Poecile rufescens  (Chestnut-Backed Chickadee)

© rod innes (Photo ID #2471)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	powell river bc
Photographer	rod innes
Habitat	west coast,rain forest, conifers
Photo Date
Upload Date	December 17, 2007
Elevation (m)	61
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Photo ID #	2471
Comments	Chestnut-backed Chickadee nesting in rotton stumps,this one i watched it excavate the woodpecker hole and then bring in soft lichen fron an alder, when it cleaned the hole it dropped the rotton bits about 10 meters away. 5-8 light spotted eggs, feeding babies with a white spider.