ML44462691

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Arrived with Black-caps, small triangle of white in fore-cheeks unlike broad white cheek of Black-caps. Crown brown, bib black and abbreviated (shorter) than Black-caps. Back dark brown; flanks with orange-brown. Lower, husky calls. Eye dark. This is my second Boreal Chickadee in Kennebec county, the first having been in Sidney on a Waterville CBC (14 December 2008). That bird was found after doggedly searching for the species all day. That was the only time I have tried to see if a Boreal Chickadee could be found in winter here. The count had one previous record for 19 December 1993. I suspect a few occur almost annually in or near conifer patches in winter throughout this region, which is outside their breeding range, and they might be more routine in the region compared to the species' irregular occurrences to s. New England, for example. Some of those movements involve birds that appear to return to the same sites several winters consecutively.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Lens

EF300mm f/2.8L IS II USM +1.4x III

ISO

500

Focal length

420 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/5.6

Shutter speed

1/400 sec

Dimensions

2050 pixels x 1367 pixels

Original file size

456.64 KB