This is a picture that i took today of a chickadee which are very easy to tame..
By peanutjar
@peanutjar (5198)
Canada
December 30, 2007 10:09am CST
It is a winter bird here hardly seen in the summer,which usually stays in the deep forest/woods in the summer and comes out to find seeds in the winter from bird feeders.I started feeding them this fall and enjoy having them around and watching them.They will even come eat a piece of bread in your hand if your patient enough and they become use to seeing you alot.They are a easy bird to tame and i love this kind of small bird with its black head and song which is "CHICK-A-DEE-DEE".Its almost as if it's posing for me in our big evergreen tree which it hides in from predators that is close to the feeders.Which wild bird is your favorite?and do you enjoy watching them?
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
1 Jan 08
Haha,nope.I always forget to bring my camera on long drives.Thats usually when i need it the most because of something ammazing happening or to look at.I think i will glue it to my hip next time or get one just to have in my car,lol.:)
@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
Hi,i also like them.About an hour and a half from here is a big,big swamp which has 4 big bald eagle nest high up in the air that the environmental people had built for them to nest at.We see them flying so high in the sky and their wings,wow!!Im glad im not a rabbit,haha.
Peanutjar:)
@northwoods (86)
• United States
30 Dec 07
We love our chickadee's. They are very friendly, and the first bird to arrive at a feeder when I put out food. We see them year round in northern minnesota (the cabin). In southern minnesota, where we live the other half of the time, we have them mostly in the winter. They are very industrious, and are one of the few birds that must eat every day. Good picture!
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
Oh i know about the eating thing,haha.I fill the feeders everyday because it seems for small birds they eat well,lol.One seed at a time,breaking it on a branch,then having to fly back for another one to start the routine over.Not like blue jays who grab a mouth full and swallow like piggies,hahaha!They can clean a feeder out in no time,even in one sitting.
Peanutjar:)
@northwoods (86)
• United States
1 Jan 08
Right about those Blue Jays. They are totally snotty. They 'cache' the bird seed; swallow as much as they can, go hide it, and do it all again. We get Canada Jays, too. They are friendly like Chickadees, but much, much bigger. They are not noisy like Blue Jays, and don't cache.
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
30 Dec 07
that is really a very lovely picture... this is the first time i see this type of bird and a;so the name... so i am learning something new... thanks for that... i don't have this type of bird in my home country and honestly speaking, i am not really a big fan of birds... :-)
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
Im glad you saw it:)I also like to see different and new things from other parts of the world like animals that i have never saw before.Not eveyone enjoys looking at birds,hehe:):)
@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
Thank-you!:)I stood there like 15 minutes waiting for one to come and one was more confortable with me than the others.This one always waits for me to fill the feeders and even comes to land on the feeder in my hand before i even get it on the stand,haha.I put some sunflower seeds on the branch to "help" coax it,HEHE(sneaky)
Peanutjar:)
@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
I just love these tiny birds,especially the mask mark on their eyes and their patience of me always being around them,haha.
Peanutjar:)
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
8 Jan 08
Very pretty. We only have sparrows in the winter, where I live. And they aren't a very pretty bird, so it is nice to see this picture. I hope you enjoy the birds you have at this time of year. Your lucky.
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
9 Jan 08
I have alot of sparrows that come here every summer to nest in our big bushes in front of my bedroom window.I leave the window open to hear their singing,they are song sparrows,but not that pretty like you said,haha.Nice music though.I try to put out alot of different food to attract different birds.I had snow birds come yesterday,they are tiny and white with brown tipped wings.I would like to get a cardinal but havent so far,only blue jays which are ear pierceing for the ears,haha!
Peanutjar:)
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
30 Dec 07
That's a great pic! I love all kinds of birds and need to get some bird seed to toss out to them. At the end of summer, our maintence man came around to power wash our porchs and I had to run out and caution him not to disturb the little bird nest we have in the corner of our porch. I'll get a pic of it today and post it for you to see. It's been here since we moved in and the birds still use it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
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@peanutjar (5198)
• Canada
31 Dec 07
It use to be alot of nests around my house but one day a hawk had found a nest,dragging it to the ground and well,you know.One big sparrow was left and was always singing for the others and looked sad,going back to what was left of the nest in the bush.Finally it left,i missed its singing alot.:(:(
