29 thoughts on “The Chickadee and The Blue Jay”

1. Wow – stunning photos 🙂

   1. Thanks. The last is my favorite. That is quite the stare coming from that blue jay. 🙂

      1. Yes it is 🙂

2. Love these captures, Jim! The closeup shots are amazing. Thank you, 🙂

   1. Thanks Amy. Always my pleasure to share picture of pretty birds. 🙂

3. We have both of these birds. They are so much fun to watch. Great photos.

   1. Yep. Fun to watch and quite different. The chickadee is quite the mobile bird, so rarely holding still. Good fun.

4. Another best blog ever, for me. Wonderful photography. Love the feathered friends.

   1. Thank you so much. I love the feathered friends too and was pretty glad to catch a couple shots of the elusive, ever mobile chickadee. Have a great day. 🙂

5. They must be very trusting of you in “their” garden to allow you to take these pictures — or are you in a “blind” . . . ?

   1. They may be trusting or they may just associate me with food and consider me less of a threat on that count. I am not in a blind when photographing. More like just standing on the porch watching them perform their eternal dance while they pay me little heed.

6. Woow so lucky! Great Shot! Beautiful birds! 🙂

   1. Thanks. They are beautiful birds. I’m particularly pleased with the last shot, capturing the intense stare from the blue jay. 🙂

7. You got great shots of all those lovely birds Jim, they are so beautiful!

   1. Thanks. They are indeed beautiful. Fun to watch too – always in movement. Except for when the blue jay just sits in the feeder eating, seeming to dare any of the smaller birds to kick him out. 🙂

8. Nice shots!

   1. Thanks! Nice birds. 🙂

9. Hey Jim .. Wonderful shots. Beautiful birds 🙂

   1. Hey Julie… Thanks. They sure are beautiful birds. I hope the intense hum-bug stare of Mr. Blue Jay wasn’t too upsetting. 🙂

10. Great shots. The chickadee we have here but not the blue jay. What a beautiful bird. Happy Holidays Jim !

    1. Aha. Chickadee but not Blue Jay in Finland. That’s interesting. I assume the chickadee sticks around all winter, as it does here.

       1. Sorry, I was wrong. We actually have no Chickadees nor Blue Jays. The Chickadee looks so much like the Parus major, Great tit which we have. They don’t migrate except in extremely harsh winters.

11. Love it!

    1. Thanks. Have a fabulous day! 🙂

12. This post has inspired me to look out for more wildlife in winter gardens. Thank you for the beautiful photos. Merry Christmas too!

13. Oh so sweet!!

14. Beautiful birdies! 🙂 You missed my Blue Jay post… I think you will like it: http://artsandrhymes.me/2015/01/01/happy-new-year-and-my-first-pain/

    1. Yes, I saw it. I love it, as I note on the post. Give me a fancy digital camera and I can pretend to be artistic but give me a paintbrush and…. well, I’ll just hand it to you, as you can make it sing. 🙂

       1. Thank you Jim! You do very well with your camera! 🙂
          This summer I plan to use some of your photos to paint from! 😀

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