Date: 5/30/26 9:00 am
From: Hank Heiberg via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Fledgling Black-capped Chickadees
Yesterday we noticed 2 adult Black-capped Chickadees with white seeds in their bills repeatedly landing in our rhododendrons and then diving down into the ferns.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/55302217607/in/dateposted/

So we went out onto our patio and found a fledgling Chickadee in the ferns at the base of a rhododendron

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/55303532350/in/photostream/

with adults arriving to feed it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/55303123156/in/photostream/

We retreated back into the house and saw the fledgling taking flights of about a foot in length while exploring its surroundings with the adults continuing to arrive with food.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/55302218347/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/55303123851/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/55303533680/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/55303277173/in/photostream/

There was another fledgling about 7 feet up in the rhodies. An Anna’s Hummingbird inspected it from about 6 inches away and then left. A Dark-eyed Junco arrived and was driven off by one of the adult Chickadees.

Hank & Karen Heiberg
Issaquah, WA
hankdotheiberggmail




_______________________________________________
Tweeters mailing list
<Tweeters...>
http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters

 
Join us on Facebook!