Where to see
Poecile gambeli
Rocky Mountain National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Mountain Chickadee during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Jasper National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Guadalupe Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Rocky Mountain National Park
In Rocky Mountain National Park, United States, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Chickadee sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Yosemite National Park and more
After Rocky Mountain National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Mountain Chickadee are in Yosemite National Park (United States, about 70%), Grand Canyon National Park (United States, about 60%) and Banff National Park (Canada, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September to April in Rocky Mountain National Park (about 90%), August to December in Yosemite National Park (about 80%) and July to December in Grand Canyon National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Mountain Chickadee on a given day. Each park's Mountain Chickadee page has the full month-by-month chart.
