Trust

Thank heavens for 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. In certain natural areas of the city, where they are very used to people, these little Black-capped Chickadees will happily fly down to a person's hand - in this case, a fellow birder's hand. The light and colour are rather strange and there is too much graininess thanks to the very poor light conditions, but there was still something I liked about this photo. Taken on 27 October 2015, when I went on a three-hour walk in Fish Creek Park, from Bebo Grove to Shannon Terrace and back, with birding friends.

"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

The following is the final list of species seen, compiled by the leaders of the groups:

Canada Goose-40+
Swan sp., -14
Merlin-1
Downy Woodpecker-8
Hairy Woodpecker-4
AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER-3
Northern Flicker-1
Pileated Woodpecker-2+
Blue Jay-10
Black-billed Magpie-15
Common Raven-6+
Black-capped Chickadee-50+
BOREAL CHICKADEE-2
Red-breasted Nuthatch-15
White-breasted Nuthatch-3
Brown Creeper-3
Golden-crowned Kinglet-2
Townsend’s Solitaire-2
American Robin-8
Pine Grosbeak-5+
House Finch-6
Red Crossbill-8
White-winged Crossbill-30+
Common Redpoll-3
Pine Siskin-10+

Red Squirrel-18
White-tailed Deer-1
Mule Deer-4