How to Use chickadee in a Sentence

chickadee

noun
Definition of chickadeenext
  • The heat was not the first thing to threaten the chickadees.
    — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 24 June 2018
  • The chickadee perched on the slippery edge and slid in.
    — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • There was a titmouse in an oak tree and a chickadee on a fence post.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2017
  • The average lifespan of a chickadee in the wild is 2.5 years.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 7 May 2017
  • Your little chickadee will be the head of the flock in this no-sew costume made of super-soft felt.
    — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Finches, pine siskins, chickadees and woodpeckers eat the seeds from the pine cones and glean insects from the bark.
    — Jennifer J. Meyer, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2017
  • The sound of the flowing river was broken by the chirping of a black-capped chickadee and a white-breasted nuthatch.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 18 Dec. 2017
  • This is a perfect birdhouse for wrens and chickadees, since the hole size is 1.25 inches.
    — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
  • Perched on the tree was a small black and white chickadee, prancing on the thick bark, its feathers shining in the bright morning light.
    — oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2021
  • But a downy woodpecker has set up shop in the old tree, and the chickadees and nuthatches are working over the bark something fierce.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Nuthatches sound like a squeak toy, for instance, and chickadees have a plaintive call.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Catch the soft sounds of winter: a frozen tree creaking, a stream gurgling under the ice, a restless chickadee.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The chickadee – Maine’s state bird – is both acrobatic and tame: With patience it can be trained to eat from one’s hand.
    — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But no bluebird cares if a chickadee is nesting next door — and vice-versa.
    — Sharon Sorenson, Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2020
  • As the researchers work under the sunshine in the 6-degree air, a red squirrel rattles and chickadees sing.
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Most days, a family of cardinals shows up, then the chickadees and finches and a large, loud blue jay.
    — Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 21 Apr. 2020
  • So the birds sort out their distances and differences and the boxes house titmice, tree swallows, and, yes, chickadees.
    — Sharon Sorenson, Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Smaller than chickadees, little brown bats exist on the very northern edge of their range in Alaska.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The elongated white seed is called safflower and chickadees in the coastal areas and Santa Cruz Mountains seem to love it.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Massachusetts’ state bird, the black-capped chickadee, is among scores of birds expected to disappear from parts or all of the state by 2050.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The smallest entry hole available is 1.125 inches, which is suitable for smaller birds such as house wrens and chickadees.
    — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
  • When seeds are readily available, the chickadee will often stash them for later use.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The post actually shows a handmade sculpture of a chickadee.
    — Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 29 June 2021
  • These birds are on a manhunt amongst the chickadees flapping about the hotel lobby, pecking along the floor, and dashing between the trees planted by the water fountains.
    — Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 23 June 2018
  • Some species can be helped with nesting boxes — bluebirds, wrens and chickadees, for example.
    — Adrian Higgins, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
  • However, the two chickadee species do sometimes mate and hybridize along the zone, meaning scent isn’t the only cue that leads to reproduction.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Last Monday, the sun rose in the east, the black-capped chickadee sang its spring mating song and President Trump attacked American journalists in a tweet.
    — Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2017
  • Instead, a pair of chickadees claimed an ornate birdhouse that was never really meant to be a birdhouse.
    — Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 3 June 2018
  • This type of birdhouse will attract birds such as wrens, bluebirds, chickadees, tree swallows, warblers, nuthatches, and more.
    — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
  • The chipmunk is already a hit with the public, according to the release, and will be joined by an oversized bronze chickadee sitting on a birdhouse made of Alaskan yellow cedar in 2021.
    — Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020

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