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<blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 145204" data-attributes="member: 12214">5-4-13:I didn't have to go far to get this little guy.&nbsp; I've been trying to get a photo of him for over a week.&nbsp; I was finally successful.&nbsp; After some research, it turns out that this is a brown-capped chickadee.&nbsp; According to the Cornell Ornithology Lab Website, these chickadees are rather rare in upstate New York.&nbsp; The only&nbsp; two documented cases I could find for them in upstate NY was a 2004 reference from Seneca, NY and another one from somewhere in Tompkins County (which is about 30 miles north of here) back in 2010.&nbsp; According to what I read, the brown-capped chickadee may be it's own subspecies of chickadee, or may be one with a mutation for lesser color than &quot;normal&quot; black-capped chickadees.&nbsp; Either way, I think he's a cool little bird.Still Looking[ATTACH]35351[/ATTACH]I think the poor guy is still looking for a mate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="piperbarb, post: 145204, member: 12214"] 5-4-13: I didn't have to go far to get this little guy. I've been trying to get a photo of him for over a week. I was finally successful. After some research, it turns out that this is a brown-capped chickadee. According to the Cornell Ornithology Lab Website, these chickadees are rather rare in upstate New York. The only two documented cases I could find for them in upstate NY was a 2004 reference from Seneca, NY and another one from somewhere in Tompkins County (which is about 30 miles north of here) back in 2010. According to what I read, the brown-capped chickadee may be it's own subspecies of chickadee, or may be one with a mutation for lesser color than "normal" black-capped chickadees. Either way, I think he's a cool little bird. Still Looking [ATTACH=CONFIG]35351._xfImport[/ATTACH] I think the poor guy is still looking for a mate. [/QUOTE]

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