Maine State Bird Chickadee TeeMaine State Bird Chickadee Tee The Black capped Chickadee can remember thousands of food cache locations it actually grows new brain cells each fall to handle the expanded memory load, then lets them die off in spring. Maine's state bird is also famously bold, often the first bird to investigate a new feeder and the one most likely to eat from your hand if you're patient enough. Through Maine's deep winters, that cheerful chick a dee dee dee carries