I also appear to be having a Black-capped Chickadee at my
feeder in the past weekend.

Regards,
Dave Powell
 
Germantown MD


On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:46:30 -0400
 Jared Fisher <> wrote:
> Location:     Blue Mash Nature Trail (MoCo)
> Observation date:     10/31/10
> Notes:     Walked blue mash for a while this morning. Did
> not run into any other birders. Highlight were several
> (still determining how many) BC chickadees. I fully admit
> to taking range for granted on these guys and not really
> having experience using field marks, so I post photos w/
> some trepidation. But I did get on several calling birds
> today that I feel  good about. The first was a lone bird
> that I tracked down after hearing the much slower dee dee
> dee call.  Jagged bib, extensive white on wing, bright
> cheek patch. The second was another calling bird that
> eventually sang (phoe-bee song - recorded), which I think
> is bird #2 in the photos below. About the time I had the
> second bird, another group of chickadees flew in
> (probably 5 or 6). Unfortunately this was a bit of a
> chaotic moment and I was handling the camera (not the
> bins). But I got a look at two more that I felt were
> decent ( #1 in photo set - did not hear), did not
> see/hear any obvious carolinas at this time. Throughout
> the morning I also heard 6 carolina chickadees, tracked
> down 2 to get a good look and make sure I was sane. Saw
> clean short bib, not nearly as much white on wing. 
> 
>   Three separate birds are photographed here
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/55350646@N04/  - comments
> appreciated. 
> 
> 
> Number of species:     45
> 
> 
> Canada Goose     150
> Gadwall     1
> American Black Duck     1
> Mallard     6
> Green-winged Teal     X
> Ruddy Duck     2
> Turkey Vulture     2
> Northern Harrier     1
> Red-shouldered Hawk     1
> Red-tailed Hawk     1
> Killdeer     2
> Mourning Dove     3
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
> Downy Woodpecker     2
> Blue Jay     10
> American Crow     X
> Fish Crow     X
> crow sp.     60 (fly overs at 7:30 heard several am, one
> fish)
> Carolina Chickadee     8
> Black-capped Chickadee     X
> Chickadee sp    5
> Tufted Titmouse     3
> White-breasted Nuthatch     2
> Carolina Wren     1
> Golden-crowned Kinglet     6
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet     3
> Eastern Bluebird     10
> American Robin     80
> Northern Mockingbird     5
> European Starling     4
> Cedar Waxwing     10
> Yellow-rumped Warbler     20
> Palm Warbler (Western)     1
> Palm Warbler (Yellow)     1
> Chipping Sparrow     5
> Field Sparrow     8
> Song Sparrow     20
> Swamp Sparrow     6
> White-throated Sparrow     35
> White-crowned Sparrow     4
> Dark-eyed Junco     15
> Northern Cardinal     8
> Common Grackle     2
> Brown-headed Cowbird     2
> Purple Finch     1
> American Goldfinch     15
> 
> Jared Fisher
> North Bethesda, MD