[2211/11080] Chestnut-backed chickadee - Poecile rufescens

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Paroidea Family: Paridae (tits, chickadees and titmice)

Photo credit: Yann Kolbeinsson via Macaulay Library

A chestnut-backed chickadee in a spruce

May 13, 2023

Chestnut-backed Chickadee by Lee Greengrass Via Flickr: Heather Farm, Walnut Creek, CA

Perfect day to take the camera with me on my walk!

Its been really rainy here so I haven’t been filling my bird feeder as much because I don’t want the food getting soggy and growing mold/bacteria... I’ve also started putting peanuts into it.

...The birds have noticed.  Oh my have they noticed.  So much so that they know to sit on the back porch and scold me when its sunny out and the feeder is empty. Well, not so much the finches and sparrows because they’re chill, but damn do the jays, chickadees and titmice get MAD. They probably think they’re intimidating me into feeding them with their scratchy little shrieks and trills, but the joke’s on them because I think its adorable that I get bossed around by a bunch of irate fluffballs, especially when their combined weight is probably comparable to that of a large strawberry or perhaps a small apple.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Cannon EOS M50, EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens

Chestnut-Backed Chickadee

chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) by Elise Saatchi

Some of my regulars

Out on deck, trying to get some bird pics, when suddenly....

Photo-bombed by the Wizzard!

"I know you were trying to take mine photo, weren't ya Mom?"

Have to admit, was a bit startled there....

Borzoi (and a Chestnut Backed Chickadee)

Lil bird doodle

Field sketch: Chestnut-backed Chickadee

I saw a small flock of these cuties while I was out birdwatching on California’s central coast. They are very similar to the Black-capped Chickadees that I’ve seen in the northern US, but colored differently. Of course, you can’t see the chestnut feathers, since this is a grayscale sketch— so just pretend.

Bathing chickadee looking into the camera

Sproutseed!!!

Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Poecile rufescens

San Luis Obipso, Mar 22, 2024