Saturday, 14 January 2017

In-the-Hand Chickadees and Nuthatches

When the birding is slow, nothing beats grabbing a bag of seed and hand-feeding (or head-feeding) Black-capped Chickadees and Red-breasted Nuthatches. Springbank Park in London is an easy and accessible place to do this.














7 comments:

  1. Oh. My. Goodness. Sooooooo cute! :-)

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    1. Next stop...Algonquin Park to hand feed the Gray Jays! ;-)

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    2. You got that right! Mid-Feb will be exciting!

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  2. I have done this in my yard too!
    Gray Jays are really neat to feed!

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    1. I have yet to train the birds in my backyard to feed from my hand.

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  3. Hello, I am an artist living in London Ontario. I was wondering if I could have your permission to use one of your photos (3rd of 12) as reference for a painting. - Artist Matt Collins. Thanks!

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