
Chestnut-backed Chickadee on Bottle Brush Blossom

by Brian Tada
Title
Chestnut-backed Chickadee on Bottle Brush Blossom
Artist
Brian Tada
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
A chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) strikes a pose for a very brief moment while foraging with its peers in a bottle brush tree in the front yard.
If you look closely, you can see it grasping the long vibrant stamens of the blossom with its feet. I thought it was so precious, the way this elegant bird was holding onto the blossom for dear life, its beak slightly open as if to say, "Hurry up and take my picture!"
During the 2020 Covid-19 stay-at-home order in California, God provided these amazing nature photo ops in my own yard that I would have missed otherwise. As the founding pastor of my church said, nothing is wasted in God’s economy. The Creator will turn life's challenges into something good ~ if we would look patiently for the opportunity.
The chestnut-backed chickadee is a small passerine bird which inhabits the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Western Canada. It is generally a year-round resident which frequents lower elevation forested areas during the cooler months and transitions to higher elevations in warmer weather.
The bottlebrush tree is a member of the genus Callistemon and belongs to the Myrtaceae family of plants. These showy cultivars are native to western and south-eastern Australia. They have been cultivated and grown in temperate-region gardens worldwide.
As this photo was taken in very low natural light without any flash, I made some adjustments to bring out the details of the bird and bottlebrush blossom. The background bokeh consists of natural lighting and colors of the leaves and blossoms of the tree.
I am simply in awe of God’s magnificent creation. Truly, it is an honor for me to showcase the splendid majesty of the Creator’s ingenuity and unparalleled wildlife designs He created in nature!
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Thank you to the administrators for featuring this image on the following group home page(s) on Fine Art America. God bless you!
* FAA PORTRAITS ~ BIRDS, 05.24.20
* ANIMAL MANIA, 05.25.20
* ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHS, 05.25.20
* BEAUTIFUL BIRDS, 05.25.20
* 10 PLUS, 05.25.20
* BRILLIANT COLORS, 05.25.20
* NEW FAA UPLOADS, 05.26.20
* VISIONS OF SPRING, GLANCES OF SUMMER, 05.26.20
* THE WORLD WE SEE, 05.26.20
* ART BY GOD PHOTOGRAPHY ONLY, 05.26.20
* IMAGES THAT EXCITE YOU, 05.28.20
* POETIC POULTRY, 05.29.20
* WISCONSIN FLOWERS AND SCENERY, 06.02.20
* WILDLIFE, ONE A DAY, 06.04.20
* INSECT AND SMALL ANIMAL ON FLOWERS, 06.09.20
* BIRDS IN FOCUS, 06.17.20
* CAMERA ART, 06.27.20
* WELCOME FINE ARTISTS, 12.28.21
Special Feature:
* Special Feature of the Week, VISIONS OF SPRING, GLANCES OF SUMMER group, 05.28.20. THANK YOU to group administrator Dora Sofia Caputo Photographic Design and Fine Art for the selection. God bless you! And to GOD the Creator be the glory!
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Artwork notes:
Embedded in the top right-hand corner is the Hebrew acronym for "B'ezras Hashem" [ב ס " ד] meaning "with God's help". It is a reminder to me as an artist of my dependence on the Almighty, the Originator of all creativity. This is a similar acknowledgement used by great artists like Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel who signed their work with the Latin phrase, "Soli Deo gloria" which means, "Glory to God alone".
Photograph copyright © 2020 Brian Tada. All rights reserved. To the glory of God. Copying, photographing, downloading, distributing and/or altering this image is prohibited.
Thank you for visiting my art gallery! As this is part of my livelihood, your purchase would be appreciated to help support my work in fine art nature photography. Thank you very much. God bless you.
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Comments (242)

Nancy Griswold
Wonderful capture Brian, I have never seen this flower before and the bird really helps to define the scale and color F

Sharon W
Super spectacular capture!! Wow, your work is always crazy amazing and I am so often left in awe. Brilliant capture and image!
Brian Tada replied:
Greatly appreciate your kind words, Sharon, thank you! All glory to God the Creator!

Alana Thrower
Lovely Chickadee image! l/f/t
Brian Tada replied:
Thank you so much, Alana, for your kind comment and promotion, greatly appreciated!