Carolina Chickadee Sounds

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Life History
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Sounds

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West Virginia, May 05, 1999Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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West Virginia, March 31, 2020Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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Maryland, May 13, 2020Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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Florida, December 23, 2019Recorded by Chris Chappell | Macaulay Library
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Maryland, May 13, 2020Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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New Jersey, April 07, 2020Recorded by Tom Johnson | Macaulay Library
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Maryland, March 01, 1998Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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West Virginia, March 31, 2020Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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West Virginia, April 24, 2020Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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Pennsylvania, April 12, 2020Recorded by John Flannigan | Macaulay Library
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West Virginia, March 25, 2020Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Often a four-note whistle. One pattern is fee-bee-fee-bay with first and third notes higher in pitch, but at least 35 other songs heard.

Calls

The Carolina Chickadee’s version of the chickadee-dee-dee is more rapid than the comparable sound produced by Black-capped Chickadees. Carolina Chickadees also produce a wide variety of gargles and raspy notes. A very high-pitched seee warns of falcons or accipiters flying over.

Other Sounds

Sometimes Carolina Chickadees make an audible wing whir as they fly over a potential predator or a rival chickadee. It’s not clear whether this has a communicative purpose. When an intruder approaches an incubating female on her nest, she will both hiss and bang her head and feathers against the nest and cavity.