2/13/2010

Black-capped Chickadee, the Massachusetts State Bird

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Wednesday was a beautiful day, and I actually shot these pictures OUTSIDE! Not through the window like the last hundred or so backyard pics! This chickadee was hungry enough to swoop past me to the feeder a few times, so I got some good close-ups.

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One more short hop and he'll reach the food.

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Whoa! He missed the target! Cool wing shot, though.

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I love the delicate reddish tints and the many rich shades of gray capped off (get it?)with jet black on brilliant white.

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Caught in mid landing!

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I think everyone loves chickadees. Surely everyone in Massachusetts does, anyway.

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I love all the onomatopoeia bird names (birds named after the sound they make), but the chickadee is by far the best one. It even sounds cute! I know I was really tiny when my mom taught me to recognize both the chickadee-dee-dee and the phoe-be sounds. I taught my kids to recognize both chickadee sounds when they were really young, too.

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I snapped this one as he grabbed the seed and started taking off. I didn't exactly freeze the action here, but personally I like the wings-in-motion look.

4 comments:

  1. The chickadee is my favorite bird. He's always around....always singing...always making me happy! Beautiful photos...

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  2. Delightfully enchanting species with such an inquisitive nature. Lovely photo Susan. FAB.

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  3. beautiful images of the chickadees - and the wren - stunning!

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  4. Such an active beautiful bird. I particularly like the motion pictures.

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