Chestnut-backed chickadees are among the more colorful of the chickadees (although this one is looking a little ragged from post-breeding molt).   They are birds of western coastal forests from California to Alaska; these were photographed near Seward, Alaska and the Monterey Peninsula, California.

• Canon 1D Mk. II or 7D2, 500 mm f4 IS lens + 2X converter or 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X converter or 100-400 Mk. II zoom, fill-in flash (2004, 2015, 2016, 2018)