Chickadee bathing in slow motion

Almost every evening, a small flock of Chickadees make their way to my rock pond haven, with comes complete with overhead camouflage, secure natural rock walls, cool flowing water and branches for perching and drying.

While one is bathing, the others are in the nearby trees and buses, taking their turns as watchmen.

I’ve slowed everything down for closer observation.

Enjoy these zen moments.

They say their name comes from the fact that they call out a distinctive "chick-a-dee-dee-dee", sound. In actuality, their normal call is “fee-bee”, and the famous chick-a-dee-dee-dee is an alarm call. And get this - the number of "dees" depends on the predator.