Great Lakes region, USA. October 2026.

IMO there is no better bird than the black-capped chickadee. Small but mighty, adorable, smart, vigilant, and curious. They'll land on my shoulder and check me out, sing me song when I'm feeling down. When the other birds are away the chickadee is still ready to play. Winter or summer, spring or fall, the chickadee stand above all.

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Small and right at the backyard feeder is the same case the Northern Cardinal makes against the Wild Turkey in a best-bird-in-North-America field I wrote about, and the turkey's answer is speed: up to 25 mph on foot and up to 55 mph in short bursts of flight. https://youpick.best/articles/turkey-ranked-many-ways

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