{"id":129947,"date":"2023-02-12T04:43:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=129947"},"modified":"2023-02-12T05:39:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T12:39:17","slug":"calling-black-capped-chickadee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/12\/calling-black-capped-chickadee\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling Black-capped Chickadee"},"content":{"rendered":"

A ‘bonus bird’ while I was photographing the male kingfisher<\/span><\/span><\/a> two days ago.<\/p>\n

For me kingfishers are a prized subject so when I heard a chickadee in a tree quite close to me, while I already had the kingfisher in my viewfinder, I was torn between the two subjects. At first I stayed with the kingfisher but when the chickadee kept calling, as if begging me to make ‘him’ a star, I caved in and took some photos of him.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m glad I did, in part because in several of my photos I caught him in a calling pose with his bill open. At first I thought I could see food in his mouth but when I zoomed in on the high-resolution version of the image it turned out to be his tongue.<\/p>\n

I always enjoy photographing chickadees in natural settings like this, rather than at or near a feeder. And I think the gnarly old peeling perch adds interest to the image. I’m less fond of that big ol’ branch coming out of this back but it took me a while to even notice it in a negative way so it must not be a big deal, at least for me.<\/p>\n

Today the internet will be flooded with “Superb Owl<\/a><\/span><\/span>” photos and I briefly considered joining in and posting one of my own. But I’ve never been one to join the crowd, literally or figuratively, so you get a chickadee instead.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A ‘bonus bird’ while I was photographing the male kingfisher two days ago.<\/p>\n

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