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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Dinusaur on January 07, 2019, 06:44:43 PM

Title: Boreal Chickadee
Post by: Dinusaur on January 07, 2019, 06:44:43 PM

Every time I visited Alogonquin Park I always looked for a Boreal Chickadee on Spruce Bog Trail without luck. Finally one showed up near the western entrance of the Darlington Provincial Park in Oshawa and has been hanging out with a group of Black-capped Chickadee. What a little beauty of a bird. Here are some photos that I took of the bird during my visit in the park on Jan 6. As a bonus I also got to see a Snowy Owl sitting on frozen McLaughlin bay only a minute away from where the Boreal Chickadee was seen.

1. Comparison between a Black-capped (left) and a Boreal (right) Chickadee
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7839/46654123211_26fc1fa825_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2e5EzqF)


2. Boreal Chickadee
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7916/45739685005_3b674a05ab_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2cFRQNH)
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7803/45739677505_1d737f0831_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2cFRNzp)

Title: Re: Boreal Chickadee
Post by: Paul O'Toole on January 07, 2019, 07:26:16 PM

Lighting and detail is excelent. Really beautiful images.

Title: Re: Boreal Chickadee
Post by: Ally on January 07, 2019, 10:20:01 PM

Such a cutie! Glad these tiny balls of fun have northern relatives visiting them once a year.

Title: Re: Boreal Chickadee
Post by: Rotarran on January 09, 2019, 12:25:58 PM

My favourite bird.  Very nice pics.