Took this picture out in the forest, lots of chickadees coming around and this little guy was looking absolutely adorable leaning out from the little broken branch on this tree.
I think chickadees have become one of my favourite birds.
In close interactions with other individuals, they will use this posture as a signal of submissiveness. Is there any chance that another bird in the flock was just out of your frame to the right?
The other time you would see something like this is if they are leaning to get a good view of what’s going on on the ground.
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Took this picture out in the forest, lots of chickadees coming around and this little guy was looking absolutely adorable leaning out from the little broken branch on this tree.
I think chickadees have become one of my favourite birds.
They're wicked smart too!
In close interactions with other individuals, they will use this posture as a signal of submissiveness. Is there any chance that another bird in the flock was just out of your frame to the right?
The other time you would see something like this is if they are leaning to get a good view of what’s going on on the ground.
There was lots of the chickadees around, they usually are around here since its a public footpath, lots of foot traffic, and lots of feeding.
They typically only use that posture for signalling when the recipient is really near.
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Edit: the name given to the posture is “general sleeking”.
Thanks for the details! That's very neat, I didn’t know this; I can't recall if there were any chickadees immediately around, but there probably was.
There was around a dozen flying in and out around us while we were there.