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Carolina
Chickadee
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Poecile
Species: carolinensis
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La. passer sparrow, small bird
La. forma form, kind, species
La. parum too little
La. parus titmouse, tomtit
Gr. poecile painted
La. carolinensis for the
Carolina Colonies
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Four inches or a little longer. Top of head and throat black. Sides
of head and neck white. White underside. Gray wings, back and tail. |
Inhabits forests, groves, and other wooded
areas near ponds, marshes, and swamps and on farms and in towns throughout the
southeastern U.S. from Kansas to New Jersey in the North to the Gulf States from Texas to
Florida.
Builds nests of fine grass, feathers and hair usually in abandon or
natural cavities or excavates its own in older trees or bird houses from within reach up
to fifteen feet.
Lays six to eight white eggs which hatch after about two weeks incubation and young
leave the nest after about another two or three weeks.
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Forages for insects, their eggs and larva, seeds and fruit in small flocks with
nuthatches and titmice and Black-capped Chickadees where their ranges overlap. |
R. Bruce Horsfall |
The Carolina Chickadee birdhouse plans (same as for
Nuthatches,
Titmice,
Downy
Woodpecker and other Chickadees)
has a 4" by 4" floor, 9" inside ceiling, 1 1/4" diameter entrance hole located
7" above the floor and ventilation openings. |
Assembled with corrosion resistant screws fit to pre-drilled countersunk
pilot holes. Hinged roof is secured with shutter hooks for easy access.
Mount nest box on a tree trunk or hang from a limb from chest level to just out
of reach, higher only if necessary. Because Chickadees commonly nest in natural
or abandon cavities, or excavate their own cavities, a few chips on the nest box
floor are fitting. Remove the nest after the brood rearing seasons are over.
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Carolina Chickadee Nestbox
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