How to Use chickadee in a Sentence

chickadee

noun
  • Every half hour or so a flock of chickadees swirls around me.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025
  • There was a titmouse in an oak tree and a chickadee on a fence post.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2017
  • There would be, for her, no thrilling thunk of a landing jay, no chickadee wings fanning her ears.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
  • But no bluebird cares if a chickadee is nesting next door — and vice-versa.
    — Sharon Sorenson, Indianapolis Star, 11 Apr. 2020
  • These seed heads are a great source of food for cardinals, finches and chickadees.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Migrants passing through our area like to flock with chickadees and titmice.
    — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Nuthatches sound like a squeak toy, for instance, and chickadees have a plaintive call.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 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
  • Birds such as chickadees will continue to feed on the seed heads well into winter.
    — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 9 May 2026
  • 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
  • Their small seed clusters also attract birds like the goldfinch, redpolls, chickadees, and pine siskins.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Their small seed clusters also attract birds like the goldfinch, redpolls, chickadees, and pine siskins.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The downy also clings upside down on tree branches, reminding me of a nuthatch or chickadee.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Most days, a family of cardinals shows up, then the chickadees and finches and a large, loud blue jay.
    — Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 21 Apr. 2020
  • When seeds are readily available, the chickadee will often stash them for later use.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Titmice and chickadees are caching birds and will grab a single seed from a feeder and fly away, Yoerger said.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Some species can be helped with nesting boxes — bluebirds, wrens and chickadees, for example.
    — Adrian Higgins, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
  • 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
  • Watch for Carolina chickadees flitting through trees.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
  • If the seedheads stay intact, goldfinches, chickadees and other birds will feed on seeds into fall and winter.
    — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Smaller than chickadees, little brown bats exist on the very northern edge of their range in Alaska.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Blue jays, chickadees, crows, and mockingbirds are all examples of birds that will engage in a predator pile-on.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Some prefer plants, like the trumpeter swan, while others specialize in seeds or small insects, like chickadees.
    — Benji Jones, Vox, 6 May 2024
  • 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
  • To find an explanation for this conundrum, the research team turned to chickadees.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Suet is good for attracting birds that love insects, such as woodpeckers, chickadees, and nuthatches.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mourning doves, chickadees, finches, and sparrows love their nutritious seeds.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026

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