Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Small gray chickadee with black cap, white cheeks, and gray back. Montane Bay Area resident; moves to lower elevations in winter. Acrobatic feeder consuming insects and seeds; caches seeds for winter.
Plants that support Mountain Chickadee
19 plants
Scouler's Polypody
Polypodium scouleri
fern
Foliage
Water Birch
Betula occidentalis
perennial herb
Seeds
Brownhead Rush
Juncus phaeocephalus var. phaeocephalus
perennial herb
Foliage
California Ash
Fraxinus dipetala
tree
Shelter
California Meadow Sedge (lawn sub)
Carex pansa
grass
Shelter
Coastal Wood Fern
Dryopteris arguta
fern
Shelter
Desert Mallow*
Malacothamnus hallii
shrub
Foliage
Giant Chain Fern
Woodwardia fimbriata
fern
Shelter
Joyce Coulter Ceanothus
Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter'
shrub
Shelter
Merriam's Coral Bells
Heuchera merriamii
perennial herb
Shelter
Modoc Cypress
Hesperocyparis bakeri
perennial herb
Shelter
Purple Needlegrass
Stipa pulchra
grass
Seeds
Rainbow Manzanita
Arctostaphylos rainbowensis
perennial herb
Fruit
Redwood keckiella
Keckiella corymbosa
shrub
Foliage
Santa Barbara Live-for-ever
Dudleya traskiae
perennial herb
Foliage
Western Leatherwood
Dirca occidentalis
shrub
Shelter
Western Rush
Juncus occidentalis
grass
Shelter
Western Virgin's Bower
Clematis ligusticifolia
vine
Seeds
Yellow-eyed-grass
Sisyrinchium californicum
perennial herb
Foliage