Black-capped Chickadee, Kennebunk, Maine, USA — I wrote a poem the other day about how taking photos of Chickadees is “paying your photographic dues” so you are ready when a real rarity shows up at your feeders…but there is, as this photo demonstrates, more to it than that. You just never know when a Chickadee (or other common bird) is going to display an interesting behavior. I would not have gotten this shot if I had not already been focused on the bird when it happened. In fact I was in the middle of a burst of photos already that started with the bird nicely posed on the branch. This just happened. 🙂 And that is the way it works. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos.