12 Apr Chestnut Backed Chickadee of the bud. Occasionally in order to secure the bud, the chickadee would swing his body under the branchlet on which it had perched, he would not hang by a free hold, loose on the branchlet but would grip the branchlet tight so that his body would be fixed at any angle around the branchlet. Two others were seen in the same group of poplars. These birds stayg about 15 feet apart as they floraged over the tree. Birds seen at Ketchikan chestnut back chickadee Raven, Fox Sparrow- Oregon Junco- Robin Greater Scap. Herring gull.