Their upperparts and tail are gray, with white below and pale buff sides and flanks. Click here for their Song. Both the male and the female will excavate a five to six inch deep hole in soft wood, five to six feet above the ground, or nest in a natural cavity. The bottom of the cavity is lined with moss, hair, fur, feathers, and milkweed down. Carolina chickadees lay five to eight oval-shaped eggs.
Eggs are white and evenly spotted with reddish brown.
Songs courtesy of John Sauer and Greg Gough.