The Chickadee

The weather was mild on Wednesday, so we took a hike. We walked one of the trials at Stillwater Prairie Reserve. We didn’t see many birds, but I did catch this Carolina Chickadee hanging around near the fishing pond. This is the second time I have seen this species this fall. I will just say this: they are hard to catch in a photo. They dart around and are relatively small.

The Carolina Chickadee are found in a large range, covering some 2 million square kilometers. I read that there is an estimated 18 million of them. Not bad for this small bird. (iBird App Facts).

~ Rick

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Widow Shopping?

Teresa took this photo of this Downy Woodpecker doing some window shopping. I have to wonder if he can’t figure out how to get to his dinner. Very cute.

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Surprise!

I took several photos of this Red-bellied woodpecker this week. He was going back and forth between this tree, and a bush that had some old berries left over from the warmer weather. I think he had just saw me for the 1st time, and seemed to not care. He continued to take this trip back and forth. In the second photo, he had a beak full.

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Have a great week.

~ Rick

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The Birds

Do you remember the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie, The Birds?. I remember the first time I saw that film .. freaked me out.

I thought of that movie when looked up and saw this view while hiking this week. Luck for us, they didn’t attack. Crazy.

~ Rick

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A Proud Robin

The American Robin .. they are always around. Seriously, I can go out in some of the worst weather and see a robin. They migrate, but I see them around here in large numbers most of the year.

~ Rick

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