How to pronounce “chickadee” in English

It's always a relief when we get to a new theater to see the set.My chickadees. Thanks again, everyone, for coming by.

But they're flying all around, so nobody's been able to count those.And if you want chickadees to breed in your yard-- and I would think you might, because in so many places, that's all we have is our yards--you have to have all those caterpillars in your yard, because chickadees only forage about 50 meters from the nest.

Those are going to be dead-end food webs and eventually collapsed ecosystems.I'm going to use the Carolina chickadee as an example.We've got a lot of data on Carolina chickadees.

I'm going to use the Carolina chickadee as an example.We've got a lot of data on Carolina chickadees.They, of course, are at our feeders all winter long, eating seeds.

Well, that's a good question.How many caterpillars does it take to make a nest of chickadees?It takes a lot.

Not one or two a day.It takes thousands-- 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars to get one clutch of chickadees to the point where they leave the nest.And, after they leave the nest-- that depends on the number of chicks in the nest.

And if you want chickadees to breed in your yard-- and I would think you might, because in so many places, that's all we have is our yards--you have to have all those caterpillars in your yard, because chickadees only forage about 50 meters from the nest.They're not flying five miles down the road to the nearest wood lot.