Black-capped Chickadee

Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
edited October 25, 2010 in Wildlife
Well summers over and it's time to get the feeders out...the perches (grapevines) and blind setup. It didn't take long until these little ones showed up.

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Notice that the sound these guys make is very similar to that of an old Plymouth with a weak starter motor! :D

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  • jackiejayjackiejay Registered Users Posts: 714 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    AWWW so cute these are great pics:)
  • snowman1snowman1 Registered Users Posts: 272 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    Very nice photos,




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  • Don KondraDon Kondra Registered Users Posts: 630 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    Good work!

    Cheers, Don
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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    Very nice images Ric, love the background on the first 2 images.
    Regards - Dennis

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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    Always like a good set of Chickadee photos! clap.gif
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  • LindiweLindiwe Registered Users Posts: 606 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    Love the chickadees. Beautifully captured! I think the last pic is my favourite in the bunch. thumb.gif
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    how do you know it is not a Carolina headscratch.gifdunno
    Jeff W

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    jwear wrote: »
    how do you know it is not a Carolina headscratch.gifdunno

    I live in northern Illinois, Jeff.

    Carolinas don't get this far north.

    I suppose a hybrid of the two is possible.
  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,013 Major grins
    edited October 21, 2010
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    I live in northern Illinois, Jeff.

    Carolinas don't get this far north.

    I suppose a hybrid of the two is possible.
    it could be there on vacation or just dating headscratch.gif.I was just looking at the 2 in a id book and you really have to have a ??deal.gif to tell them apart but location is a big one and the white marks on the coverts --you are right but you know that :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2010
    Excellent set Ric.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2010
    jackiejay wrote: »
    AWWW so cute these are great pics:)

    Thanks, JJ! :D
  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2010
    Nice set Ric! clap.gif

    [your heading into winter must mean we're heading for summer down here wings.gif]
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    snowman1 wrote: »
    Very nice photos,

    Thanks, Doug! :D
  • AllenAllen Registered Users Posts: 10,013 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    I live in northern Illinois, Jeff.

    Carolinas don't get this far north.

    I suppose a hybrid of the two is possible.
    Very nice Ric thumb.gif

    I live in the St. Louis area, have many photos of Chickadees and have not
    been able to tell the difference between Carolina and Black-capped, at least
    in my photos. We're right on the dividing line and hybrids are in the mix.
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  • jaimej26jaimej26 Registered Users Posts: 88 Big grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    Wow Ric, I've never seen such phenomenal photographs of the Black-capped Chickadee!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
    You really have a way with capturing wildlife in its natural state.<o:p></o:p>
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    Fantastic captures! Unbelievable..
  • NatureZoneNatureZone Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    jaimej26 wrote: »
    Wow Ric, I've never seen such phenomenal photographs of the Black-capped Chickadee!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
    You really have a way with capturing wildlife in its natural state.<o:p></o:p>
    <o:p></o:p>
    Fantastic captures! Unbelievable..

    Couldn't agree more... of course, there's nothing like baiting your subject, then shooting it from the semi-controlled environment of your backyard.<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/ne_nau.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    Don Kondra wrote: »
    Good work!

    Cheers, Don

    Thanks, Don. :D
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    jaimej26 wrote: »
    Wow Ric, I've never seen such phenomenal photographs of the Black-capped Chickadee!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
    You really have a way with capturing wildlife in its natural state.<o:p></o:p>
    <o:p></o:p>
    Fantastic captures! Unbelievable..
    NatureZone wrote: »
    Couldn't agree more... of course, there's nothing like baiting your subject, then shooting it from the semi-controlled environment of your backyard.<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/ne_nau.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

    I couldn't disagree more. Setting up a feeder is not considered as harmful baiting. It does not change the birds' normal habits. The Audubon Society and the American Birding Association sanction and encourage the setting up of bird feeders.

    http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html

    Other types of baiting are discouraged and is harmful to one's subjects and are considered to be unethical.
    Harry
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 24, 2010
    NatureZone wrote: »
    Couldn't agree more... of course, there's nothing like baiting your subject, then shooting it from the semi-controlled environment of your backyard.ne_nau.gif

    :bs

    The quality and beauty of a photo have virtually nothing to do with the difficulties involved in creating it.
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  • deb22deb22 Registered Users Posts: 428 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    Ric, that last shot is outstanding,perfect branch for a beautiful chickadee. And I don't consider it to be baiting for this shot but John I think you are dead wrong, the beauty and integrity greatly diminishes when harmful baiting or other techniques are employed by so called nature lovers. Not everything should count to get the shot.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    Hmmm . . I don't think I endorsed harmful baiting. I just think it's silly to quibble over the effort involved in creating an image when appreciating the image itself. If I can get a shot of a grizzly bear with a 500mm lens, is my shot less beautiful than the virtually identical one you risked your life to get with a 105? (Hey, you stepped in front of me!) Maybe you have a greater appreciation for the experience of obtaining the image, but why should a viewer of the two images care? If it's a beautiful image, it's a beautiful image.

    I just thought the comment to which I replied was snide.

    Years ago I took some photos of a leopard in the South African bush. They were crap, but I still value them. The images I can get today at the National Zoo are better. If I represent those images as "wild" I'm a lying dog, but they are still better images.
    John :
    Natural selection is responsible for every living thing that exists.
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    Icebear wrote: »
    Hmmm . . I don't think I endorsed harmful baiting.

    I think Deb is sensitive to this issue and misunderstood where you were coming from.....that's my take anyway.

    I took your words as you meant them (I think) and appreciate your comments.
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    deb22 wrote: »
    Ric, that last shot is outstanding,perfect branch for a beautiful chickadee.

    Thanks, Deb! :D

    I took a look at your work and can see you have an eye. The Snowy Owl at sunset is one of the most pleasing compositions I have ever seen...more like a painting than a photograph.
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    NatureZone wrote: »
    Couldn't agree more... of course, there's nothing like baiting your subject, then shooting it from the semi-controlled environment of your backyard.ne_nau.gif

    I'm so glad you liked them. :D
  • korandokekorandoke Registered Users Posts: 517 Major grins
    edited October 25, 2010
    nice shots

    greetings,
    Korandoke
    Best regards,
    Korandoke
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