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A very cold Black capped Chickadee
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A very cold Black capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

How cold was it? It was so cold this poor little Black capped Chickadee had to put on his parka to try to stay warm... Thanks to a half-inch coat of insulating feathers, chickadees maintain their body temperature at 100° Fahrenheit during daylight hours, even when the air is at zero degrees. ..
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Location
Putnam Countyu, NY
Date taken
1/29/21
Scientific name
Poecile atricapillus
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Reactions: mtn, Deb Burhinus, Cornelis and 1 other person
Kits
Oh he is a little fluff ball! We have a blue tit roosting in one of our nest boxes and every night (there's a camera in there) he is all fluffed up like a ball.
 
bievreJJ
splendid photo ofthis lovely chickadee with its fluffed up feathers, top marks, many tfs!!
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
windoze
Date added
View count
392
Comment count
6

Image metadata

Device
SONY DSC-RX10M4
Aperture
ƒ/4
Focal length
220.0 mm
Exposure time
1/1250 second(s)
ISO
100
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
8CF4DE49-7D8A-4520-A617-5AF80B2D7EE9_1_201_a.jpeg
File size
1.3 MB
Date taken
Fri, 29 January 2021 3:26 PM
Dimensions
1959px x 2612px

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