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25-DEC-2013 Christine Hanrahan

Feeding the birds on Christmas day

We'd barely got out of the car at the Mer Bleue area, when a flock of about 10 chickadees flew in. Stephen put some seeds in his hand and bravely stood there in the very cold weather for about 10 minutes until his hand turned to ice, and the chickadees had taken all the seeds.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
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Date/Time25-Dec-2013 14:40:11
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Nora van Beek05-Feb-2017 14:56
This is such a sweet image! Kudos to Stephen for having such patience. V
Len31-Dec-2013 14:30
A fine capture, Chickadees are friendliest of birds and seem to like the warmth of ones hand, especially with food involved!!!!
Maciej Chachulski29-Dec-2013 11:30
Nice scene. These little creatures give people so much joy.
Buz Kiefer28-Dec-2013 20:24
Touching photo and a great winter shot. Vote.
Tom LeRoy27-Dec-2013 17:41
Irene took the words out of my mouth. What a lovely image! V
Irene Wehrli27-Dec-2013 16:15
Oh Christine - those two chickadees in the hand of Stephen are too charming, and this on Christmas day...
A really heartwarming picture!
Irene
Karen Stuebing26-Dec-2013 21:22
These little guys are really tame. What a wonderful experience and capture. V.
John Reynolds LRPS26-Dec-2013 19:50
A great image. V.
Stephen Buckingham26-Dec-2013 16:09
You had them literally "eating out of your hand". Awesome!
Walter Otto Koenig26-Dec-2013 15:54
A wonderful sight to see. A photograph to remember. "V"
globalgadabout26-Dec-2013 14:37
an endearing moment...these handsome and daring birds are firm favourites..
Pierre26-Dec-2013 14:22
Une très jolie scène pleine de douceur et de tendresse! V
Marcia Colelli26-Dec-2013 13:35
Wonderful capture of these tame a friendly little beauties V
Terry Sprague26-Dec-2013 12:56
Fantastic shot. My husband has the patience to do this too! V
MarcViskens26-Dec-2013 12:43
ooo ! so beautiful Christine
marc
pkocinski26-Dec-2013 11:40
It's such a cool feeling when they land on your hand, look right at you and then take a seed and fly away :-)
joseantonio26-Dec-2013 10:55
Some lovely little beauties.V.
Chris26-Dec-2013 10:13
Such a lovely experience.
With us being away for nearly three weeks we have not encouraged the birds too much,
When we get back it will be bird food overload!
Torben Jorgensen26-Dec-2013 09:54
Fantastic. I have a female Blackbird that is close to doing that but still she doesn't have the courage. V
Yvonne26-Dec-2013 09:52
Hope he got the feeling back into his hands quickly, a superb shot, a one-off eh! v
laine26-Dec-2013 07:42
The poor little things,so hungry that they put their trust in a human...
A heartwarming shot, Christine. V
Carl Carbone26-Dec-2013 04:35
Very nice! I made sure the birds ate well today too, and put out some cut up apples for the four bunnies that visited this evening. :-)
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