[Leica] Oak Titmouse

[Don Dory]

Very representative collection.  I rarely see these in central TX but I do
see a lot of chickadees: lovely assertive down to business birds.  Swoop
down to the feeder no matter who else is there, eat and leave.

On Sun, Mar 28, 2021 at 10:49 AM Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> The Oak Titmouse is a common year-round resident of California's foothills
> in riparian area, open oak woodlands and many suburban yards, which is
> where this bird lives: my yard.
>
> This species is a member of the Paridae family, best known in North
> America as the Chickadees.  Adorable and a pleasure to have around but
> difficult to photograph because of their shaded woodland habitat, their
> energy level suggestive of a bellyful of an energy drink, and the drab gray
> plumage that makes it difficult to visually separate the bird from its
> surroundings.
>
> There's not much I can do about the habitat or energy level but I thought
> I'd try backlighting to create a rim light effect to separate the little
> fluffball from the background:
>
>
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/paridae/baeolophus/inornatus/baeino19.html
>
> a7rIII, FE 600/4 GM
> All comments are welcome.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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Don
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