17. Chestnut-backed Chickadee

There are days when I feel a bit like I am living inside a cutesy Christmas card with the dozens of Chestnut-backed Chickadees (Poecile rufescens)  that flit around the trees and swarm the suet year round. Soon it will be time to re-fill the old fat feeder with dog hair and fur that the chickadees will haul off in gobs to line the most luxurious, cozy nests ever! Many of these nests are in one of the several snags that we have created.