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A BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE CHASES OFF A RIVAL WHILE I HOLD THE BIRD FEEDER AND THE CAMERA

A BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE CHASES OFF A RIVAL WHILE I HOLD THE BIRD FEEDER AND THE CAMERA

Chickadees usually feed singly at a bird feeder of this type and size. Other chickadees either wait their turn or sometimes will aggressively drive off the bir...
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Chickadees usually feed singly at a bird feeder of this type and size. Other chickadees either wait their turn or sometimes will aggressively drive off the bird that is feeding as in this case. Note the sunflower seed that has been dropped by the departing bird. Getting the photo was a fluke as I was holding the bird feeder with one hand and photographing with a rather weighty 18 to 300 superzoom lens and Nikon D500 camera in the other hand.
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Anchorage, Alaska, US

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Fantastic capture!!!!

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Thank you Toni :-) !

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Wow! Great capture!! Nice how the chickadees let you get so close to them.

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Perfectly timed!

Impressive action shot, especially while holding the feeder!

Great capture Paul, congrats.
Thanks for joining my March 21 Collection challenge. We are really back on track… I wish you all the luck.

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