{"id":143199,"date":"2025-04-29T02:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=143199"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T23:48:26","slug":"carolina-chickadee-chicks-have-fledged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/04\/29\/carolina-chickadee-chicks-have-fledged\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Chickadee Chicks Have Fledged!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the Carolina Chickadee chicks that were in the nest box on the pear tree fledged, and the first one I photographed was near the deck.<\/p>\n

\"CarolinaCarolina Chickadee chick on the deck \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/200, ISO 1000, +0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Then the darling little chickadee fledgling flew onto the deck and stayed there for a bit. I took a nice long series of images of the chickadee chick on the deck before it flew up and landed on the wind chimes.<\/p>\n

It was my first time photographing Carolina Chickadee chicks, and I was beyond excited. They are even cuter than I expected them to be.<\/p>\n

They almost look as if they are pouting.<\/p>\n

\"CarolinaCarolina Chickadee chick in a flower bed \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/640, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I spotted a second Carolina Chickadee<\/span><\/a> chick in one of the flower beds. I moved over to the flower bed, sat down on the ground, and took a bunch of images of that chick too.<\/p>\n

The nest box was so packed with chickadee chicks that I couldn’t even get an accurate count. Maybe over the next few days, I’ll spot more of them as they explore their world beyond their nest.<\/p>\n

In just a few days, the Eastern Bluebird chicks in the garden should fledge too. Spring is baby bird season here!<\/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":"

Yesterday the Carolina Chickadee chicks that were in the nest box on the pear tree fledged, and the first one I photographed was near the deck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143194,"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":[13991,4134,6273,6274,16427,4141,16428,13931,4067,4071,13990,165,15824,13966,4193],"class_list":["post-143199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arkansas","category-avian","category-carolina-chickadees","category-sebastian-county","tag-carolina-chickadee","tag-chick","tag-chickadee","tag-chickadees","tag-deck","tag-fledgling","tag-flower-bed","tag-garden","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-poecile-carolinensis","tag-spring","tag-suburban","tag-yard","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/carolina-chickadee-chick-mia-mcpherson-9958.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-BfF","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":143199,"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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