chickadee Archives • Into the Light Adventures

A Cheerful Tiny Bird called the Chickadee, Now I have taken 100’s of photos of this bird and many others. I never get tired of photographing the same species, but I do try to change the backgrounds and make each photograph a little different. The bird is the subject of the photo, but the challenge comes by finding new locations and different ways to photograph each bird.

Which takes a lot of patience to study and watch each species and try to figure out how they live so that I can showcase how they eat, nest and fly. Of course flying is the difficult one to capture, especially with this fast little bird.

by Sandra J

Under the Shadow of Wings

By Sandra | February 9, 2021

Under the Shadow of Wings, I hear whispers in the wind. These tiny little birds are flying all around me, not afraid nor shy. They land on my camera at times as I am standing there near by.

I hear whispers in the wind from the fast beats of their wings. Who, who are these birds with their mighty wings?

But of course the tinniest of birds, the Chick-a-dee-dee-dee-dee

If you stay there long enough, you might see the Shadow of the Wings. May your spirit take refuge in what follows; In the Whispers in the Wind.

by Sandra J

Only the Chickadee Today

By Sandra | January 18, 2021

Only the Chickadee Today, strange weather we have been having lately. Rain and freezing rain, so a lot of the birds are hanging out in the forest except for these little ones. There is still some snow on the pine trees in the background making for a nice backdrop to the photo.

Only the Chickadee Today

by Sandra J

All About the Little Ones Today

By Sandra | December 18, 2020

All About the Little Ones Today, the Chickadee, one of the smaller species of song birds. So tiny but fast, I have been trying to get a photo of this little one in motion for a long time.

I finally did it today, I had to turn the shutter speed up to 1/8000 of a Second to attempt to stop its wings in motion. There is still a little motion blur, but now I know how fast the shutter has to open to even get close to slowing down these little ones.

On cold winter nights, these birds can reduce their body temperature by as much as 12°C (from their normal temperature of about 42°C) to conserve energy. Such a capacity for torpor is not very common in birds.