PARIDAE (Titmice) 
CERTHIIDAE (Creepers) 
**107. Black-capped Chickadee (Parus 
atricapillus Linnaeus) 
This very common permanent resi¬ 
dent is found in a wide variety of 
forest types, especially those con¬ 
taining spruce, fir, and birch trees. 
It has been observed nesting in hollow 
birches on two occasions. Observa¬ 
tions are reported by Wood, Peet, and 
McCreary ( 22) , Peet ( 14) , Cahalane 
(27), Presnall (38), Aldous and Kref- 
ting (25), Gilbert (30) , Gensch ( 29) , 
Lee and Krefting (36) , Krefting and 
Shields (35) , and by Shelton in 
1963 (39). 
108. Boreal Chickadee ( Parus 
hudsonicus Forster) 
This rare winter visitor has 
been recorded only once. Shelton saw 
two in a burned area near Siskiwit 
Camp, March 4,1963 (39). 
SITTIDAE (Nuthatches) 
109. White-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta 
carolinensis Latham) 
This species is considered a rare 
summer resident. Wood, Peet, and 
McCreary indicate that an adult male 
was collected in a birch stand at 
Washington Harbor on August 24, 1904 
( 22) . Other observations are re¬ 
ported by Wood (21) and Gilbert (30). 
**110. Red-breasted uthatch ( Sitta 
canadensis Linnaeus) 
This species is a common permanent 
resident and is found in the coniferous 
forests. Young birds were reported by 
Peet (14). Other observations are re¬ 
ported by Wood, Peet, and McCreary (22), 
Wood ( 21) , Aldous (24 ), Gilbert (30), 
Gensch (29) , Lee and Krefting (36), 
Krefting and Shields (35) and Shelton 
( 39 ) • 
**111. Brown Creeper ( Certhia famili - 
aris Linnaeus) 
This bird is considered an un¬ 
common summer resident of the island. 
A nest was reported by Gilbert (30). 
Other observations are reported by 
Wood, Peet, and McCreary (22), Peet 
(14), Wood (21), Cahalane (27), 
Gensch (29) , Lee and Krefting (36), 
Krefting and Shields (35), Krefting 
and Lee (34), and Shelton (39). 
TROGLODYTIDAE (Wrens) 
112. House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon 
Vieillot) 
This is a rare summer resident 
which has been seen at Windigo, Siski¬ 
wit Bay, and Washington Harbor. Ob¬ 
servations were recorded by Wood (21), 
Gilbert (30) , and Lee and Krefting ( 36) . 
*113. Winter Wren ( Troglodytes 
troglodytes (Linnaeus)) 
This winter wren is a common 
summer resident. The preferred habi¬ 
tats are the aspen-birch-conifer type 
and the swamp forest type. A number 
of individual winter wrens were seen 
at Washington Harbor in 1904 and 1905 
and two adults were collected (14, 15 , 
22) . The early sight records indi¬ 
cated a preference for white cedar 
and tamarack swamps (14). Individuals 
were seen in May and June 1930, and 
two specimens were collected in Sep¬ 
tember of that year (21). Another 
observation was made in April 1937 
(21). During the 1940's winter wrens 
were seen in all parts of the island 
and were probably heard more often 
than seen. These observations indi¬ 
cated a preference for the dense 
spruce-fir-birch habitat where little 
light reached the ground (27, 28, 
29, 30, 35, 36). 
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