If yesterday's bird on the lawn was something of a mystery, this guy on a White Pine stem is an absolute certainty. The Black-capped Chickadees are everywhere, and, as autumn progresses, they'll be among the most obvious of avian residents on the ridge and freeloaders on the feeders. The Yellow Jacket plague is over for the year, so the suet is back in the wire cage on the Red Maple; the Chickadees wasted no time taking advantage of our gifts. For now, however, there's still plenty to harvest from twigs and branches, and so these industrious birds are keeping themselves busy packing on the insect calories. I couldn't tell precisely what this Chickadee was harvesting, but he was so engrossed in his task that he paid no attention to the photographer who was equally busy documenting the visitor.