CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE (POECILE RUFESCENS)(RECOVERED PHOTO), MCINNIS COUNTY PARK,SAN RAFAEL,CA, 11/16/2017

      In spite of the not so great photos,  we can ID this chickadee as a Chestnut-backed Chickadee as follows:

• The bird in the third photo has the profile of a chickadee: dark crown and face from about the eye up; rest of face is light; dark throat; white collar and medium underparts.
• Blackish crown
• White collar
• Rufous back
• Rufous flank
• Gray underparts

      The Chestnut-backed Chickadee is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 907.