The black-capped chickadee is a small passerine bird that is 12.3-14.6 cm long and weighs 10-14 grams. It has a black cap and bib with white sides on its face, gray back and lighter gray tail and wings, and usually tan sides. The chickadee reproduces sexually, with females building nests 1-7 meters high and laying clutches of 6-8 white eggs with reddish brown dots over 11-14 day incubation periods in April through June. To withstand cold winters, chickadees fluff their feathers to insulate themselves and do not hibernate.

1. Alex Shutter

2. Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrate)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes (Perching Birds)
Family: Paridae (bird)
Genus: Poecile (Bird)
Poecile atricapillus( black
Species:
capped chickadee)

4.  The chickadee reproduces
sexually. Before they reproduce
they make a nest 1-7 meters
above the ground. The females
only make the nest. Their
nesting season is April through
June. The black capped
chickadees lay eggs. The eggs
are white with dots of reddish
brown at the larger end. When
they lay their eggs they lay a
clutch of eggs that is about 6-8
eggs. Incubation lasts about
11-14 days.

5.  The chickadee 12.3-
14.6 cm, and its body
mass grows up to 10-14
grams. The male and
female look alike but the
males are slightly larger
and longer than females.

6.  The chickadee responds to
cold winter weather by poofing
its feathers out to stay warm,
This makes them look fatter
than normal. Because of this
they don’t hibernate like all the
other birds.

7.  The chickadee has a
black cap and a bib with
white sides to its face. Its
back is gray and the tail
and wings are normally a
lighter gray. The sides of
their bodies are usually a
tan color.

8. Compare:
- - They both lay eggs
- - they are both animals
- - they have mouths to take in food
- - they both have a digestive
system which makes them go to
the bathroom.
Contrast:
 - the starfish is larger
 - their outsides of skin is different.
 - they reproduce differently.
 - they live in different climates