March 21, 1858 Standing by the mud-hole in the swamp, I hear the pleasant phebe note of the chickadee. It is, methinks, the most of a wilderness note of any yet. It is peculiarly interesting that this, which is one of our winter birds also, should have a note with which to welcome to spring.
Henry David Thoreau – THOREAU ON BIRDS
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Wonderful! Thoreau is one of my favs. My Mom & I spent a great few days in Concord a few years ago checking out the great people there and hiking through the woods at Walden Pond! Thanks for bringing it to the front of my head again!
12 February 2007 at 8:14 am
Sweet. Little chickadees make me smile. Awesome pic.
12 February 2007 at 8:49 am
I find there are lots of words to describe birds, but chickadees are at the top of the CUTE list.
12 February 2007 at 10:13 am
and CHEERFUL. Cute and cheerful!
a run-on comment…
12 February 2007 at 10:14 am
Great pic! I didn’t even know there was a book out on “Thoreau on Birds” – it’s on my wishlist now though…
🙂
12 February 2007 at 10:21 am
Very nice! I was just thinking about Chickadees this morning… perhaps inspired by Deb’s post about them last week… Anyway, nice shot and great Thoreau quote!
12 February 2007 at 10:37 am
@ Pam – he is wonderful and always so true! Would love to visit the site some day!
@ thanks Mary – they are soo cute!
@ Lynne – for sure they are!
@ Dan – it was a book someone gave me! Do add!
@ Gerg – thanks and Thoreau was on my mind!
12 February 2007 at 5:20 pm
It must have been “chickadee day” this is the fourth one I have seen. Love your shot, I have yet to get that close in the wild.
12 February 2007 at 5:52 pm
You know I love the little chickadees.
12 February 2007 at 8:20 pm
Hey! Where’d the birdQuiz go?
12 February 2007 at 10:12 pm
Nice shot and a good quote. Come ON, Spring!
13 February 2007 at 8:55 am
@ Sandy – love all the chickadee pictures that everyone was posting!
@ Susan – its on top of my blogroll, I have been trying to clean up my side bar some!
@ Marty – thanks and I hope spring gets here soon!
13 February 2007 at 10:39 am