{"id":91965,"date":"2020-12-03T05:52:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T12:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=91965"},"modified":"2020-12-03T05:52:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T12:52:17","slug":"mountain-chickadee-extracting-a-seed-from-a-cone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/03\/mountain-chickadee-extracting-a-seed-from-a-cone\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Chickadee Extracting A Seed From A Cone"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quick, furtive process that’s difficult to photograph well.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, 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

Early last winter I spent some time with nuthatches and chickadees as they were feeding on Douglas Fir seeds in the Stansbury Mountains. This Mountain Chickadee is just about to extract a seed from between the cone scales at the bottom of the cone.<\/p>\n

I didn’t save any of the photos (if I got any) of the chickadee actually tugging on the seed, probably because its face was hidden from view during the process but…<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, 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 photo was taken immediately after the seed was extracted. There’s no light in the eye but I think the seed in the bill makes up for it.<\/p>\n

Once they have the seed in their bill they don’t stay on the cone for long.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, 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

They look around for a very brief moment to plan their escape route between all the branches and cones and then they take off with the seed. If I’m lucky I can see them caching their prize in some ‘secret’ location but usually it’s in a secluded spot in the shade where the caching process can’t be photographed well.<\/p>\n

This time I missed both the takeoff and the caching shots but I’m pleased to have photographed the chickadee on the cone with the seed.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: When I’ve posted photos of Mountain Chickadees in the past there always seems to be a few folks who confuse them with Black-capped Chickadees. Note the white superciliary stripe above the eye on this Mountain Chickadee that Black-capped Chickadees don’t have..\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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A quick, furtive process that’s difficult to photograph well.<\/p>\n

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