TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Carolina Chickadee Carolina Chickadee-Parus carolinensis Carolina Chickadee-Parus carolinensis, Family Paridae, the titmouse family. Year round residents. Sexes alike. Seed eaters. Always the first to find the feeder! (photo: Jan/Feb, 2004) More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Carolina_Chickadee.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.