More than 700,000 online ballots were entered in the first annual city bird competition, with the black-capped chickadee winning with almost 278,000 votes — or just under 40 per cent of the ...

Ottawa has thrown its support, and likely more than a few seeds, to the black-capped chickadee, the cheerful year-round songbird that is now In Town and Out's unofficial Bird of Ottawa.

Capped Chickadee Look Like? Meet the black-capped chickadee, a beginner backyard birder’s dream. The small songbirds are considerably curious about humans and comfortable in our presence, which makes ...

A black-capped chickadee rests on a branch in Fish Creek Provincial Park in Calgary on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The species has won the city-wide competition to become Calgary's official bird.

The Black-Capped Chickadee has been named Vancouver’s official bird for 2015, beating out the flock of competitors by a landslide. The winning bird rose to feathered fame during the city’s ...

Angela Tremka, Program Coordinator for Bird Friendly Regina, speaks to the media at the city hall after black-capped chickadee was announced as the official bird of Regina in Regina on Friday, Jan ...

This isn’t the first time the Black-capped Chickadee has been recognized. Calgary declared the feathery friend as their official bird in May of 2022.

Bird names, both common and scientific, try to help clarify which bird is which. For black-capped chickadees, that means Poecile atricapillus for the Latin name, and any number of regional names.

After more than 36,000 votes cast, Calgarians have chosen the Black-capped chickadee to be the city's official bird. As Adam MacVicar reports, the initiative was to help raise awareness to Calgary ...