
Black-capped Chickadees are everywhere at Sax-Zim Bog. This tiny bird is one of my favorites at the Bog. They are quick and rarely stay still. They do spend a fair amount of time extracting the nourishing seed from black-oil sunflower seed shells that are in the feeders filled by Bog volunteers. Shelling a sunflower seed is one of the few times that they’re relatively still and they are quite adept at doing this. However, once this chore is done, and they’ve gulped down the kernel, they’re off to find another one as this Chickadee is about to do.