I also appear to be having a Black-capped Chickadee at my
feeder in the past weekend.
Regards,
Dave Powell
Germantown MD
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:46:30 -0400
Jared Fisher <> wrote:
> Location: Blue Mash Nature Trail (MoCo)
> Observation date: 10/31/10
> Notes: Walked blue mash for a while this morning. Did
> not run into any other birders. Highlight were several
> (still determining how many) BC chickadees. I fully admit
> to taking range for granted on these guys and not really
> having experience using field marks, so I post photos w/
> some trepidation. But I did get on several calling birds
> today that I feel good about. The first was a lone bird
> that I tracked down after hearing the much slower dee dee
> dee call. Jagged bib, extensive white on wing, bright
> cheek patch. The second was another calling bird that
> eventually sang (phoe-bee song - recorded), which I think
> is bird #2 in the photos below. About the time I had the
> second bird, another group of chickadees flew in
> (probably 5 or 6). Unfortunately this was a bit of a
> chaotic moment and I was handling the camera (not the
> bins). But I got a look at two more that I felt were
> decent ( #1 in photo set - did not hear), did not
> see/hear any obvious carolinas at this time. Throughout
> the morning I also heard 6 carolina chickadees, tracked
> down 2 to get a good look and make sure I was sane. Saw
> clean short bib, not nearly as much white on wing.
>
> Three separate birds are photographed here
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/55350646@N04/ - comments
> appreciated.
>
>
> Number of species: 45
>
>
> Canada Goose 150
> Gadwall 1
> American Black Duck 1
> Mallard 6
> Green-winged Teal X
> Ruddy Duck 2
> Turkey Vulture 2
> Northern Harrier 1
> Red-shouldered Hawk 1
> Red-tailed Hawk 1
> Killdeer 2
> Mourning Dove 3
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
> Downy Woodpecker 2
> Blue Jay 10
> American Crow X
> Fish Crow X
> crow sp. 60 (fly overs at 7:30 heard several am, one
> fish)
> Carolina Chickadee 8
> Black-capped Chickadee X
> Chickadee sp 5
> Tufted Titmouse 3
> White-breasted Nuthatch 2
> Carolina Wren 1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
> Eastern Bluebird 10
> American Robin 80
> Northern Mockingbird 5
> European Starling 4
> Cedar Waxwing 10
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
> Palm Warbler (Western) 1
> Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1
> Chipping Sparrow 5
> Field Sparrow 8
> Song Sparrow 20
> Swamp Sparrow 6
> White-throated Sparrow 35
> White-crowned Sparrow 4
> Dark-eyed Junco 15
> Northern Cardinal 8
> Common Grackle 2
> Brown-headed Cowbird 2
> Purple Finch 1
> American Goldfinch 15
>
> Jared Fisher
> North Bethesda, MD |