A Chestnut-backed Chickadee was in our garden today, and in the second photo a Junco is looking on. This smallest of Oregon’s three chickadee species is Poecile rufescens. So now all three chickadee species have made an appearance in our garden this fall. The resident, breeding chickadees around our home are the Black-capped.
Posted by: atowhee | November 20, 2012
RUFESCENS APPEARS
Posted in ashland, birding, birds, garden feeder, migratory birds, natural history, oregon, winter birds | Tags: Chestnut-backed Chickadee
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Love those chestnut backs!
By: J Taylor on November 20, 2012
at 8:02 pm