Chickadees are quick and agile, and will hang upside-down to feed. Unlike finches, chickadees do not linger at feeders, choosing instead to eat their seed from a high branch. Carolina chickadees make their nests in the cavities of trees and in artificial nest boxes, which they line with grasses, feathers, fur and thistledown. The female lays 6 to 8 speckled, reddish brown eggs that will hatch in 11 to 12 days. The young are ready to leave the nest within two weeks.
Pairs remain together throughout the year.
More Interviews with Experts Visit these websites for more information USGS website with photos and scientific data on the Carolina Chickadee. Checklist of scientific names of chickadees and titmice. A drawing of a chickadee. Site with lots of links to webpages featuring chickadee-related items and information.