Chickadee eggs are white with small reddish-brown spots. The eggs of these cavity-nesting birds are rarely seen by most birders because the species does not usually choose artificial nest boxes.

News; Sci/Tech; Cool Critters: Chickadees – charming, chatty and seriously cerebral Sun., March 2, 2025 Year-round residents of our region, the cute and perky black-capped chickadee also has a ...

Because of its practice of laying eggs in other birds’ nests leaving its young to be raised by their “foster” parents, the brown-headed cowbird is what’s known as a “brood parasite ...