Don Balke: Chickadee

Artist: Don Balke
1932 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1979
Image Size: 8.5 by 8.75 inches
Overall Size: 18.125 by 16 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

This gentle little bird takes its name from its clearly spoken call note, chick-a-dee-dee-dee. With the coming of spring it also whistles a high-pitched fee-bee. Sometimes two Chickadees whistle a fee-bee duet, the second bird answering the first a tone lower. Chickadees are year-round residents in Maine. They rove the winter woodlands in small flocks, examining bark, twigs, and branches for spider eggs, cocoons, and other dormant insect life. This Chickadee can easily be distinguished from the other small birds. Their white cheeks shine out, separating the solid black cap above from the fringed black bib below.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Birds and Flowers of the Meadow and Garden Collection "Black-capped Chickadee and New England Aster" porcelain plate.

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