Carolina Chickadee Excavation

A small white bird with a black throat and black cap pokes its head out of a tiny tree hollow. Its beak is full of woodchips.
Photo By/Credit

Lydia Hansen/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
04/17/2025
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Carolina chickadees often excavate their own nests in the spring to raise their young in protected tree hollows.
Facility
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
Ecosystem
Forest
Species
Poecile carolinensis
Subject tags
Birds
Forests
Migratory birds
Perching birds