Chickadee Feeding Schedule

Chickadee Feeding Schedule

23 June 2013

    I thought it would be interesting to quantify the feeding regimen of the Black-capped Chickadee family in our yard, so I sat out this morning and recorded the activity.

Feeding time            Comments

06:10:00                                 

06:10:20                                

06:10:35                                    

06:10:50                                   

06:11:06                                   

06:11:38                 One adult stayed in the nest box

06:23:05                 One adult came out; the other delivered food

06:26:25                                                               

06:26:29                                                   

06:27:32                                     

06:30:20                                 

06:32:21                                    

06:35:45                                            

06:37:34                                          

06:38:00                 One adult stayed in the nest box

06:42:10                 Passed food inside

06:44:30                 Delivered food to other parent in nest box

06:46:30                 Passed food inside

06:47:39                 Passed food inside

06:56:41                 Delivered food to other parent in nest box 

    As you can see the adults are kept very busy. In between feeding the young they visit a sunflower feeder to stock up on energy themselves.