Close Up (Close, Closer, Closest)
Winter arrivingchickadee at my window
my heart is warmed
There are times and places where we stand awestruck
For Endment and Harmony - this is the time and place
For more close looks at poetry and haiku check out One Deep Breath
Photographs were taken at Elizabeth A Morton Wildlife Refuge
posted by Endment at 5:16 PM
42 Comments:
Just perfect!
Those photos are just out of this world
These photos are so crisp and clear! Our chickadees are not so tame.
A beautiful display of birds and words.
Really lovely! Such wonderful little birds those chickadees are!
Such beautiful photographs! I know how hard it is to capture bird photos like this.
This is lovely - wonderful to be able to get so close to the chickadees
Lovely poem. I was just enjoying a chickadee in my hedge this morning. Your pictures are great too (as always!)
Warm and lovely 'ku and stunning photos! Much peace, JP
sandy and claude
we felt so priviledged to have the birds come in so close
star
thank you - the chickadees here at home are not so tame either - we are hoping to get a few to eat out of our hands this winter
jzr
thank you - I find them very entertaining visitors.
naturewoman
It was a perfect mix - a good camera snd cooperative chickadees :)
catherine
we first went out to morton about ten years ago - it is one of my favorite places to go in winter - but it is cold!!!
lené
we have a large resident flock of chickadees - their antics greatly entertain me
jane poe aka deborah
glad you enjoy them
I think I spotted Santa feeding the chickadees in that last pic!
Beautiful haiku and pics!
Lovely photos of a lovely bird - so wonderful to have them feeding out of your hand!
That's beautiful. I love the word Chickadee. Now I see what a pretty little bird it is, too. Thank you.
How beautiful! I love these photos and haiku.
What perfect, vibrant photos of the chickadees. I had one eat out of my hand once, they are such curious, friendly little creatures.
Our winter companions.
Thank you so much for your comment on "Joy".
Oh my, I love how tame the chickadees are. Ane the words complete the vision.
Ah, ha. Bird in your hand. A very precious experience and commodity.
Sweet birds, chickadees.
What a lovely, delicate series of images.
Endment, your chickadees and the haiku are simply magnificent. The dear little birds follow us around in Lanark all winter long, and we don't know where we would be without them. Keeping the feeders full for the chickadees (and the nuthatches) is a small labour of love and thanks for these little feathered wonders. Thank you for sharing your chickadees with us today.
Marvelous!
Officious, pot-bellied little banker-birds, those chickadees. I'm sure I've seen one or two with gold watchchains and fobs!
Photos and poetry exquisite as usual. I envy your art...
ohhhh - so wonderful to see these images! how delightful! were these taken where you live or where harmony lives (or is that the same place)? we have gray jays and stelar's jays here which will eat from our hands, but the chickadees don't trust us enough yet to climb aboard. they do come to us, flying close and playing in and out of the branches, when we are outside. in summer they will bathe in our water spray if we are watering. do tell me how to get them to do this!
These are great shots. You got a bird to land in your hand? I must harness this magical power! BWA HA HA HA!!
Great photos! The chickadees at the Royal Botanical Gardens grounds are tame like this too but I've not taken the time to get that friendly with the ones at our home feeder.
So sweeeeeet. Now I know what chickadees look like. (Great to visit Harmony's site too.)
These are beautiful!!
laurahinnj
you must be right :)
Santa is the one who brings the goodies - yes?
crafty green poet
thanks - one of the reasons I like going to the refuge is the contact with the birds - going to try to get them to come to us here in our woods.
greenishlady
they are so cheerful - i love having them as daily visitors
cloudscome
thanks for your visit and comment
pam
you said it "winter companions"
jone
welcome, thanks for your visit and comments
silverlight
come visit and I will take you out to feed chickadees :)
bitterroot
thanks so much
kerrdelune
arent the chickadees a delight.
mb
thanks
goldenlucyd
you have just given me a delightful idea for a sketch to put in my journal - He is just itching to come out of my pen :)
sky
the photos were taken at a refuge out on Long Island (see link) we went out there for some R & R (and I had a medical appointment- ug)
darkmind
sunflower seeds are marvelous magic :)
ontario wanderer
thanks - I really enjoy having the creatures up close - (ok - not so close if it is a bear :)
chiefbiscuit
thanks for the encouraging comment
Oh, so this is what a chickadee looks like!! Thank you Endment, I've seen the word so often and always wondered.
And the photos are quite magical ....
So tiny, so fragile, yet so full of life that it might just as well be eternity resting in the palm.
Oh! What a sweet little bird!!
These are very beautiful pictures. Thanks for allowing me and others to enjoy them. :)
These are very beautiful pictures. Thanks for allowing me and others to enjoy them. :)
I love your photos.There are beautiful. I have spent a pleasant time.
These photos make me want to fawn, then collapse, then fawn some more. *grin* They elicit that much delight.
Bless you for sharing these. And the words, how apt. ^_^
Cheers.
Endment,
Thank you so much for this post. Thrilling and beautiful and tender, all at the same time.
Less is more.
Amazing photography with lovely words to compliment them ;)
I am enriched by your posts -- enjoyment of God's creatures, so small and full of life, is one of the ways I keep my perspective on life in order. They live their lives simply and instinctively, gracing our lives without even being aware of it.
You do a great job on bird images!
If I have already mentioned this to you, apologies-- but I think you would LOVE "Wings at my Window" by Ada Clapham Glover if you don't already know it-- now out of print but you can find it at alibris-- most wonderful bird lover book ever (in my opinion, obvs)
~bluepoppy
now this is cool. chickadees sitting eating from your hand. awwww...i love it. they are one of my favorite birds. they remind me of my old place up north.
these photos reflect your love of nature and birds perfectly.
Lovely photos. We get chickadees in Alaska, and I once had them eating mountain ash berries not two feet from my window -- my cat and I watched them, enchanted by the closeness and wonder of it.
Nice! your chickadees seems as friendly and character filled as our tits from the same family.
So beautiful words and photo!
I saw a photo of a chickadee standing on someone's hand, and I didn't think it was real. But they do actually stand on your hand. I hope that happens to me one day.
Thanks for sharing :-)
Looks like paradise to me.
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