Date: 12/28/25 9:07 am From: KCerutti <deedemail...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] B-c Chickadee Spring Song
It will be fun to listen and hear the amount of birdsong increase each day
until spring finally arrives. 😊
On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM Elaine Faletra <elaine.faletra...>
wrote:
> I also heard this song by one of my yard chickadees this morning!! Only
> one verse. ;-)
>
> Elaine
> Warren NH
>
>
> On Dec 26, 2025, at 7:40 PM, KC <deedemail...> wrote:
>
> I heard a B-c Chickadee singing its Hey Sweetie "spring song" today. ~in
> Derry
>
> *From Journey North:*
> Daylength, temperature, and limited food all tell a chickadee that it's
> still winter. But they're already singing their spring song--a clear,
> whistled "Hey, sweetie!"
> <https://journeynorth.org/jnorth/sounds/B-cChickadeeSongWaveform.wav> or
> "Spring-time!" Why? Because it takes a chickadee pair a long time to cement
> their pair bond and become physiologically ready for the breeding season.
> They start singing in earnest in January, in February they sing more, and
> in March and April the number of songs goes up even more.
>
> *Birdsong expert, Donald Kroodsma, on B-c C's spring song:*
> “It is the purest of whistles, this promise of spring.”
>
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