Carolina Chickadee trying to open a sunflower seedI usually remember exactly where I saw a new bird species. In November 2004 I saw my first Carolina Chickadees at Martin Park Nature Center in Oklahoma City, and at first I was not even aware I was looking at Carolina Chickadees. My son and I were observing birds at the bird feeders there and watching the chickadees coming and going. After a few minutes I began to think there was something wrong with the chickadees. They looked like the Black-capped Chickadees we have up north, but they were behaving just a little odd. That's when I stepped back and read the large sign board that is pictured below. I noticed that the first bird listed was Carolina Chickadee. DUH! No wonder they looked different. They were different! I had been watching a new life bird for several minutes and didn't even know it.
Sign at Martin Park Nature Center in Oklahoma City Well, last week I was in Oklahoma City, so I made the effort to go to Martin Park Nature Center to see if I could find some Carolina Chickadees in the place I first saw them 5 years ago. Sure enough, they were still there...and the sign was still there, too. So, sing with me: "Nothing could be finer than to see a Carolina in the morning!"
Close-up of Martin Park sign
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