{"id":74940,"date":"2020-10-27T05:47:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=74940"},"modified":"2024-11-16T13:49:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T19:49:52","slug":"mountain-chickadees-listening-for-their-songs-and-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/10\/27\/mountain-chickadees-listening-for-their-songs-and-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Chickadees – Listening For Their Songs And Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"

I listen for birds everywhere I go. Their calls and songs help me to locate them so I can photograph and observe them as they go about their lives.<\/p>\n

\"MountainMountain Chickadee resting for a moment \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 640, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I might even be a little annoying to other people because when I hear them singing or calling I typically say the name of the bird out loud which means that any birder, birdwatcher, or bird photographer who is with me benefits from that.<\/p>\n

\"MountainMountain Chickadee grasping a fir cone with its feet \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/1600, ISO 500, -0.7 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Mountain Chickadees can sound an awful lot like Black-capped Chickadees but to trained ears there are differences in their songs and calls.<\/p>\n

At this time of the year Mountain Chickadees forage to eat and to cache seeds for the long winter days ahead. They aren’t nearly as vocal now as they are during spring mating season but they don’t stop vocalizing just because it has gotten colder.<\/p>\n

Listen to a recording of a song of a Mountain Chickadee here<\/span><\/a> and a call here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MountainMountain Chickadee with food in its bill \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the roads to the mountain canyons I go to when I am looking for Mountain Chickadees and other birds will be closing soon for the winter and I won’t be able to access them until spring. Until then I hope to visit them frequently so I can see and hear the Mountain Chickadees singing and calling as they go about the business of being birds.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

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