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:

  06/24/2015

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

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• Mountain Chickadee (call)

  
  

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

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  05/25/2016

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

• Mountain Chickadee (call)

  
  

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

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/10/2015

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

• 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:

  05/18/2016

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

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