Gotta love those Chickadees

Not the best image with that patch of blown-out white on its face, but I thought this little Black-capped Chickadee (macro) was still rather cute. Seen in the Weaselhead Natural Area on 28 January 2014, when I managed to push myself out the front door to go for a walk in Weaselhead with friends. The morning started off unpleasantly cold, but gradually warmed up. The pathways were covered in ice and one person did fall, unfortunately, so I was relieved I had my ice grabbers on my winter boots. We had a few nice sightings, which gave reasonable photo opps, including several House Finches, a fluffed up Downy Woodpecker, this little Chickadee and a beautiful Snowshoe Hare who was well camouflaged against the snow and was hiding in a tangle of branches. At the end of the walk, a Coyote was spotted, hunting in the field by the parking lot. A most enjoyable walk in good company : )