Chickadee

 

Young Chickadee

 

 

On our walk this morning, we were looking for some Northern Flickers which we haven't seen many of lately. Instead we saw lots of small birds darting about a tree, and it turned out to be a family of chickadees. We saw some parents feeding young. We think the Chickadee in the photos is a young one because it wasn't very good at flying.

We are still waiting to get a glimpse of the Oriole babies. We can hear them when the mother comes by to feed but they are 40 feet up and not showing themselves.

Chickadee & Goldfich

 

 

We want spring to come as much as these birds do.

Chickadee in a tree

If you look closely at this photo of a chickadee, you'll see a half-eaten seed between his feet.

Chickadee with a seed at the feeder

The Blue Jays take a peanut to a tree branch, and spend the next minute pecking it apart and eating it. The Chickadee does the same thinng with a sunflower seed.

Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

The chickadees have been around since we moved in, but they don't stay still so they are hard to photograph