Black-capped Chickadee Art Print — Field Notes Bird Poster

Half an ounce of bird that outlasts the winter.

The Black-capped Chickadee is the first bird to find a new feeder, usually within a day of it going up. It takes one sunflower seed, carries it off to a branch, hammers it open, and comes straight back. That is why it always looks busier than everything else out there.

What the drawing gets right. The black cap and bib against clean white cheeks, the buff wash along the sides, and the round-headed shape that makes it look friendlier than any bird has a right to look.

It is also the yard's alarm system: the chick-a-dee-dee-dee call carries more dee notes the more dangerous the thing it has spotted, and every other bird in the garden listens.

The print. Matte art paper, vertical format, printed to order in the USA. Standard sizes, so an off-the-shelf frame fits. Frame not included.

Part of the Field Notes series. Identify the birds in your yard →