{"id":81467,"date":"2020-02-07T06:18:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=81467"},"modified":"2020-02-07T07:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:47:16","slug":"mountain-chickadee-working-over-a-conifer-cone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/07\/mountain-chickadee-working-over-a-conifer-cone\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Chickadee Working Over A Conifer Cone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Including evidence of the bird’s labors.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This past November I spent considerable time photographing Mountain Chickadees feeding on Douglas Fir seeds in the Stansbury Mountains. The fact that this bird chose this particular cone was a fortunate choice for me because its scales weren’t open very far making the seeds difficult and time consuming to extract and I had a clean background. That combination gave me multiple opportunities with this bird in an attractive setting.<\/p>\n

So this guy was working hard to get at a seed or two.<\/p>\n

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In a vertical crop of the same image we see evidence of “his” labors – falling cone debris at the bottom of the frame.<\/p>\n

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In previous posts I believe there may have been some confusion among a few of my readers regarding the difference between Mountain Chickadees and Black-capped Chickadees. They really are two distinct species – I’m not just calling these birds Mountain Chickadees because I photographed them in the mountains.<\/p>\n

Notice the white superilium (“eyebrow stripe) of the Mountain Chickadee.<\/p>\n

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The Black-capped Chickadee lacks the white supercilium. They’re called “black-capped” for good reason since their black cap is not interrupted by white. Their ranges and preferred habitats are also different although there’s some overlap in western North America.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: WordPress has been acting up all morning. Just getting this post published was a pain in the patootie so if readers have trouble loading this post that’s probably why.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Including evidence of the bird’s labors.<\/p>\n

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