Chickadee

An friendly Chickadee from yesterday up on the mountain.

 

 

D850 500mmPF ISO 1000 1/500s f/6.3

I think this is a Carolina Chickadee.

Seen in central Texas.

I think this is a Carolina Chickadee.

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I live in Southern PA, this is where the Southern Carolina Chickadees meet the Northern Black-capped Chickadee’s and they hybridize. I gave up trying to identify them years ago. They can look like a Carolina but sing and call like a Black-capped and vice versa. Apparently even DNA testing is no longer reliable to distinguish between the hybrids.

I should explain the watermark. Up until a year and a half ago, I lived on Dawson Point in northern Ontario Canada. I now live on Punta Colorada on Uruguay. I tried to modify my DawsonPointers account on PNet but failed so I had to create a new Punta Colorada account. The watermark is there because these 2 images have been previously used without my permission. It's a long story about printing services that is not appropriate here.

These look like Black-capped Chickadee's but it all depends where they were taken?

 

You replied while I was writing. These are most certainly Black-capped Chickadee's. The bold white wing panel is good field mark for them.

Here's an old one from 2008 with the D300.

 

Chickadee Inspects Photographer's Lens by David Stephens, on Flickr