Jul 11, 2025
Chestnut-backed Chickadee by Jim Fetter
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee by Jim Fetter
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
"Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? (The Analects of Confucius)" Two days spent immersed in nature observation around Karuizawa with a nature guide friend who came to visit. Encountered 47 species of wild birds – a most enjoyable time. Photograph: A Willow Tit (Poecile montanus) feeding on insect eggs laid on a Giant Dogwood trunk.
「朋（とも）有り遠方より来る、亦た楽しからずや（『論語』）」 訪ねてくれたネイチャーガイドの知人と、軽井沢近隣の自然の探索に明け暮れた2日間。出会った野鳥は47種、楽しい時間でした。 写真は、ミズキの幹に産まれた昆虫の卵を食べているコガラ。
Nagano Pref. 長野県 2026-02-28
Reminiscing the time when I made this in MS Paint as vent art when I saw the cladograms of chickadees and branta geese and got fed the fuck up.
Have you seen a Chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens)?
Yes, in nature
No, but I have heard one in nature
Yes, in captivity
No, but I have heard one in captivity
I might have/I'm not sure
No, I've only heard of it/seen it in photos/taxidermy/etc
No, and I have never heard of this bird
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Carolina Chickadee
Poecile.
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📷Canon EOS 1100D
🔭EF-S55-250mm f4-5.6 IS II
This is the bookmark that comes with the hardcover edition of my novel “Ein Weg aus Magie und Tee”, featuring the protagonists Airis and Tio.
That Tio is all over cats was clear from page 1 (because I like cats and will not write a book without one (which means there’s village cats and castle cats and a giant flying dragon cat)), but Airis liking birds took me a long time to realise. Since the bookmark is small he only got a tit while actually magpies are best.
The cat staring greedily at the bird is very intentional of course. (Will not get them though~)
Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus), family Paridae, order Passeriformes, northern Great Lakes Region, USA
photograph by Mark Hainen