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December 22, 2009

This little Chickadee was messing with me as I was trying to get his photo.  He kept hiding behind the perch.  I finally caught him once when he peeked up.  He looked a bit surprised.

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December 16, 2009

I spent some time with my camera and tripod in close to the feeder area to get shots of chickadees.  They don't mind my presence and let me get very close for photos.  They are little speed demons, so it is hard to keep them in the frame.

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December 12, 2009

I only saw one Chestnut-backed Chickadee while visiting my daughter in Monterey, California.  Just like the Black-capped Chickadees around here, they are in non-stop motion.  This guy gave me very few opportunities to even attempt a focused shot.

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September 15, 2009

Lots of Chickadees are hanging around all day long now.  They are spending lots of time on sunflowers pecking at the drying sunflower seeds.

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July 22, 2009

The chickadees are starting to return to the yard now that their chicks have left the nests.  This guy was taking a break from chasing around through the brush with 3 other chickadees.  I can't tell the adults from the juveniles.

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June 16, 2009

This photo was taken in April when we had about 12 chickadees zooming around our yard.  Now they are all up in the woods raising their chicks.

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April 24, 2009

There is still quite a bit of chasing going on among the chickadees. Guess they are still sorting out their pairings. This guy stopped briefly to allow a photo.

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March 16, 2009

I put a new perch stick in front of our house a few days ago.  The chickadees were the first to try it out.

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February 28, 2009

The chickadee are always excited to see me show up with seed in the morning.  They come in to the trees and bushes with nature's surround sound as they chatter away.

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February 14, 2009

This chickadee was moving around so fast that it took me 20 minutes to get a mostly focused shot of him.  He was chattering his call everywhere he went.  I think the chickadees are starting to think about territory and courtship.

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February 9, 2009

This little chickadee acrobat would do anything to find that last sunflower seed.  Hanging upside down is no problem.

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February 7, 2009

This chickadee was looking very perky as he stood tall in our snowy spruce tree.  They are always on alert for predator birds as they constantly check out their surroundings.

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January 16, 2009

It takes only about a second for a chickadee to arrive at the feeder log, grab a seed and leave.  So when I am photographing chickadees, alot of the photos have no bird in them.  I managed to catch this guy as his head came up with a seed and a few snowflakes went flying off.

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January 9, 2009

Sometimes when I am using fill-flash to photograph birds, they will react to the flash by spreading their wing and tail feathers.  It looks like I caught them in the act of landing.