Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Poecile rufescens

 (L 4-5" WS 7" Wt 0.34 oz )

Del Valle,

Livermore, CA

26Dec2008

 

I called out to

my chickadee,

“Please come back again!

You have a way,

to brighten my day,

and wash away the pain.”

    (Chicadee by Jane Rodway)

Permanent resident along west coast of
No. America...song less complex than
Black-capped Chickadee.

Pleasanton, CA

19Jun2012