The Carolina chickadee’s geographic range overlaps the black-capped. Listen and look for differences. Its chick-a-dee-dee call is higher and faster than the black-capped. Also, its white cheek ...

chickadee-dee-dee. Here in the Inland Northwest, this tiny, feathered ball of energy is always in season. With its black cap and throat against white cheeks, the bird is easy to spot and easy to hear.