Birds and Nature

While I was trying to look at an empid flycatcher yesterday on the Canon City, CO Riverwalk, this Black-capped Chickadee flew in to apparently check me out and distracted me from the flycatcher. These little chickadees are so endearing that it's difficult for me to ignore them when they are calling and doing their acrobatics nearby. SeEtta

I did some brief birding on the Canon city Riverwalk this morning before I went looking for the Black-throated Sparrows south of town. I ran into this busy Black-capped Chickadee f2eeding in a small tree next to the trail. It was hard to stand still to take a few pics of the chickadee as the mosquitoes were swarming me, only slightly deterred by the Deet I had just applied to my skin. All the recent rains and hot temps have resulted in lots of mosquito hatches. SeEtta