Do chickadees have handedness, left or right?

By Jim Williams

March 3, 2017 — 5:12pm

Left or right handed chickadees: research is iffy, and there actually has been some research. Watch your chickadees when they take a sunflower seed, then fly to a perch to pound it open. With which foot do they hold the seed?

Jim Williams has been watching birds and writing about their antics since before "Gilligan's Island" went into reruns. Join him for his unique insights, his everyday adventures and an open conversation about the birds in your back yard and beyond.

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