Photography of Birds – Set # 118 | H.J. Ruiz - Avian101

Photography of Birds – Set # 118

Set # 118

Common Grackles (Feeding chick)

Common Grackles

Common Grackles

This bird is a permanent resident in much of its range. Northern birds migrate in flocks to the Southeastern United States. The distribution of the common grackle is largely explained by annual mean temperature, and the species has expanded its range by greater than three-fold since the last glacial maximum, approximately 22,000 years ago.

Carolina Chickadees (Feeding chick)

Carolina Chickadees

Carolina Chickadees

Their breeding habitat is mixed or deciduous woods in the United States from New Jersey west to southern Kansas and south to Florida and Texas; there is a gap in the range at high altitudes in the Appalachian Mountains where they are replaced by their otherwise more northern relative, the black-capped chickadee. They nest in a hole in a tree; the pair excavates the nest, using a natural cavity or sometimes an old woodpecker nest. They may interbreed with black-capped chickadees where the ranges overlap, which can make identification difficult.

They are permanent residents, not usually moving south even in severe winter weather.

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7 thoughts on “Photography of Birds – Set # 118”

sv-anui.com on August 24, 2020 at 6:52 pm said:

Feeding chick is an endless job. I am always amazed at the size of the chick… just as big as the parent!

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 24, 2020 at 9:14 pm said:
  
  Yes, Chris. It’s a lot of work. The big babies! Thank you. 🙂
  
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Clare Pooley on August 25, 2020 at 8:30 pm said:

Lovely!

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- H.J. for avian101 on August 26, 2020 at 4:38 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Clare. 🙂
  
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  - Clare Pooley on August 26, 2020 at 6:21 pm said:
    
    🙂
bayphotosbydonna on August 30, 2020 at 9:34 am said:

Two adorable photos, HJ! 🙂

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H.J. for avian101 on August 30, 2020 at 4:18 pm said:

Thanks so much, Donna. 🙂

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