Chestnut-backed Chickadee

The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) is an active, social and highly vocal little bird with colors to match it's West Coast habitat. Part of the Tit family, this chickadee, the only out west, is a perching bird that nests in cavaties. They love bugs, but aren't too proud to eat seeds and suet. And get this - the nests they create fro their young are half hair from deer, rabbits and coyotes. They even use fur to cover their eggs. Pretty toasty!