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Chestnut Backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens
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Parus rufescens
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Douglas Von Gausig
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Here's a longer example of their singing, including the spring breeding song.
Parus rufescens
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Douglas Von Gausig
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Chestnut-Backed chickadees (Parus rufescens) inhabit the forests of the Pacific coast, and are an almost ubiquitous sound of the woods there. This is their every day song, but it is remarkable in the high pitch it achieves (over 9100Hz).