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Soothing Sounds of Birds From My Living Room Window

By |2024-03-23T14:49:24-06:00September 6th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Canada Geese, Capitol Reef National Park, Downy Woodpeckers, Morgan County, Utah, Wayne County|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I like having my windows open so I can hear the sounds of birds when I can't be in the field. It helps me to hear them especially when the world is so crazy.

Black-capped Chickadee Photos – Foraging in Common Mulleins

By |2024-03-23T14:42:42-06:00August 28th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago I was able to spend a few minutes taking Black-capped Chickadee photos as small flock of them foraged in Common Mulleins.

Two Black-capped Chickadee Photos From This Week

By |2024-03-23T14:28:03-06:00September 4th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, East Canyon, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I'm happy to have had these two little Black-capped Chickadees in my viewfinder this week. I enjoy seeing, hearing, and photographing these perky primarily black and white birds.

Black-capped Chickadee In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2024-03-23T14:22:24-06:00August 11th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I saw and heard Black-capped and Mountain Chickadees yesterday morning but only this Black-capped Chickadee came in close enough for me to photograph.

Calling Black-capped Chickadee Perched In The Open

By |2024-03-23T14:18:48-06:00August 23rd, 2019|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Two days ago this Black-capped Chickadee and several other others were moving through a willow thicket in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains where I had been focusing on photographing warblers, tanagers, and vireos.

Photographing Some Of The Birds I Love In The Wasatch Mountains

By |2024-03-23T14:11:28-06:00August 16th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Cedar Waxwings, Great Blue Herons, MacGillivray's Warblers, Morgan County, Summit County, Utah, Warbling Vireos, Wasatch Mountains, Western Tanagers|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

As a bird photographer I'm feeling a sense of urgency now that I didn't feel a few weeks ago because as I watch the migrants in the Wasatch Mountains getting ready for their long journeys I know that my time for photographing them this year is quickly running out.

Molting Black-capped Chickadee

By |2024-03-23T14:14:47-06:00July 18th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Summit County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Black-capped Chickadee's plumage isn't in prime condition but I feel like my work as a bird photographer includes taking images of them looking great and not so great because it is all part of the cycle of their lives.

Black-capped Chickadee Plus the Colors of Autumn

By |2024-03-23T14:08:23-06:00September 19th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Typically I would prefer that all of the body of this Black-capped Chickadee was free of the out of focus elements in front of it but visually the abstract jumble of Autumn colored leaves stimulates my eyes and my brain.

Black-capped Chickadee Foraging Near A Western Tent Caterpillar Tent

By |2024-03-23T14:05:06-06:00August 31st, 2018|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Little Dutch Hollow, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I heard a familiar call, caught a flash of black, gray and white and spotted a Black-capped Chickadee land right in front of a Western Tent Caterpillar tent while calling out a clear "chickadee-dee-dee" to another chickadee that was nearby.

Black-capped Chickadees Photographed In A Mountain Canyon

By |2024-03-23T13:58:13-06:00August 13th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Black-capped Chickadees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I spent some time yesterday morning observing, photographing and enjoying the songs and calls of Black-capped Chickadees in a high mountain canyon. Chickadees always bring a smile to my lips and yesterday was no exception.

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