F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 400.
Black-Capped Chickadee
What did one chicken say to the other after they walked through poison ivy ?
“You scratch my beak and I’ll scratch yours !”
Interesting Fact: The Black-Capped Chickadee hides seeds and other food items to eat later. Each item is placed in a different spot and the chickadee can remember thousands of hiding places. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-capped_Chickadee/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/800, ISO 800.
Carolina Wren
Day 332 / 365
What is a parrot’s favorite game?
Hide and Speak!
Interesting Fact: Unlike other wren species in its genus, only the male Carolina Wren sings the loud song. In other species, such as the Stripe-breasted Wren of Central America, both members of a pair sing together. The male and female sing different parts, and usually interweave their songs such that they sound like a single bird singing. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Carolina_Wren/lifehistory )
F/8.0, 1/125, ISO 320.
Tufted Titmouse
Day 329 / 365
Why did the chicken say, “Meow, oink, bow-wow, and moo?”
He was studying foreign languages.
Interesting Fact: Tufted Titmice hoard food in fall and winter, a behavior they share with many of their relatives, including the chickadees and tits. Titmice take advantage of a bird feeder’s bounty by storing many of the seeds they get. Usually, the storage sites are within 130 feet of the feeder. The birds take only one seed per trip and usually shell the seeds before hiding them. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Tufted_Titmouse/lifehistory )
F/ 6.3, 1/640, ISO 800.
House Finch
Day 257 / 365
Why do birds lay eggs?
If they dropped them, they d break!
Interesting Fact: The House Finch was originally a bird of the western United States and Mexico. In 1940 a small number of finches were turned loose on Long Island, New York, after failed attempts to sell them as cage birds (“Hollywood finches”). They quickly started breeding and spread across almost all of the eastern United States and southern Canada within the next 50 years. ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Finch/lifehistory )
F/6.3, 1/500, ISO 1000.
Marsh Wren
Day 195 / 365
Why did the bird get a ticket?
It broke the law of gravity!
Interesting Fact: The Marsh Wren is a secretive bird; even when singing the territorial male remains well hidden, briefly climbing a cattail for a look at an intruder. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/137/_/Marsh_Wren.aspx )
F/6.3, 1/50, ISO 1600.
Bananaquit
Day 134 /365
Why do birds fly south for the winter?
Because it’s too far to walk!
Interesting Fact: It uses its sharp beak to pierce a flower from the side, taking the nectar without actually pollinating the plant. They cannot hover like a hummingbird, and must always perch while feeding. ( http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/1014/overview/Bananaquit.aspx )
Through Open Lens 