My little Chickadee

[Black]

I took some of your advice and here is the first result. Unfortunately I don't know how to get the bird to stop moving....

[OWC Jamie]

bring it to a taxidermist

[mrbigstuff]

set camera to "S" and select a high shutter speed.

[JoeM]

Also if you have a burst mode where you hold your shutter down and the camera takes multiple shots, you might get one or more in the sequence that you like.

[blooz]

These little guys are very active. I have them on my deck every day picking at the bread I leave out and going after the suet block—when the woodpeckers aren't hogging it. Lots of fun to watch.

[Black]

Thanks for the tips, much appreciated. I figured at least billb would peek at the image name.... just my first brief chance to use my new SX50 (at twilight.)
The Chickadees saw me at the window and all three came up into the tree to say hi when I got this pic. They are extremely endearing...

[msglee]

http://www.wildernesswaypoint.com/Articl...kadee.html

[DP]

Black wrote:
Thanks for the tips, much appreciated. I figured at least billb would peek at the image name.... just my first brief chance to use my new SX50 (at twilight.)
The Chickadees saw me at the window and all three came up into the tree to say hi when I got this pic. They are extremely endearing...

Chickadees are fairly tame, especially when they see you filling the feeder! Glad you got a 50! Did you get a refurb? I must have missed that thread.
And Canon doesn't have an "S" for the shutter priority setting. They have to be different so they use "TV" which stands for Time Value. But that's the shutter priority setting.
Looking forward to some great pix, B!

[$tevie]

I know I've already posted the story my father used to tell about how Wally Cox would stand outside and chickadees would light all over his arms and hands so he could feed them. Evidently he had made a scarecrow which wore his fedora and coat, and used it as a feeder, and eventually he was able to go out in the yard wearing the hat and coat and the chickadees were not afraid to come land on him and eat.

[Black]

Good stuff here, thanks! i don't know how interested I am in having them eat out of my hands, but maybe I will make a point of letting the feeders go empty between fillings so they can more closely associate me with the feeding. It's weird how a wild bird can be so 'friendly'- there must be some sort of symbiotic relationships they enjoy with other mammals.

The SX50 was bought as a refurb by a kind forum member and ended up in a drawer. A few actually did come available at the refurb store at $149 while we were working out the sale.