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Chickadee Cuteness

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I find chickadees endlessly watchable. They are so cute, friendly and smart, and are marvels of northern survival and adaptation. How these delicate-looking little birds manage to survive in -40C (-40F) is amazing, but it starts with their winter planning and storage efforts and their ability to find protected and suitable shelter.

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    1. I agree, Allan. So cute and adorable. There’s not much to them but they have amazing endurance and weather tolerance. When I see one flitting around in -40, I don’t know how they manage through the cold and the ravens.

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  4. Tiny but strong and cheeky and resilient — and with all that, totally adorable. As a small child in the Laurentians in wintertime, I loved the chickadees and blue jays because (as I remember it now, anyway) they were our only wintertime birds. I love that I still have them, here in the west.

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    1. Yes, cheeky and resilient are words that apply very well to these tough, sweet little birds. I always wonder at how they manage to survive up here in this demanding winter environment. They defy the cold and the ravenous ravens and continue on.

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    1. Agreed; they certainly are. I’m amazed by them, too. I used to see them overwintering in southern Alberta where it can drop to -40 for short periods in January and maybe February, but I was shocked to find them overwintering in the Territories. They are definitely little toughies.

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  7. When I see a chickadee, it reminds me of an old Mae West/W.C. Fields movie titled MY LITTLE CHICKADEE. Mae may have been as sexy as a sandpiper, but she wasn’t as cute as a chickadee!

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    1. I always hear W.C. Fields as well. For me, he’s inextricably linked to little birds. I remember that movie very well although I haven’t seen it for many years now. Cheers.

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