Chickadee dee dee

I guess I like birds too. We have a bird feeder right outside our front window and the chickadees are with us year round. The black capped and the chestnut backed queue up on the lilac bush to zoom in and peck around on the feeder. We used to have mountain chickadees too, but it's been a long time since I've seen any of those.
On the technical side, I'm finding that I like to do a light sketch in pencil before committing myself in ink. It leaves me freer to be spontaneous in my ink strokes, if I know that the basic proportions aren't all screwed up to begin with.