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:icondeeotter:
The chickadees are nesting! Or will be soon. Found this one cleaning out a cavity that was most likely made by a woodpecker (maybe a downy).
Spring is just around the corner. I also spotted 2 song sparrows and I swear I keep hearing robins (which are oddly enough semi-migratory for Montana)

Black-capped chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Bozeman, MT
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~JadeBadger Feb 20, 2013
It's great. How close to the nest were you when you took that photo?

PD: (This question sounds as if it is horribly written, I don't know why...)
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*DeeOtter Feb 20, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Not too far away. The tree that had the cavity was about 5ft or so away from the walking trail. The photo is a bit cropped in because I ended up shooting towards the sun so the background was really blown out.
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~JadeBadger Feb 20, 2013
Mmmmhh, I see. I reckon it's difficult to take a photo like that with a standard camera, isn't it ?
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*DeeOtter Feb 20, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
A little bit. I blame the internal light sensor. If it measures how much light is in the sky instead of on the bird/tree then the camera will expose for that (if it's on auto) and the bird/tree will be almost black.
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~JadeBadger Feb 20, 2013
That happens to me a lot, specially when I'm taking a photo inside a building with windows or acess to sunlight. But just because I never read the instructions manual of anything I don't know how to fix it....
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~lonewolf025 Feb 19, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Love the photo! Wish I saw more of them around!
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*DeeOtter Feb 19, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
They are just about everywhere in town, both black-capped & mountain chickadees. I do miss the chestnut backed chickadees.
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~lonewolf025 Feb 19, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Big cities stink for finding them around. Here they just frequent feeders or regular feed locations.
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*DeeOtter Feb 19, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Or when you do find them they're at the very top of the tree, and the tree has no low branches x.x
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~lonewolf025 Feb 21, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
That too! I know that all too well!
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