I am loving my new camera so much!
Chickadees are one of my favorite birds, but they move so quickly I've been having a hard time getting photos. Finally, today, I got some.
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| Adorable Chickadee |
I often try to imitate the "Chickadee dee dee" call of the Chickadees because they respond and whistle back. I was outside today, and I could hear a Chickadee so I returned the call. He returned my call and I could hear him getting closer and closer but couldn't see him. We have lots of trees. But he kept getting louder and louder so finally I turned around and he was directly behind my head, in the hedges. Isn't he (or she) cute?
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| Chickadee in my hedges |
These photos make it look like he just sat there patiently modeling for me, but the truth is, I have about 100 photos of bare branches because he kept hopping around and I kept missing the shots. I'm glad I got a few good ones, lol.
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| Chickadee playing hide and seek |
He was very curious and unafraid and came right up to me, maybe 6 inches from my face. But he was constantly in motion, lol.
I love these birds and often feed them from my hand, on a local walking trail called Whitefish Island. I should try to start feeding the ones in my yard too.
I also managed to get some photos of a Grackle. He was way up in the maple tree.
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| Maple tree with Grackle, way up high, no zoom |
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| Grackle with Zoom |
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| Grackle in my maple tree |
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| Grackle looking angry |
I wish he'd come down lower so I could get different angle photo, but I am happy with these. His iridescent feathers are so pretty.
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