the mountain chickadee
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The Mountain ChickadeeBy Lauren Requist
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The mountain chickadee has white eyebrows.It has a beak, feathers, and talons.It’s gray legs help it camouflage.
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Chickadees eat seeds and insects. Their feathers help them fly to their food. They get their food from seed feeders, and they eat whenever food is available.
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Chickadees build their homes in a hole out of sticks and stones in the woodlands.
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The chickadee lifespan is around two years. They normally have five to eight young in a year. Chickadees have a gestation length of ten to twelve days. They have to break through their shell as a baby and then collect food as an adult.
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Chickadee’s eggs are white. Their legs and feet are adapted for perching. They can have a second or third family, and they flock with other birds.
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Bibliography
Source 1: Teikla, Stan. Birds of Colorado. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications, Inc., 2001
Source 2: Card, Chickadee. Leisure Books, Ltd., 1975.
Source 3: Alsop, Fred J. Birds of North AmericaSource4:Ask a Scientist . 5 May 2009
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio00/bio00027.htm .
Source 5:Wild Birds Forever. 6 May 2009 http://www.birdsforever.com/chickdee.html .
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