Tag: Chickadee

“Tshcick-a-dee-dee” Chickadees

I always hear chickadees singing. In northwest Alaska, the Inupiaq people know these birds as iknisailaq (boreal chickadee) and misikaaġaq (black-capped chickadee). And in Yupik, the chickadee’s voice translates to cikepiipiiq (also the Yupik name for the bird...