NORTH SLOPE, Alaska — “Chick chick whirrr, chick whirrr.” Although it was a recorded birdsong that chattered through each of the poplar stands we entered, I still occasionally caught myself believing ...
Tom Bower's photo a boreal chickadee is pictured here. Other birders contend it's a black-capped chickadee, and that a stem obscures the head, making it appear brown. The birders say other field marks ...