I always hear chickadees singing.
In northwest Alaska, the Inupiaq people know these birds as iknisailaq (boreal chickadee) and misikaa??aq (black-capped chickadee). And in Yupik, the chickadee’s voice translates to cikepiipiiq (also the Yupik name for the bird itself).
Uksullaq, the Alutiiq word for the black-capped chickadee, means “winter one” — a nod to their year-round presence and cold hardy abilities.