{"id":130588,"date":"2024-07-14T02:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T07:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=130588"},"modified":"2024-07-14T02:52:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T07:52:22","slug":"one-chonky-carolina-chickadee-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/07\/14\/one-chonky-carolina-chickadee-in-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"One Chonky Carolina Chickadee In Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I seem to be on a “chonky” subject streak lately including a chonky cowbird<\/span><\/a> and green tree frog<\/span><\/a> so I am continuing that streak with a chonky Carolina Chickadee.<\/p>\n

\"OneOne Chonky Carolina Chickadee \u2013 Canon R7, f9, 1\/1250, ISO 800, -1.0 EV, Canon 100-500mm at 500mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Carolina Chickadee flew in and almost immediately fluffed up her or his feathers, giving them a chonky appearance. The fact that they looked right at me when they were all fluffed up made me laugh. I wanted to tell the chickadee that I couldn’t fluff up like they could!<\/p>\n

The chickadee didn’t fluff up their feathers because they were cold, as they often do in winter. The heat index was probably already about 100\u00b0F at the time. I’m not exactly sure why the chickadee behaved as she or he did, I just know that I found it amusing.<\/p>\n

I’ve been focusing on photographing the chickadees that come to the feeders, hoping to capture an image of a young one hatched this year. There are plenty of adults around, but I haven’t managed to photograph a single immature chickadee yet. Not yet, anyway. My fingers are crossed that I find one in my viewfinder soon.<\/p>\n

I am enjoying observing the adult chickadees through my viewfinder, watching them in flight, and listening to their songs and calls<\/span><\/a>. My photos of this species are quickly multiplying in my galleries too.<\/p>\n

I really wish I could have understood what was happening in the mind of this chickadee; I’m sure it would have been fascinating. Whatever they were thinking, I was delighted to have them posing for me on a bright, sunny summer morning in Arkansas.<\/p>\n

My time with this chonky chickadee was great fun!<\/p>\n

Life is <\/em>good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Check here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Carolina Chickadee photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I seem to be on a “chonky” subject streak lately including a chonky cowbird and green tree frog so I am continuing that streak with a chonky Carolina Chickadee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13950,27,13989,13951],"tags":[4004,13991,6273,6274,14345,3035,13931,4104,13990,2315,8018,11722,13966],"class_list":["post-130588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-avian","category-carolina-chickadees","category-sebastian-county","tag-adult","tag-carolina-chickadee","tag-chickadee","tag-chickadees","tag-chonky","tag-fluffy","tag-garden","tag-perched","tag-poecile-carolinensis","tag-summer-3","tag-urban","tag-vine","tag-yard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/carolina-chickadee-chonky-arkansas-mia-mcpherson-1740.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-xYg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137795,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/12\/13\/late-fall-carolina-chickadee-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":130588,"position":0},"title":"Late Fall Carolina Chickadee Photos","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"December 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday morning, I enjoyed taking several photos of a Carolina Chickadee while it was still very cold. 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