WASHINGTON — The love life of a female chickadee could make a country music classic "If your song don’t pass muster, buster, I’m gone." The lady chickadee has a cheatin’ heart, quick to find another ...

Signs of spring are finally upon us. The last three mornings, around 6 o’clock, we’ve wakened to hear a male chickadee courtship song consisting of three notes: a descending whole step followed by a ...

WASHINGTON -- The love life of a female chickadee could make a country music classic: "If your song don't pass muster, buster, I'm gone." The lady chickadee has a cheatin' heart, quick to find another ...

LET someone else shout you down and your partner is more likely to cheat on you—at least if you’re a chickadee. The North American songbirds are largely monogamous and mark their territory by singing.