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Boreal Chickadee


Boreal Chickadee
Photo Information
Copyright: Mario Belanger (EOSF1) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-20
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 100-400 F4-5.6 L IS USM, ISO 200, B+W 77 010 UV-Haze 1 x
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/250 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-24 7:01
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Favorites: 4 [view]
Points: 76
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
My pretty rare little fellow, the Boreal Chickadee (Poecile Hudsonica, 13-14 cm) standing on a pine branch in the boreal forrest of Montmorency 70k north of Quebec city.

A brown-capped chickadee of the northern boreal forest, the Boreal Chickadee is one of the few birds living completely within that biome in Canada and bits of the United States.
Description
Small, short-billed bird.
Brownish cap.
Black bib.
White cheeks.
Rufous flanks.
Brown back.
Size: 12-14 cm (5-6 in)
Weight: 7-12 g (0.25-0.42 ounces)
Sex Differences
Sexes look alike.
Sound
Calls a scratchy "chick-a-dee-dee." Lacks a whistled song.
Conservation Status
Populations appear stable throughout most of range, but species is difficult to monitor.
Other Names
Mésange à tête brune, Mésange du Canada (French)
Paro canadiense, Paro boreal (Spanish)
Cool Facts
Like most chickadees, the Boreal Chickadee hides food regularly. Such storage is probably vital for winter survival in the harsh boreal environment. An analysis of the items a Boreal Chickadee cached found that the only seeds stored were those of spruce trees. Most of the stashed items were insect larvae.

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Incredible details to this bird..just technically perfect...a credit to you and your skills...TFS

Wow Mario, this is absolutely amazing, it's seems your getting closer to these birds everyday. The detail and natural colors really look great. The flash exposure displays perfect tonal level through out the whites perfectly. Well done. TFS :)

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  • pvs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 261 N: 3012] (13699)
  • [2008-02-24 7:44]

Hi Mario,

A great capture of this rare chicadee,I believe it is the first time I see this bird on TN,well captured in natural habitat,I like the snow on its beak,tfs

Paul

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2504 W: 27 N: 7598] (28398)
  • [2008-02-24 7:47]

Hi My good friend Mario. A lucky find for you. This is first class in detail and your focusing. the feathers look unreal so soft looking . good natural colours. with a little glint in the eye. very well done TFS. good notes too.
Nick..

Wow! Une mésange à tête brune, je n'en n'ai pas vu souvent, c'est presqu'un rêve :)! Ce sont des oiseaux rares et c'est une capture parfaite! Tu dois être super fier de cette photo! Bravo, bravo Mario!
Claudine
PS, tu devrais corriger le titre Mario pour les moteurs de recherche, enlever le "a" de trop dans le mot Chickadee :)

Bonjour Mario
Très belle prise, superbes couleurs, netteté excellente et très belle attitude du sujet. Magnifique!
Amicalement Robi

I realize that one reason you are so danged good at your bird photos is that you stick primarily to one lens and one type of subject. I'm never going to be really good at this hobby because I am all over the place. I move between several lenses and all kinds of subjects and my mind is a constant muddle! Another reason that you are so good at this is that you have a real talent for it and also have worked hard at it.

The details in this shot are wonderful and the soft colors beautiful.

TFS
Evelynn : )

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1984 W: 226 N: 6768] (24412)
  • [2008-02-24 7:58]

Exceptional image of this beautiful bird.
Razor-sharp with immense details.
Excellent composition as well.
Great lighting.
Nice work Mario.
Thanks,
Joe

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  • lise Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 172 W: 51 N: 548] (2873)
  • [2008-02-24 8:10]

Bonjour Mario,
Wow! Quelle chance tu as eu d'appercevoir cette mésange! C'est la première fois que j'en vois une de cette espèce. Excellente netteté et magnifiques couleurs naturelles.
Bravo et merci de partager.
Lise

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  • Karin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 418 W: 5 N: 268] (2089)
  • [2008-02-24 8:11]

Hi Mario,
LOvely little bird, I like the soft tones and fluffy feathers, the bits of snow on it s beak
Good white control and focus.
Well done and TFS

salut Mario

superbe image de cette Mésange à tête brune, belle pose de l'oiseau,
excellent POV et cadrage de l'image, avec d'excellentes netteté
et détails à l'avant-plan de l'image, TFS

Asbed

Hello Mario
Your details here are just amazing..The pov perched atop a pine branch is superb.
Great use of flash to highlight the details perfectly...I really like the snow on his face..Perfect shot and one to savour at my leisure.
Best regards
Paul

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2381 W: 63 N: 4145] (13494)
  • [2008-02-24 8:14]

Hi Mario,
Lovely capture of this cute little fellow. Details and soft colors look so nice. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2316 W: 11 N: 6385] (20516)
  • [2008-02-24 8:29]

Hi Mario,

I loved this little bird the first time you showed him to us and I love him still. He is so cute and fluffy and even more so with the snowflakes on his face. The colors are wonderful and the details and textures of his face, eye and plummage are superb. What a beautiful setting.

Jane

Again I find the combination of in focus conifer and feathers very attractive and definitely a winter shot..not only due to snow, but all over in toto!
Bob

Mario,

Beautiful capture,
I like the little bit of snow on the beak,
I really like this little birds,
TFS

fototab

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  • Zeno Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 453 W: 0 N: 964] (8317)
  • [2008-02-24 9:28]

Hi Mario,

Another great shot of this rare bird. Very sharp and surprising snowy effect.
TFS.

regards,
Zeno.

Hello Mario,
this is a super close up of the bird!
excellent sharpness, beautiful colour and perfect details
well done always
many thanks
Tony

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  • kjpweb Gold Star Critiquer [C: 332 W: 86 N: 1084] (4788)
  • [2008-02-24 13:10]

Mario - your pictures are continuously on a very high level.
Excellent in all aspects - regardless what you pick.
Hat's off to you! Cheers, Klaus

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1512 W: 6 N: 4262] (15420)
  • [2008-02-24 14:36]

Hi Mario,i'm back after many pc problem's and i'm happy to see your last pics in the snow,great great collection,thanks for your fantastic work,Luciano

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1292 W: 0 N: 5307] (16022)
  • [2008-02-24 15:05]

Hi Mario

Great detail here - the feathers in particular are wonderful. I also like the pose very much.

James

Hi Mario,
This is an exquisite presentation!
I like a lot the sharpness of the image, it really gets the best of the bird's plumage.
It's so good the head's view with the tiny snow flakes around the beak.
Congratulations and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1052 W: 5 N: 3209] (11876)
  • [2008-02-24 17:47]

Hola Mario.
Excellent photo, great image, sharp and focus in high quality lavel. You heve a very nice photos in Your galery Mario. All of them are beautiful.
Saludos
Luis52.

hello mario,
this is a fine capture of Boreal Chickadee, the details are good and the plumage looks so beautiful, lovely colours, excellent pov, another marvel,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Hello Mario,
Fantastic shot of this adorable little bird, excellent composition and pov, superb sharpness and good depth of field, beautiful natural colors and the details on those feathers are incredible.Great pose. Outstanding!
Angela

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  • darwin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 259 W: 0 N: 399] (1379)
  • [2008-02-24 20:36]

Hi Mario
Simply Superb Shot
tfs jon

Magnifica immagine in ambiente naturale eccezionale sotto ogni aspetto, superbi composizione, dettagli e colori. Complimenti. Ciao Maurizio

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2135 W: 222 N: 4188] (14217)
  • [2008-02-25 0:52]

Hi Mario

Congratulations for taking such a great shot of this rather rare Boreal Chickadee...i'm sure you were pretty happy to find it and take such nice shots of it, too :)
I really like the pose here and the fact that the branch is not sideways, but coming towards the camera...this adds depth to the shot and it makes it original...quite refreshing :)
Aside that, the details are again terrific and the fill-in flash worked great in getting some more out of the darker areas plus also giving you that excellent catchlight.
Wonderful work!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Bonsoir Mario,

Encore une très belle photo de cette délicieuse mésange (La dernière photo m'a donné l'envie de faire un thème personnel regroupant tous les oiseaux de cette famille présents sur TN, j'espère que je n'en ai pas oublié). Très bonne composition et netteté. J'aime bcp la composition de couleurs très douces de cette photo.
Bonne soirée,
Mariki

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 637 W: 32 N: 792] (3084)
  • [2008-02-25 2:57]

Beautiful wintery scene with excellent details and very good exposure. Also nicely positioned within the frame. Nice work.

TFS.

Dean.

Hi Mario

Stunning shot of this species I've not seen before. Amazing that such a tiny bird can live through the boreal winter.
Excellent sharpness and plumage details. Great composition and exposure, good eye catchlight.

Chris

Hi Mario, lovely bird in great pose with splendid details, good colors and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hello Mario,

really great composition and sharpness!

TFS,
Luca

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3475 W: 143 N: 5502] (18019)
  • [2008-02-26 6:11]

Hi Mario.
Outstanding picture of the amazing scene. Subject is really cannot be better as well as the POV, framing and composition. I am impressed with exposure of the entire imabe, extreme sharpness and details of the bird and nice twig patter. Bravo.
Alexei.

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-02-26 9:30]

Hello Mario

WOW!
A wonderful capture of this beauty.
The clarity is exceptional with sharp details and excellent focus.
The feathers are well defined.
Beautiful rich,natural colours.
Excellent POV and DOF.
The setting with the pine bough is beautiful.
TFS

Rob

bonjour mario
il y a vraiment enormement d'especes d'oiseau par chez vous !merci de partager d'aussi belle image avec nous.
laurent

Bonjour Mario,
que je t'envie cet oiseau magnifique et tes talents de photographe, la composition est parfaite, comme toujours réalisée avec soins et minutie, encore un shot d'une qualité exceptionnelle,
bravo et merci
amitiés,
Pat

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1869 W: 83 N: 4356] (14169)
  • [2008-03-02 13:04]

Hello Mario,
Last week I was on a ski vacation. So I missed the your photos of this week. What a production! Difficult to make a choise.
This one is absolutely gorgeous. Details, natural colours, pose... everything is so good!
Thanks.
Regards,
Peter

Bonjour Mario,

Ce mésange à tête brune semble regarder vers sa gauche. Les détails et les couleurs de l'oiseau sont clairs et précis. la lumière rehausse les couleurs. le sujet est bien cadré. Bonne journée.

Pierre

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