Chickadee House
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(Siberian Titmouse, Siberian Tit, Alaska Chickadee, Gray-headed Chickadee)
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paridae
Genus: Poecile
Species: cinctus
La. passer sparrow, small bird
La. forma form, kind, species
La. parum too little
La. parus titmouse, tomtit
Gr. poecile painted
La. cinctus encircled, wreathed |
Nests and Eggs of North American Birds
Oliver Davie, 1898
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| Large Chickadee, about five inches long.
Brown crown and nape. Sooty black throat. White sides of the head and neck widening to the
back of the neck. Dusty brownish gray back, wings and tail. Light gray underside.
Similar to Boreal and Black-capped Chickadees. Inhabits coniferous and mixed forests
year around in Arctic areas of eastern Siberia, Scandinavia, Canada, and central and
northern Alaska. |
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Builds nests of grass, plant down and wool or hair in
abandoned and natural cavities of trees and stumps from near the ground up to twenty feet
in forests near streams. Lays six to ten, more or less, white, sometimes speckled eggs
which hatch after about two weeks incubation and young leave the nest in about another
three weeks.
Eats insects, seeds and fruit. |
| The Siberian
Chickadee nest box (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. Year around resident. Rare. Popular with birders.
Mount nest box on a tree trunk or hang from a limb from chest level to just out of
reach, higher only if necessary. Place a few chips on the nest box floor. Remove the nest
after the brood rearing season is over.
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