A Chickadee ... (pics included)

[WifeKidsandDog]

My daughters and I went to the lake and we waited for an hour or so, beautiful sunshine but COLD, and no sight of the eagles.

So we came home and I took some shots of the tiny birds. Here's my favorite -- a black-capped chickadee!

[Steve Foss]

Cheryl, that exposure is spot on! Usually when a chickadee image is printed, the blacks are just solid, but there's very nice detail in the eye, and a speck of sunlight (or fill flash) reflection.

[jonny_redhorse]

you captured the chickadee perfect!......very nice Cheryl!.....jonny

[Dbl]

Perfect, love the backgroud contrast.

[WifeKidsandDog]

Kind of liked this one, too.

[Tom Wilson]

Cheryl,

Another beautiful job. Very nice.

[buzzsaw]

Nice lil' Junco!

[The_Duckslayer]

Great pictures of great birds. I like the lil guys... they sure are some hardy birds! Thanks for sharing././Jimbo

[Dotch]

Dandy pics of the chickadee and junco both! Can even see the hairs under their little chinny-chin-chins. Unfortunately, no chickadees here again this winter. Not sure what the reason is for that. Anyone else notice them missing?

[The_Duckslayer]

Have not seen a bird one in the past couple of weeks... It's like they all left and went somewhere else. Maybe they are peed off tht they cut down all the trees across the street to put in a development! Hope that some come back... I miss seeing them. Have a good one././Jimbo

[Steve Foss]

Nothing like the scorched earth policy of a new housing development to ruin good bird feeder habitat. But open country birds like redpolls and goldfinches should still hang around. I hope . . .

[WifeKidsandDog]

I think they're all at our place -- but they've got a good life here. We started off with one feeder in the late spring and now we have six. Rick's very good about keeping the feeders full.

Cheryl

[Tom Wilson]

Cheryl,

again that chickadee is gorgeous. Here's a couple that I shot on one of the last days of the duck season. In all of my time duck hunting, I have never seen chickadees in the cattails near the water. I was kind of surprised, but I got two nice shots...

[WifeKidsandDog]

These are beautiful. The second is superb -- the detail and sharpness.

Sigh ...

[Dotch]

Thanks to both you and Cheryl, even though I am still chickadee-less at home, I can always come here and borrow yours... May have to resort to attaching a feeder to the window here at the orifice in town.

[WifeKidsandDog]

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Thanks to both you and Cheryl, even though I am still chickadee-less at home, I can always come here and borrow yours..

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Borrow mine anytime.

I've been reading your columns posted here -- thank you for the wonderful writing and humor. I really enjoyed them!

Cheryl