Morning Bird Pic

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MBP: Today we have a sequence of three pictures with a chickadee. The bird would grab a seed from the feeder, clasp the seed between its feet to hold it steady, then dig into it with its beak. Pretty clever!

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Ornithologist <a href="http://lauraerickson.com/'>Laura Erickson</a> writes a lot about chickadees. She says that if there are several chickadees around a feeder, they'll take turns at it rather than competing for it. (Not like House Sparrows, which will drive other birds off the feeder.) If this was the only chickadee, maybe it didn't see any need to move out of the way.