Is there anyone who doesn’t love chickadees? These fearless little birds keep us company all winter and provide action and sound for the movie in our mind about winter.

This Pacific coastal Chestnut-backed Chickadee shares my Olympic Peninsula feeders with his brethren: the Black-capped Chickadee, which is common across the northern USA and much of Canada. In this photograph, the chickadee looks none-too-happy about having its picture taken!

An interesting factoid about chickadees: to stay warm while roosting during a frigid winter night, they shiver endlessly. Maybe this one woke up on the wrong side of the branch that morning, after a long, cold night, and that’s why it is so mad!

SIZE: This photograph is printed at an approximate final size of a bit over 3x3,” and is printed on cotton rag photographic paper using pigmented inks for an estimated 400-year display life.

LIMITED EDITION: This photographic print is part of a limited edition produced by photographer Lee Rentz. The edition consists of 250 prints, which includes all sizes and methods of printing.