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Midwest USA. December 2025.
Olympus E-M1+ Oly 75mm-300mm f/4.8-6.7 II @ 252, f/8, 1/80s, ISO-640.
Did I find an IRL shiny? Is this leucism? It's rare that I see a chickadee with white feathers in its cap.
Amazing! I'm still waiting to capture a "perfect" chickadee pic be ause of how fast they move. This took patience, I can tell. Wtg friend!
Thank you. These chickadees are quite used to humans being present. These were taken near a public bird feeder. It's pretty cool, there are probably 20-30 around at most times and they'll buzz just a few inches from my head and you can feel their wing flaps. They'll get within a few inches of me and check me out. they're quite smart for a tiny bird.
Here are some bonus shots I couldn't upload earlier.
Wow! That's an amazing opportunity and I love your photos!
Hell yeah! What a frickin adorable little bird you've captured there on your camera
That’s a hybrid with a mountain chickadee I’m pretty sure!
Interesting. I didn't think we had mountain chickadees here I'm way over East vs their typical range.
You probably don’t but bird ranges are expanding rapidly. Also from what I’ve been told by some experts, mountain chickadees will sometimes join a BCC gang and hang out with it even without being near their range. So maybe you got a hybrid that just traveled very far east. In any case it looks just like a hybrid to me!
If I know anything about birds, something this small and cute is bound to be a vicious hunter and I'm all here for it.
