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Saturday, April 28. 2007

Bird of the Week: Black-capped Chickadee

Our tiny Yankee pal is around in both summer and winter. Often, in winter, he is the only bird you will encounter in the woods, searching for bug larvae in bark and rotten wood. You can read about our Chickadee here at CLO. Their springtime song - pheee-beeee - is a sweet delight. Photo by Gwynnie, yesterday:

 

Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 05:00 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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What a fantastic picture. I love being able to see the seed in the mouth! What camera? I can't ever get good pictures of birds because I am not good at sitting still and I don't have a telefoto. But hat's off to you.

Off to the shore ( Mom's boot camp for teenager, me carrying camera in hopes of getting shots of waterfowl...)
#1 retriever on 2007-04-28 08:40 (Reply)
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi (maybe it sounds better in Japanese, but see Bird Dog's Japanese game show post).

70-200mm lens with 2x extender.
#1.1 Gwynnie on 2007-04-28 14:37 (Reply)
Will let you know what equip he uses.
#2 BD on 2007-04-28 08:53 (Reply)
Husband has that. But only good if you use it! I use a canon g7 10mp [glorified point and shoot] but am better at landscapes, sleepy pets, and flowers than wild things and people. The latter [in my household]aren't photogenic, and I can't figure out the camera I have, let alone a faster one to get better wild pix. Read the manual,read the manual! But well done, done G, I admire those with greater skill!
#3 retriever on 2007-04-28 15:18 (Reply)

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