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    Black Capped Chickadee with Melanistic colors

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    Black Capped Chickadee with Melanistic colors
    by Arvo Poolar from Scarborough CA on 25 Jan 2026
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    Melanism is the congenital excess of melanin in an organism resulting in dark pigment. And this Black Capped Chickadee appears to be effected by it

    • Camera: NIKON D500
    • Focal: 500 mm
    • Shutter speed: 0.0002 sec
    • Aperture: f/ 6.3
    tagged: outdoors ontario canada whitby arvo poolar bird birding perched black capped chickadee nature natural light photography nikon d500 songbird winter animal beak finch twig wing tit feather black-capped_chickadee grey carolina_chickadee

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