Victor D 31 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Burnaby Lake. BC. Last Sunday noonish. I wonder is this is Chestnut -Backed or Black-Capped Chickadee? Hoping for Chestnut 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackburnian 1,192 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Black-capped. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IKLland 584 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, blackburnian said: Black-capped. yes. Note it does not have a chestnut back!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victor D 31 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 14 minutes ago, IKLland said: yes. Note it does not have a chestnut back!! Seems like there are tons of them around, but I only get Black-Capped!! 🙂 Thank you !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victor D 31 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 30 minutes ago, blackburnian said: Black-capped. Thank you!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron 631 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Chestnut-backed has been eluding me as well in BC... Only chickadee species I have yet to see!  Except Mexican I guess Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IKLland 584 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, Aaron said: Chestnut-backed has been eluding me as well in BC... Only chickadee species I have yet to see!  Except Mexican I guess You get mountains there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Connor Cochrane 2,624 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 minute ago, Aaron said: Chestnut-backed has been eluding me as well in BC... Only chickadee species I have yet to see!  Except Mexican I guess Do you have Gray-headed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victor D 31 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, Aaron said: Chestnut-backed has been eluding me as well in BC... Only chickadee species I have yet to see!  Except Mexican I guess Hmmm.. I thought it's me being unlucky.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victor D 31 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 5 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said: Do you have Gray-headed? I don't think so.. According to https://www.birdatlas.bc.ca/ we also have Mountain and Boreal in this area Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IKLland 584 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, Victor D said: I don't think so.. According to https://www.birdatlas.bc.ca/ we also have Mountain and Boreal in this area yep! i get mountains, but i haven't seen one yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Connor Cochrane 2,624 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Just now, Victor D said: I don't think so.. According to https://www.birdatlas.bc.ca/ we also have Mountain and Boreal in this area Chestnut-backed, Black-capped, Mountain and Boreal are the chickadees in your area. @Aaron mentioned that he seen almost all chickadees, except for Chestnut-backed and Mexican, so I was wondering if he's seen the rarest of them all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Connor Cochrane 2,624 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, IKLland said: yep! i get mountains, but i haven't seen one yet. I got mine for Orange County in Sorrano Creek Park. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IKLland 584 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, Connor Cochrane said: I got mine for Orange County in Sorrano Creek Park. thanks! i will check that out on ebird! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Connor Cochrane 2,624 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 5 minutes ago, IKLland said: thanks! i will check that out on ebird! out of curiosity, where does your username come from, its one of the more unique ones we have here on the forums. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron 631 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Was unaware there even was a gray-headed.... 🤔 Guess I haven’t almost seen all chickadees then ha! Guess I gotta go to Finland I’ve found mountain chickadees are far more common in my area in BC than any others Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Connor Cochrane 2,624 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, Aaron said: Guess I gotta go to Finland Or North Alaska Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Connor Cochrane 2,624 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 3 minutes ago, IKLland said: thanks! i will check that out on ebird! Out of curiosity, where does the username IKLland come from. Is it some abbreviation? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron 631 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said: Or North Alaska That seems more realistic. Maybe one day.... Checked the records for Canada and there’s only two in the Yukon, from 1989 and 1864! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AlexHenry 1,425 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 3 minutes ago, Aaron said: That seems more realistic. Not really... Gray-headed Chickadee is like, impossibly difficult to find in the ABA area, only in super remote parts of the Brooks Range in Northern Alaska. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron 631 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Finland it is! Haha Or I just call it a Siberian Tit, then it won’t count as a chickadee 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victor D 31 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 13 hours ago, Aaron said: Chestnut-backed has been eluding me as well in BC... Only chickadee species I have yet to see!  Except Mexican I guess Someone posted this picture - Jan 21- Burnaby Lake area: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4132357076791757&set=pcb.3847919765269483 On British Columbia Birds group page 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulK 253 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 @Victor DI've heard a couple of them this week in Strathcona in Vancouver but haven't seen one yet this year. Last year they were around pretty consistently once they arrived for a couple of months. If I see them settle somewhere I'll let you know. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Victor D 31 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 14 minutes ago, PaulK said: @Victor DI've heard a couple of them this week in Strathcona in Vancouver but haven't seen one yet this year. Last year they were around pretty consistently once they arrived for a couple of months. If I see them settle somewhere I'll let you know. Would it be easier to photograph the Black-Capped and photoshop it into Chestnut??? 😈 Ha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulK 253 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 15 minutes ago, Victor D said: Would it be easier to photograph the Black-Capped and photoshop it into Chestnut??? 😈 Ha! Oh no, they're way cuter! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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