{"id":73416,"date":"2020-09-04T05:42:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T11:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=73416"},"modified":"2025-05-09T09:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:57:02","slug":"two-black-capped-chickadee-photos-from-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/09\/04\/two-black-capped-chickadee-photos-from-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Black-capped Chickadee Photos From This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Black-capped Chickadee perched in a hawthorn \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Photographing Black-capped Chickadees away from bird feeders can be a challenge because when they are in the wild finding them is a matter of good eyesight, hearing and always being aware of the view in front of me.<\/p>\n

More often than not I hear Black-capped Chickadees before I see them. I absolutely adore their cheery calls<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the first of September I heard a Black-capped Chickadee and was able to determine that the bird was at the back side of a hawthorn. I paid close attention to the movement of the chickadee that I could see through the leaves of the tree and when it came out into the open I was able to take a series of images of it where there was an out of focus, red hawthorn berry just below its tiny bill. I can’t really say why I like that bright red spot in this photo but I do.<\/p>\n

\"Black-cappedBlack-capped Chickadee close up in the Wasatch Mountains \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning in another location in the Wasatch Mountains I was able to take a short series of close up photos of a Black-capped Chickadee and that was a thrill for me. Since the early days of my bird photography obsession I’ve liked being able to take intimate close up photos of wild birds when I can because the photos show fine details in their plumage that I might not see with just my naked eyes.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143803,"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":[27,6720,5921,4594,26,773],"tags":[4004,6605,6666,6722,3940,6273,6274,4142,6566,10302,4069,6721,4046,7297,2315,6626],"class_list":["post-73416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-black-capped-chickadees","category-east-canyon","category-morgan-county","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-berries","tag-berry","tag-black-capped-chickadee","tag-canyon","tag-chickadee","tag-chickadees","tag-close-up","tag-hawthorn","tag-hawthorns","tag-mountains","tag-poecile-atricapillus","tag-portrait","tag-river-hawthorn","tag-summer-3","tag-thistle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/black-capped-chickadee-close-up-mia-mcpherson-1218.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-j68","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53569,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/08\/13\/black-capped-chickadees-photographed-in-a-mountain-canyon\/","url_meta":{"origin":73416,"position":0},"title":"Black-capped Chickadees Photographed In A Mountain Canyon","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I spent some time yesterday morning observing, photographing and enjoying the songs and calls of Black-capped Chickadees in a high mountain canyon. 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