Black capped chickadees do not sound like they’re saying “cheeseburger”

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I feel like I’m on the fuckin Truman show and everyone in the world is playing a collective prank on me. Chickadees don’t say “cheeseburger” or anything of the sort.

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  2. SaveTheAles Avatar

    🎶 cheese 🎵 burger 🎶

  3. ThanosWasRight161 Avatar

    If anything they sound like Nelson from The Simpsons going “Ha Haaa”

  4. rockstarcrossing Avatar

    It doesn’t sound like they’re saying anything. They’re songbirds. Never understood why others say this about chickadees.

  5. LongerThan3Mins Avatar

    This is so specific it’s incredible. I think that device is just meant to get people familiar with the cadence of the call and give them something to remember. From my experience, most people who know it also think it’s a little silly (I know I do).

  6. Niknark999 Avatar

    They say chicka Dee Dee Dee

  7. nikhkin Avatar

    Having just watched a video of the birdsong, it doesn’t literally sound like the word “cheeseburger”, but it has the same syllables and cadence (if that’s the right word).

  8. zombaed Avatar

    The fuck is a chickadee?

  9. alphaphiz Avatar

    They prefer to be called african american capped cickadees

  10. Beluga_Artist Avatar

    So this bird actually has regional dialects! In Colorado they say “Chick-a-Dee-Dee-Dee”. In Connecticut they say “Dee-deee, Dee-deee” I didn’t know some people think they sound like they’re saying “cheeseburger”, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s one of their regional dialects. They might just say something else in your region!

  11. Joezze Avatar

    I’ve never thought for a second that they’re saying cheeseburger. lol

  12. dylones Avatar

    Yeah, well pigs dont sound like theyre saying Oink!

  13. pi11owprincess_ Avatar

    the ones i hear sound more like weee woooo

  14. sazed813 Avatar

    Did a shirtless mafk with a gut tell you this?

  15. BadatOldSayings Avatar

    You want the r/obscureasfuck sub.

  16. Pelli_Furry_Account Avatar

    This could be regional- like how seagulls sound totally different in different places.

  17. Perenially_behind Avatar

    But quail do sound like they’re saying “Chicago! Chicago!”

  18. frohnaldo Avatar

    There is a bird that says cheeseburgers but it’s not a chickadee

  19. fastcatdog Avatar

    If they say it twice it’s a double cheeseburger 🍔

  20. RedshirtBlueshirt97 Avatar

    By everyone do you mean the man with the cheeseburger locker for a gut you call randy?

  21. Mementose Avatar

    Sorry but you’re wrong, Lucy

  22. JennyAndTheBets1 Avatar

    This has been a pet peeve of mine since I was little…

    /s

  23. Mr101722 Avatar

    Frig off Ricky!

  24. Jloh84 Avatar

    This is the best post ever in the sub. Thank you and you’re right they don’t say cheeseburger, it’s actually cheeburger cheeburger. Lol

  25. kregmaffews Avatar

    Listen, Mr. Lahey, even the birds are singing about cheeseburgers

  26. G_Art33 Avatar

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    This guy might have something to say about it.

  27. Feisty-Albatross3554 Avatar

    I’ve never heard someone say they cheeseburger in my life

  28. Medium-Mission5072 Avatar

    In every bird field guide I’ve read it lists their song as a 2 part whistled “fee bee” (not to be confused with the Eastern Phoebe’s “Phoebe” song) and that’s what I hear, not. “cheeseburger” .

  29. 420goattaog Avatar

    I didnt want to think so either. But now as i sit in my living room, listening to the birds, all i can hear is “cheeseburger”.

    I hate it. I wish i could agree with you. I dont want them to say cheeseburger, but they do.

  30. chutenay Avatar

    I think they say “chicka- Dee-dee-deeeeee”

  31. housevil Avatar

    Well no I have to go check them out.

    https://youtu.be/WknHiKUovfc?si=jvgH5br1AbG41NKH

    Hmmm. I like them.

  32. CoupleTechnical6795 Avatar

    We have a ton of them. They say “should have invested in bitcoin when it was new, idiot”.

  33. Understruggle Avatar

    The ones around my place just sound like “Dee Dee Dee Dee Dee Dee Dee”

  34. Electric_Tongue Avatar

    How dare you speak ill of Cheeseburger Birds

  35. JohnnyGFX Avatar

    You’re the guy from the hamburger train, right?

  36. National_Parfait_450 Avatar

    I have no idea what this means

  37. SarcastiSnark Avatar

    Yes they do! Fight me