Saturday, September 1, 2012

Panting Chickadees

It reached 90 degrees yesterday afternoon, which is not all that hot, really, especially considering the sorts of temperatures we were getting last summer. But it was apparently way too hot for our local Black-capped Chickadees, who showed up in the Red Cedar tree outside our apartment's window yesterday, panting.

And of course, I couldn't help taking pictures of these adorable birds trying to keep cool. (Consider this a companion post to the Tufted Titmouse photo shoot from the other day.)


It's so hot!


Well, you do what you can, right? (Right!)


Poor fellows. But at least they seem to have picked up a meal on their way through the tree, and it's always fun to watch punk chickadee antics. :)

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  1. DanSeptember 1, 2012 at 4:16 PM

    I cannot believe these photos. Telephoto lens? How close are you able to get?

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    1. ElizabethSeptember 1, 2012 at 4:21 PM

      Yep, I'm using a telephoto lens, and I'm standing probably about... 10 or so feet from the birds. So they're already really close (this is why I love this tree outside our window... the birds don't care that I'm standing right there!) and the lens brings them even closer. :P

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  2. Jacqueline DonnellySeptember 1, 2012 at 4:55 PM

    I ADORE Chickadees! But they never hold still long enough for me to get good photos of them. How on earth do you get such wonderful shots?

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    1. ElizabethSeptember 1, 2012 at 5:23 PM

      Chickadees are definitely awesome. Usually the pictures I get of them do come out blurrier than this -- maybe the heat helped slow the birds down a little?

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