This is about great bird song, not great photography. It was too dark for decent photos but I did manage to get a video. What I wanted to see is a Black-capped Chickadee singing. Its song is a clear two-note Fee-bee! I used to think it's another of the Cardinal's many songs but the voice is somewhat different.
This morning about 6:15 it was singing in the tree outside my window. No sleeping through that! So I got up and took my camara outside. I can't post videos here but I will post a frame by frame to show how it opens its beak for the high-pitched Fee, closes for B just like we do, then opens halfway for the lower-pitched ee.
Like most birds I have observed, it stretches its neck when singing, then pulls back for the breather in between. This is really obvious in Crows. NOTE: It was too dark early this morning for decent colouring to register on the camera. Some colour registered but there are patches of blackish green all over the bird. I am pleased that the beak shows fairly well. That is the "scientific" aspect of this post. Click on photos to see captions.
This is about great bird song, not great photography. It was too dark for decent photos but I did manage to get a video. What I wanted to see is a Black-capped Chickadee singing. Its song is a clear two-note Fee-bee! I used to think it's another of the Cardinal's many songs but the voice is somewhat different.
This morning about 6:15 it was singing in the tree outside my window. No sleeping through that! So I got up and took my camara outside. I can't post videos here but I will post a frame by frame to show how it opens its beak for the high-pitched Fee, closes for B just like we do, then opens halfway for the lower-pitched ee.
Like most birds I have observed, it stretches its neck when singing, then pulls back for the breather in between. This is really obvious in Crows. NOTE: It was too dark early this morning for decent colouring to register on the camera. Some colour registered but there are patches of blackish green all over the bird. I am pleased that the beak shows fairly well. That is the "scientific" aspect of this post. Click on photos to see captions.
Location: Downtown Kitchener, April 15 2025