#birdsofinstargam

Common Name: Boreal Chickadee

This brown capped member of the Tit family is brown and dull. It lives quietly in the forests of the far North American continent and is non-migratory, so unless you’re unlucky enough to be in Alaska or Canada you probably won’t have to see one. Not that you would probably notice it if you did. It happily visits backyard feeders within its range, but there’s no compelling reason to bother looking. 

Fun Fact: Canadians are so bored with this bird that they have tried making it more interesting by inventing fun colloquial names for it, like Chick Chick, Tom-tit, and even Fillady. This doesn’t really help.

Bird Region: North America

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Dowdy Woodfucker This might be the smallest woodpecker in North America. Who knows? It’s like a small version of a real woodpecker, but that doesn’t make it any less aggravating when they start drumming on a tree.

You may find this dick in your backyard eating seed or suet from your feeder, because I guess he’s too lazy to dig bugs out of trees if there’s an alternative.