You can always count on the Chickadees

Thank heavens for Black-capped Chickadees!! They are there to greet us, no matter what! Such tough little guys, though they are always only 24 hours away from death if they can't get enough fat stored in their body to last overnight.

Took this photo yesterday, when I decided to call in at a local park and get a bit of fresh air and sunshine. I hadn't been down there for a couple of days, so wanted to take a quick 15-minute walk while I had the chance. Bumped into a couple of people I know, who had been looking for the tiny Northern Pygmy-owl, without any luck.

"The Black-capped Chickadee is notable for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights, its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (they can feed from the hand)." From Wikipedia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/black-capped_chickadee/id

I have to take my car in to be fixed - hopefully I can drop it off this afternoon ready to be repaired tomorrow. The car "beeper" keeps going off for no reason at all, which is really annoying and embarrassing. Also have to get the car door locks fixed, too - makes me wonder if the two things are connected. I had really hoped to not have to spend much on this car, which will be 16 years old next month, but it's not turning out that way.