yesterday evening a fledging Carolina chickadee that could not yet fly hopped up on the carport onto a wire planter and visited with me for quite some time. Closest observation observation of a chickadee I have ever had the opportunity to make. Momma chickadee didn't seem too upset that I was near. It eventually hopped down and toddled across the yard to a low shrub. Hope it made it through the night (cats prowl at night around these parts.)