During the wintertime, when the leaves are gone from the trees, I have a better chance of spotting tiny birds, like this Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) that I photographed last week at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge. It was sunny but cold when I photographed the chickadee. Like most birds that I encounter during the winter months, this chickadee looked almost round, having fluffed up its feathers in order to retain its body heat. I have the same body shape when I bundle up in my cold weather clothes and increasingly even without them.
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Mike Powell 
The cutiest litt
I totally u derstand! In fact, I resemble that remark ! 🙂
Sweet little bird.
All the best,
Martin
Martin Tayler
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beautiful pic 👍
Not to brag but I have that same shape year round!
I think this is a really charming photo. You have managed to capture both a sense of chill with all the cold blues and the soft glow of winter light and I really like the compositional balance between that stark diagonal lines of the branch and the perfectly rotund bird.
In recent years I’ve tended to have a similar shape during the winter months. :). Very nice shot.
Thanks, Bob, As the saying goes, I resemble that remark. 🙂