Adult Carolina Chickadee With A Spider For Their Young

A simple image of a wet adult Carolina Chickadee with a spider for their young, taken two days ago, is what I’m sharing this morning.

Carolina Chickadee with a spider for their young

I don’t know when the Carolina Chickadee eggs hatched or how many chicks are in the nest box, but I do know the adults are flying in with food for them constantly.

This adult chickadee flew in after a rainstorm with a spider for their chicks and paused for a few seconds on a pear tree branch before heading into the nest box. The bird wasn’t drenched but was clearly wet, its feathers looking damp from the rain.

I’m so excited that soon I might be able to photograph Carolina Chickadee chicks fledging from their nest, maybe even hopping around in the grass or learning how to eat seeds from the feeder. I can barely wait.

But the timing has to be right, as always with chicks fledging from the nest. Fingers crossed I’m in the right place at the right time, and that the little fluffballs don’t launch while I’m inside making coffee or out in the field.

Life is good.

Mia

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