Dee for Danger: Chickadees add notes as threat grows

Biologists report new progress in translating the sophisticated communication system of black-capped chickadees.

NO CHICKEN LITTLE. This black-capped chickadee grades its “chickadee” alarm calls to match the menace of a lurking predator. Science

When the little birds spot a lurking predator, they burst out with variations on their “chickadee” calls.