a ponderosa pine tree.

NPS Photo / Rachel Ames

Size: 4-5.5”
Description: Gray overall with a black head, white cheeks, and prominent white-gray eyebrows.
Migratory Status: Year-round residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Live in spruce-fir and other coniferous forests as well as aspen forests to 11,000 feet.
Diet: Eat mostly insects in the summer and seeds in the winter.

 

• Mountain Chickadee (call)

  
  

  Mountain Chickadee call recorded on the Cub Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Mountain Chickadee (call)

  
  

  Mountain Chickadee call recorded in Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Mountain Chickadee (call)

  
  

  Mountain Chickadee call recorded on the Gem Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Mountain Chickadee (call)

  
  

  Mountain Chickadee call recorded on the Fern Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Mountain Chickadee (call)

  
  

  Mountain Chickadee call recorded on the Hollowell Park Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that an American Robin and Ruby-crowned Kinglet can also be heard in the recording.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Mountain Chickadee (song)

  
  

  Mountain Chickadee song recorded in Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that a White-breasted Nuthatch, Wilson's Snipe, Lincoln's Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco, Vesper Sparrow and Broad-tailed Hummingbird can be heard in the background.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020