When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

Carolina Chickadee

(Poecile carolinensis)

Description:

When I met these chickadees, I thought they were Black-Capped, but literature suggested they were Carolina Chickadees. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.

Date Taken: 2021:03:10 12:11

Location:

San Bernard NWR
Brazoria, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000

File Name: CarolinaChickadee_D5X1940-SanBernard_NWR

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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